The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-01-11
4 YEAR OF CRIME.
Murders. Executions. I.ynchingE. and ~ui.
ridcs An Appalling List.

ridos-An Appalling List.
During the past year, says The New
York Ereniny T,ieyrnm, crime has held
high carnival in the United States. On
an average there have been each day
two murders and one suicide. On the
other hand, executions have averaged
only two in Il week and lynciings only
one. Since January |, 72o persons have
met their deaths Al tie hand Of their
icllowmcn. One hundred and twenty.
five were mysterious murders. There
were 81 wife murders, 5 murLcrs Of hu.-
bands, & parrici1es, i ma.ricides, 3 fra.
tricijcs aud . sorGricidcs Forty chill.
Lrcn were killed by ,hcir parents. In
twcn,y.thrcc Of Tie crimes there we're
two assassin in three Instances there
were three Of them. Twenty four Of the
murdercrs committed suicide and one
died in Jail.
In regard to murders New York leads
with III 7G Of these we're committed
in New York and II in Brooklyn. The
other States and Territories rank in the
following order: Missouri, A. Virginia
43; Pennsylvania, 40; Kentucky, 81;
Texas, 81 /; Illinois, 30; New Jersey, 30
Ohio, 2S; Massachusetts, u; Arkansas
a; Tennessee ~ Indiana, -; North
Carolina, 10; Georgia. lG; Mississippi,
-; Colorado, 10; California, 10; Iowa
aud Minnesota, . each; Alabama, Con-
nccticut, Maryland, Michigan and Wis
con.n, $ each; Louisiana, Maine and
South Carolina, each; Kansas and
| Rhode Island, & each West Virginia, 5;
Arizona, District Of Columbia, Indian
Territory, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah
| Ia,
and New Hampshire, 3 each DAKOTA,
Nebraska and Washington Territory, .
each Delaware, Montana and Yer
mont, each.
One hundred aud one persons paid the
penalty of their crimes by death during
the pas, year. or this number ninety
eight died OF the gnl!ows and three were
shot, the scene OF the execution Of the
latter being the Indian Territory or
those who forfeited their lives tihy-two
werc negroes, thirty eight were white
eight were Indians aud two were China
men. Three women were executed
One WAS hanged in Georgia, with four
men, for having committed murder Gt a
camp meeting, another WAS executed in
South Carolina, with her brothcrin law,
for numbering her sister, and the third
died on the gallows with two men in North
Carolina for killing her husband. Eighty
eight Of the executions were for murder,
five ornrsun, three for treason, two for ly-
ing in wait and stabbing and three for as
saulting women. The persons hanged for
treason were three Indian scouts. exc
cutcd by the United States authorities at
Fort Grant, Arizona. Two brothers
were hanged together in Tennessee and
two Cousins died OH the same galows in
pennsylvania. OF tho murders expiatcd
six were those Of wivea, one that of Il
husband, one of Il son, one Of Il sister,
one Of an aunt, ono of II dnughtcr-in- law
and one was committed in prison. One
Of the executions was that of tiuiteau,
for the assassination Of President Gar.
field one TINT Of the Indian Chief,
Brave Bear, aud two occurred in New
York Those Of Sindram and Leighton
on April 90 and May ID, respectively
The l0l executions are divided among
the several States and Territories us
follows: Georgin. II; South Carolina,
10; Louisiana, Z Missouri and North
Carolina, 6 each Dakota, Illinois, In
dian Territory and Pennsylvania, 5 each
Kentucky, New York, Tennessee and
Texas, 4 each; Alaska, Arizona, Arkan.
sns, Mississippi and Virginia, 3 each
Alabama, California, Colorado, Connec-
ticut, Delaware, District of Columbia,
Florida, Idaho, Nevada, New Jersey,
New Mexico and Oregon, each.
Judge Lysch, during the past twelve
months, has been very busy. by his or
dc-s tifty-scven 2ersons were put to death
in punishment ior various crimes. There
were twelve double and four triple lynch
ings. Thirty four of these on whom
summary justice was inflicted were white
men, Twenty-Five were negroes and one
an Indian, who was hanged in Califor-
mia. or the fifty.seven lynchings,
thirty four were for murder, three for
horse stealing in Missouri, two for cattle
stealing in Colorado. two for cotton
stealing i'll Texas, two for robbery and
attempted murder in Louisiana, two for
murder and stage robbery and twelve for
other crimes which the residents Of the
South and West generally punish with
death. The hangings by nobs and vigi
lnnce committees occurred in the follow
ing States and Territories Colorado 6,
Alabama S. Kentucky, Louisiana, New
Mexico, South Carolina, 1 each, Kansas,
Missouri and Washington Territory 8
each, Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Mime.
sofa, Mississippi, Ohio and Texas 2 each
Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mis-.
souri,, Oregon, Virginia and Wisconsin l
each.
Three hundred and eighty.three per.
SONS in various parts Of the country, hav-
ing grown tired Of life, ushered them
selves into eternity by means Of the pis
tol, gun, knife, razor, fire, the rope and
various other ways. In New York l23
persons committed suicide, and in Brook.
Ign there were 26 cases. OF all the
States and Territories New York ranks
first with lS4 cases, New Jersey 3S,
Pennsylvania 81, Ohio q, Maryland l3,
Missouri TO-, Illinois 9, California Z,
Arkansas and Delaware 6 each, Connec.
ticut, Massachusetts, and North Carolina
5 each, Alabama, Indiana, Georgia,
Maine, Rhode Island and Virginia 1
each, District of Columbia, Louisiana,
Mississippi and New Hampshire each,
Kentucky, Michigan, Vermont aud Wis.
consin 2 each.
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