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Porter O'Neill arrested
The docket book recorded T. M. McCabe of the 32nd Precinct as the police officer who arrested O'Neill. Three other Black men arrested by McCabe appeared in the court at the same time also charged with disorderly conduct: James Simon, Albert Brown and Roosevelt Draiton. They too appeared alongside O'Neill in the press as arrested for riot. Police likely arrested the men together.
Magistrate Ford convicted O'Neill and sentenced him to five days in the workhouse. He also convicted the other three men, but imposed a longer sentence on them of one month in the workhouse.
O'Neill's address was recorded as 34 West 135th Street.