New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-10-21
STATISTICS OF GENIE AID DIS
AFTER.

Half N Year, Recora-Tbe "CsruiTai Of
Crimer in Figures - Murders in The
Anniysis-vintrieide, or galway War
scr-sixty-Gvc Railroad Accidents IN
Six Noniiis, aud Twenty-se'cn in sep
tc1ibcr-F Bank Rssberies and De!a'-
cations-Disasscr by Fire and Flood
The Volume OF Losses.
The unusual statement Cf crimes and disasters
during the last six months has been often remarked.
and 1t seems The ubject IS GboC, ripe for concu'
sions OF figures That the public have noticed 50 large
an increase in this fatal species OF home production
may b. sensby attributed 10 the lapse q greet war,
and tie revelation aud rcco %. the passions which II
absorbed II some have bacn skeptic as 10 ihe eNtchl
Of individual outbreaks society It las been Tor Weat
Of statistics AID partly because c-ime, which has dab
bed so much in catastrophe 81 late has been forgot n
in other misfortune, Il which the last haf year las
been fli Rcglar murder, nave almost found oDlY ION
in railway disasters b.: every chord az suffering Ire
seems 10 have been stricken aud We have beard ot
host Of nordcscrp, assaults upon the "honsc OF he
beside homicide rnlrrictc pafrc.de matrc.c' sorori-
eide. inEuucile, iagi'.cidc patse.de attempted
hardly pausng az cosmcds which w interpret 20 De
violent takiuroa in honor Of the Journal which has
made the greatest display Of murders EaLwl! aaush'
ter renders necessary an addition toe vocabulary.
and we have it to hand namely ril'ritds or murder
Of tie traveller Altogether here is al interesting field
OF inquiry Tor our Kennodys snG DeBoTs.
STATISTICS AND CCRIoSIrrs or MCEDsR.
The entire estimate OF The capital crimes committed
in The United States in the last hal year it is doubtless
impossible to give. Bat from April to October 10, %
murders are counted from metropolitan f.ss exclusive
OF = manifest homcilcs and half dozen assassuatons
10y indians and gueFfilGs. Twenty five mGrderous at
temIts are recorded OF wien lrder and OF at
tempted wife.mugdar which seems 10 have been ter
ribo spcciay with male criminals in Now York and
New-Jersey. in contrast with this. there appear to
have been but two Eusband.murdeis. Eight IN.
stances OF amilicide or murder Of \ family.
including three persons make tie most shock.
ing feature Of the category. -Four fra,ricides, two
PARTICLES and matrcides two double and two quadru-
pie murders eight inautmu-ders halt OF which were
eases o. abortion were recorded. In the West and
Southwest three Lynchlaw trials took place. SiEgu-
ally amid al tbs excess Of lie.Jakng We only ind
. suicide
The assassination in April of President Lincoln eV.
ceeded all crimes IN eirociy and daring ana thence
crime to have begun is startling episode The
great OF murders and crimes generally were per.
peirated between June aud September viz: ID in
June, q IN July 20 in August aud 70 E September.
lie last month also by .ag the most fital with
respect 10 railroad accidents; although it supposed
that crime had lis climax IN tho previous Summer
months We conjecture that aoout 80 persons have
lost their lives by criminal hands, not remaIkne those
who have persisted By the railway Jurgcrualt
ExTrAyAGANcE o. cRIME-PHILos3PHY Is POISON.
Ecoentreiiy aud nonstro,i,y seen To have been
prodigal IN the chapter o. Tie criminal calendar just
closed ofc1traor1iuary cases in America mos: a Of
which seem to have been brute ortrages Of multiple
kind may be men,ionei-iLe Joyce tragedy in RoI.
bury Mas: tho double murder at summervillc. Pa. ;
the iamicide in Tennessee the wholesale execution II
Judge Wright and h.s four .ons IN Missouri and the
Starkwea'her family murder But the great crimes Of
Europe have far exceeded al these in general wonder
and mystery. and It Is seldom that a
grouping Of such strange elements aye
found together IN the social history. In
systematic v.ckelness and depth Of motive they show
far older experience th,n American crime. Intellect
science sort OF philosophy, ard even religion, were
sunk III the pot and woven 10 tie deed. with tie spEs
Of "a young Lady Macbeth. Fosco IaenaTdier.
How Constance Kent q child o. g, came to put away
her little brothers is still study Dr. PfileAard, a
medical reviewer, daily resumed the patient TASK Of
killing his wife by slow poison. Ms WiDsor kept a
hospital FOR infantiede Southey murdered tie chill.
dren Of his mistress with parade Of Mlthusian philos
ophy, for fear that they would stirye. emitting Of
course, to kill himself .nd swedish priest poisoned q
dozen Of his parshoners wish tie sacrament, out Of
pity for their wrcichCdness Crime OF this ouple1
character weird, appalling, aad eztrayssaE; Do
ord expression.
TEE vAGAEIEs OF CRIME.
OF the proportion OF crimes in genera! it Is scarcely
possible to arrive 8, conclusions But il should BE-
marked that twenty Of nameless outrage class
Of crime which seldom invites fecord-were printed IN
the last ak months. Curious and monstrous among
other aagrancies tie placing OF orpeloes on a
railroad az attempt 10 throw train off the track the
burning OF three houses By girl fourteen years Old,
poygamy to the extent OF ten wives by man who
afterwa7l han ged himself and 10 another TO the
number OF four highway robbery by boy eleven
years OF age; highway robbery By politician. mail
robbery BY postmaster and the maign biting off OF
noses Add to these TIE publication OF obscene books
and papers and the deacing and miseaturns OF natu'
raj scenery several cases OF which came under the
law An exCongressman wGs also convicted Of
subornc;icn OF perjury. We must 10. omit to mention
the story If only 70 set il down losE sreKceed in
zb,. iae,s-o. the boy rbo deliberately cg; OF bis am