 Defendants Irving Potash and Benjamin J. Davis were among the audience members attacked as they left a September 4 concert headlined by Paul Robeson in Peekskill , New York . It was given to benefit the Civil Rights Congress ( CRC ) , which was funding the defendants ' legal expenses . Hundreds lined the roads leaving the performance grounds and threw rocks and bottles at the departing vehicles without interference by the police . Over 140 people suffered injuries , including Potash , whose eyes were struck by glass from a broken windshield . The trial was suspended for two days while Potash recovered from his injuries . 
