The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-12-30
TILE RECORD OF CRIME
FOR THE YEAR Just CLOSING,
An Appalling Ll't Of Murders. Executions, Lyhth.
lars and Suleldss-Aob Law Ia the South
and Wtst-StAt,tfts Of Those Who Sut
Tered Death attht Hands ur the Law,

NEW YORK, December 9J.-Thc 1elfgra,r
prints the following record OF crimO for III,
year; On M average there have been
each day two murders and enc sttictde. On
tho other hand executions have averaged
only Two In Il week anl lyachlngs one.
s'nce January I, 7a0 persons have met
their deaths NJ tbs bands Of their fellow.
men. One hundred and twenty-five were
mysterious murders. There were Oiiy.,yo
vile murders, tive murders OF husbands,
six parieides, four .nn,ricijes, five iratri.
cities and two sororicides. Forty children
were XII He'd by their parents. In twenty.
three OF the crimes there wefe two ussyis.
sins, In three Instances there were three Of
them. Twenty.four Of the inunlerprs
committed s'tleide and oHG died III iaii.
MURDERS.
In regard to murders New York leads
with l3I; 70of these were committed In
this city and u In Brooklyn. The other
states ind Territories rank In tho follow.
ing order Missouri, n; virginiu u; Penn.
sylvania, 40; Kentucky, 81; TexatSl; iii.
nos, 10; New Jersey 10; Ohio 2S; Niassu.
chuselts, q; Arkansas, q; Tennessee. 81:
Indiana, 10; North Carolina, 10; Georgia,
u; Mississippi. Is; Colombo, l3; California,
lOi Iowa aud Minnesota, . each; Alabu ma,
Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan, and
Wisconsin, 8cacii; Louisiana, Aiaiuu aud
South Carolina, each; Kansas and Rhode
Island, u each; West Virginia, 8; Arizouu,
District {! Columbia lndiun Territory,
New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming,
! eacl; Dakota, Nebraska, and Wash ing.
ton Territory, 9 each; Florida, Nevada
aId New Hampshire, > each; Delaware:
Montana and Vermont, | each.
EXECUTIONS.
One hundred and one persons paid the
penalty OF their crimes by death during
The past year. OF this Number ninety.
eight ,lied on the gallows aud three were
shot, the gcene Of the executions Of The
latter being the Indian Territory. or those
who forfeited their lives tifty.two were ne.
gfoes, sltitty.eiglft we're white, eight were
Indians and two were Chinamen, Three
women were executed. One WIS lapved
In Georea, with four men, for having com.
United murder at j camp meeting, an.
other wns executed in South Carolina, with
her brothcr.in. law, for numbering her sis.
ter, and the Third died on the gallows with
two mcn III North Carolina for killing her
husband. Eighty.ei.ht Of the executions
were for murder, five for arson, three for
treason, two for lying in wait und stabbinr
and three for assaulting women. The per.
sons hanged Tor treason were three
lndian scouts. executed bv tie
United States authorities at Fort
Grant, Arizona. Two brothers were
hanged togethet.i in Tenncssee,andtw two cous-
ins died OH the same gallows in pepusyl- ]
yaniA. Ot the murders expiated, six were
those OF wives, one that OF husband, one
Of son, one OF sister, one OF an aunt, one
oi II dauehter.in.aw and one was commit.
ted in prison. One Of the executions was
that OF Guiteau, for the murder Of Presi-
dent Garfield; one that Of the Indian
chlet, Bnyc Bear, md two occurred In !
this city, those Of Sindram and Leighton,
on April 20 aud May ~, respectively. Tie
idi executions are divided among the |
several States and Territories as follows:
Georgia, II; South Carolina. 0; Louisiana.
i Illinois, Indian Territory and pennsyl. |
vania, . each; Kentucky, New York, Ten
nessee and Texas. ! each; Alaska, Arizona. |
Arkansas, Mississippi and Virginia, 3 each;
Alnbumn, Cnliforniu. Colorado, Connect.
cut, delaware, District OF Columbia. FIori. |
da, ldnho, Nevada, New Jersey, New
Mexico and Oregon, each.
LYSCtlSGs.
Judge Lynch, during the past twelve
months, has been very busy. By his or.
ders tifty.seren persons were put to death |
in punishment for various crimes. There
were twelve double and four triple lynch.
ings. Thirty.four Of those OIL whom sum. |
mary justice was inflicted were white men,
twenty-five we're negroes and one IN In
'lian, who was hanged In California OIL
the iiity.sevcn lynchings, thilty.tour were
for murder, three for horse Stealing in |
Missouri. two for cattle stealing in Colo.
rtado, two for cotton stealing in Texas two
Tor robbery and attempted murder in
l.onisiana, two for murder and stage rob.
berry and twelve Tor other CRIMES which |
lhe residents OF the South and West zen.
orally punish with death. The lanvinys
by mobs and vigilance committees occurred I
IN the following States and Territories:
Colombo, .; Alabalnat5 5; Kentucky, Louis.
nna, New Mexico, South Carolina, i eucl,;
Kansas, Missouri and Washington Terri.
ory, 3 each; Arizona, Florida, Indiana,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio and Texas, :.
each; Arkansas, California, Louisiana,
Missouri, Oregon, Virginia aud Wisconsin,
each.
SUICIDES.
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