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Harlem in Disorder: A Spatial History of How Racial Violence Changed in 1935

William Holland injured

William Holland a 46-year-old man, was “struck by an unknown object” at 125th Street and Lenox Avenue, according to a hospital admission record. Dr Payne attended Holland at Harlem Hospital, eleven blocks north on Lenox Avenue, at 1.40 AM, so he was likely injured sometime around 1.10 AM. Looting had broken out on Lenox Avenue north of 125th Street around this time, producing other outbreaks of violence. Holland lived four blocks to the south, at 175 West 121st Street, so may have been drawn to the intersection by the crowds and noise.

The hospital record described Holland's injury as a "laceration of scalp." He did not appear in any of the lists of those injured published by the press. The injury was not severe enough to require Holland be admitted to hospital, so he left for his home. The hospital record did not include information on Holland's race.

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"Hospital Admissions, 19-20 March 1935," Subject Files, Box 167, Folder 5 (Roll 76), Records of Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia, 1934-1945 (New York City Municipal Archives).