Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-01-05
A YEAR OF CRIME.
Murders, Executions, Lynchings and Sui
cides-An Appalling List.


cides-An Appalling List.
During thepast year, says the New York
EUenind Teleqrdnl, 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 week and lynehings one. Since jan
uary l, 720 persons have met their deaths
at the hands of their fellow-men. One
hundred and twenty-five were mysterious
murders. There were 80 wife murders,
5 murders of husbands, 8 parrlcldes, 4
matricides, 3 fratricides and 2 sororicldes.
Forty children were killed by their pa
rents. In twentv-three of the crimes there
were two assassins; in three instances
there were three of them. Twenty-iour
of the murderers committed suicide and
one died in Jail.
In regard to murders New York leads
with 1871; 70 of these were committed in
New York and IA in Brooklyn. The other
States and Territories rank in the follow
ing order: Missouri, "A; Virginia, ~;
Pennsylvania, 40; Kentucky, 81; Texas,
81; Illinois, 30; New Jersey, 30; Ohio, Is;
Massachusetts, 81; Arkansas, "a; Tennes-
see, 21 Indiana, 10; North Carolina, -;
Georgia, 16; Mississippi, 10; Colorado,
10: California. 10: Iowa and Minnesota, 8
each; Alabama, Connecticut, Maryland,
Michigan and Wisconsin, each; Louis
lana, Maine and South Carolina, each;
Kansas and Rhode Island, each; west
Virginia. 5: Arizona, District of Column
bia, Indian Territory, New Mexico, Ore
gon, Utah and Wyoming, each; Florida,
Nevada and New Hampshire, each;
Dakota, Nebraska and Washington Ter
ritory, . each; Delaware, Montana and
Vermont, / each.
One hundred and one persons paid the
penalty of their crimes by death during
the past year. OF this number ninety
eight died on the gallows and three were
| shot, the scene of the executions OF the
latter being the Indian Territory. or
| those who forfeited their lives tfty-two
were negroes, thirty-eight were white,
eight were Indians and two were China
men, Three women were executed. One
was hanged in Georgia, with four men,
| for having committed a murder at a camp
meeting. another was executed in South
| Carolina, with her brother-in-law, for muir
dering her sister, and the third
died on the gallows with two men
! in North Carolina for killing her huS-
band. lightweight of the executions
were for murder, five for arson, three for
! treason, two for lying in wait and stabblng
and three for assauiting women. The
persons hanged for treason were three In
| dian scouts, executed by the United States
authorities at Fort Grant, Arizona. TWO
brothers were hanged together IN Tennes-
see, and two cousins died on the same GAL
lows in Pennsylvania. OF the murders
/ eXpiated. six were those of wives, one
that of husband, one of a son, one of a
| sister, one of an aunt, one of daughter
| in-law, and one was committed in prison.
! One of the executions was that of Guiteau
for the assassination of President Gar
! field; one that of the Indian chief,
Brave Bear, and two occurred IN
| New York, those of Sindram and
leighton on April 30 and May 10, respec-
! tivelv. The 1O1 executions are divided
among the several States and Territories
as follows: Georgia, II; South Carolina,
| 9: Louisiana, I; Missouri and North Caro-
| lima. each; Dakota, Illinois, Indian Ter
ritOry and Pennsylvania, each; Ken
| lucky, New York, Tennessee and Texas,
each; Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Mis-
sissippi and Virginia, EACH. Alabama,
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Della
ware. District of Columbia, Florida, Ida
no. Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico
and Oregon, each.
Judge Lynch, during the past twelve
months, has been very busy. by MS or
ders fifty-seven persons were put 10
death in punishment for various
crimes. There were twelve double
and four triple lynchings. thirty
four of those on whom summary
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| TWENTY-FIVE were negroes, and one an In
| dian. who was hanged ia California. Of
/ the fifty-seven lynchings, thirty-four were
! for murder, three for horse stealing in
Missouri, two for cattle stealing in Colo
| RADIO. two for cotton stealing IN IeXas,
! two for robbery and attempted murder IN
/ Louisiana. two for murder and stage rob
| berry. and twelve for other crimes which
| the residents of the South and West gen.
| orally punish with death. The hangings
! by mObs and vigilance committees Oc-
! Cured IN the following States and Terri
! tories: Colorado,6 Alabama,5; Kentucky,
| Louisiana, New Mexico, South Carolina,
| 4 each: Kansas, Missouri and Washing
| ton Territory, each; Arizona, Florida,
! Indiana. Minnesota, Mississippi, OHIO
! and Texas. , each; Arkansas, California,
Louisiana, Missouri, Oregon, Virginia and
/ Wisconsin. each.
Three hundred and eighty-three persons
/ in various parts of the country, having
grown tired of life, ushered themselves
| into eternity by means of the pistol, gun,
| knife, razor, fire, the rope, and various
( other WAYS. In New York 1913 persons
committed suicide, and in Brooklyn there
were DC cases. OF all the States and Ter
ritories New York ranks first, with lo4
cases; Jersey, SO; Pennsylvania, 81;
Ohio. "a: Maryland, Is; Missouri, 10; IL
linois, Q: California, Z; Arkansas and
Delaware. each; Connecticut, Massa-
chusetts. North Carolina, 3 each; Ala
bama. Indiana, Georgia, Maine, Rhode
| Island and Virginia, each; District of
Columbia, Louisiana, Mississippi and
New Hampshire, 3 each; Kentucky, Mich
TO-, Vor,nOu+ and Wisconsin, each