, 1879-01-09
THE KILLINGS or THE YEAR.

Tho Cincinnati fon.ntrciai has statis-
tician who, among lis other dutica, keeps a
record Of crimes. This ghaatly catalogue
las Just beon printed, anil from 1t VIC find
that 1,139 persons IN this country were killed
in 1878, not by accidout or natural ageucioH,
but by their fcllow.boiags, nnd now Sleep in
their graves, the victims Of rim, insanity,
Jealousy. Inst, md hatc. From his state
ments OF tho cnusoa Of these crimes It wonld
appcar that murder rarely, II ever, Inns any
Thing Of tho heroic In It's environments.
Nearly ell these killings occurred in low life.
The surroundings were coarse, gross, and
brutal. The causcs In many instances veto
Insufficient; In sonls they were grotesquo,
and il II were possible To invest murder with
any quality Of ln,nor, they would appear
funny. Hers nro few samples from tho
Communicable list:
~ have got the largest and best crop OF corn,"
Ena. Tnat wa. p,,; ,eno9sh l!,s brother r.!n;law
June .. Il H".E:siie, r.. ::ris1s |. ~ !" ths
aaner t.bs uaeks s 81. ssse se a. AZ
anil At one tlow, bofaEo lo conld remonstrato, YET
out of tho way. q aks has own part tle h''saml.
leAQ HuH nAs VIZ. ANt HfhhpA hAIuQNhA "Hu+GQ
Faif Win him: sho dsclinea. iIe Instantly
s5s1 sne her. 21 "a ysa;ns Ss Of 5l, S, Mr.:
ueeus peaches with her old and faithfnl co1orca
fcrsant; tE,ains dl9patc arosc: thc old nesross
sa at W. d. WHO al = %as Sa 20 .ns aa
Thoecunon Mira slsr cut tho nesrcss' ttroat iron,
e.. to sar in o;St;on y ostonSs: ASnHEw T.
iErTr Ittyof.hn. old NOT hayo them done. shs
mover lived 70 sn!sh them. ioF he sos hcs on th.
% siaaa.r atter 10 Iii fellow. n'st about. SaS liz liz
cut NATHAN CotE. a. Culpcnpes. W.. at Mohoa.
tat prayer nert!nx. 1T quarrel ~ TO wl1o should
havG tho hym!I- b0ok.
There havo been numerous murders in
which women were tho cauae, either througa
tho jealousy Of husbands or from tho rago Of
rsJectotl suitora. Tronblo nbout other mems
wives, In fact, en.lol the existence of sixty
four victims. Numerous wiyes 1layo baeu
killed by their huabauds In t1r1nkon frenzy.
mud high.toned Virginia Colonel, WILSON
1Iouor11Ns, killed his wito. children, ans1
1aothcr.iu-law, and as graud finish blow
himself mp OH kcg Of gunpowtlor. There
taye been during The yoar no less than ,ino
out-and.out child.mursierers, somo Of thom
mot over l9 yeara Of aye. Several havo boon
killed for small aums, mud ava Of tho victims
camo to tl.oir end In qaarro1s whera the aum
involved was only few cents. There were
25 persons poisonad, and ~ women
woro killed by aboftionists. The heat Of
political quarsela ended tho cnroer Of II
men. Eighteen fathors killed their sona,
~ mothers killed their ohiltlron, G8 hus-
bands killed their wires, anQ II wivcB
killed THUR husbands. Fifty-three oil.
cors have killed persons aud 10 off,
cors layo been killed. Ten men havo beon
killed in quarrels In bagnios, Il In bar.room
brawls, OIL account Of dogs, nearly 100 on
nccouut OF womon, II on nccount OF cards,
5J by feuds, Is on property Disputes, - by
1nobs, liz, known, by Southern bulldozora,
and many unknown,-and ~ by thieves.
III all this long and ghastly list there IL
scarcely QUO caHe t4at hRa a redecning quail
ily about 1t. It IL oil brutal, hlood y l,,sI-
nets, an exhibition Of tho animal Instincts,
anl lowa.t, bascst passions that almost
nsakos one doubt whether these human
beaSts have conscIenco4 or not.
Murder is 10 now thing Since CA1N sot
tue example they have been abundant
enough. arl probably those committed in
1878 TO not excel those committed oeuturiea
ago In cruelty and lal,otism or inanlsicleucy
OF cause. III the old times. howsyos, When
| nows waa a slow traveller aud tue telegraph
| aud railroad aud nsotlern rcporte.
werc yet 10 10 invented, tho story
Of ,nurller nroly travelled beyond
the limits of tho locality whcro II was COIN,
1uitte.l, unless tho parties to the cri1no wore
persons Of widely extended reputation. and
then ono murder served a. thu staple Of won,
tler1nent anu food for gossip for months all
ovar the conutry. The people Of those for.
tunate titnes wero not aware OF ali tho evil
that was rampant, aa We arc now, when tht
triple agency Of tho telegraph, tho railroad
and tho reporter exhaust the news OF eve,
| tho smallest localities day by day, from tlls
texture OF au unknown BRIDES hosiery up t.
the assassination OF All Emperor or tho aor
tality OF great battle. The omuivorou,
collectors OF uews spread before u ever,
morning every crime that has been commit
ted LII city, town, and village during tht
previous day, as part vi the great world
doiugs.
| While all thix does not necessarily PROV,
that csianes arc increasing, but simply tina
the opportunities for Aesziug Of thuu ar
increasing, ~ communities arc brought near
ct together, aud while 1t IL probable tho
there are no moro murders than there law
always been In proportion to population
nevertheless 1t IL evident that very eonsid
erable nunbsr OF the population aro engaged
! In killing peopls every year. This fact ha