Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-02-20
NORTH CAROLINA.
CRIMINAL oFFENcEs-soME VERY IN
TEREsTlNc STATISTICS.
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Rs1xoB. N. c., February 10. 1890.
Tho Legislature OF 1899 passed an act re
curing the clerks OF the superior, INFERIOR
and criminal courts TO furnish the at.or
ney-General, within twenty DAYS m'et sn'
end Of each term Of court. with list O
.he names Of persons tried Tor crnihA
offences. the race. sex, age. and Occupation
and the character of the offence anu US
punishment. together with general remarks
upon matters of moment IN conh"ctlo'
with the administration OF the ctiui'ns
law. The act is entitled ian act 70 provide
for criminal statistics" IhcSe IepoItel o'
1899 have all been received. ana your cor
respondent has devoted many hourS lliu'
90 the preparation OF the apSo'u,pcis, iIeS
statistical information thus TO DC obtained
The official publication will not he made
until the end OF this year by the Attorney;
General, hut he has given me access 10 az,
the reports. Tine question is often ASKED
whether there ia nm increase OF decrease on
crime. Now. having these reports tor lSSs
on q basis, the comparisons can be maue
year by year.
FIGURES.
There wero tried in 1889 1896 criminal
cases. The race Of the offenders was S,4O5
whites, are blacks. and Indians. There
were e.sss males and $40 females. There
were lflfu lUI Aut lUuA aotfftHt
rape, murder. arson. and burglary la per
SONS. The division of these was as fol-
lows: For rape. Is: murder, 3D. arson o.
and burglary, 81. There were nine con
yictions of capital crimes, divided "a IOl-
lows: For burglary, 2; arson. / MURDER
8, and rape. /. OF tho nine criminals con-
demned were executed, the others having
appealed. There were LIT triais TOT
larceny. tho crime which furnishes tue
.f fhn QOny1Ht nODnlN-
ton. For misdemeenors. which incluoe
n wide variety of crimes, 6,354 persons
were tried. There being 1895 criminal
cases and 96 counties, the average was
trihe over so cases in each county during
the year.
MORE COMMON CRIMES.
The more common crimes are assaults
and batteries, assaults with deadly wea-
pons or with intent 20 kill. carrying con,
cealed weapons, retailing liquor without
license and violating the local-option law,
manning stock and cruelty TO animals, de-
stroylng landmarks. disturbing religious
worship, removal of crops, and fornica-
tion and adultery. Not few of the conn
ties report that there has never been
lynchinc in their borders. Among the rare
crimes. of which there are at most only
three cases. were dynamiting. grave,rob-
berry, highway-robbeTy, poisoning, seiiing
unsound meat. Matchmaking. wayiaying,
burning church. abduction, klihhg
chickens" libel, contempt, oostructing a
river, passing counterfeit money ana
prohibiting
RIOTS.
There were trials for riot in six counties.
and among other Offences worthy OF men
tion we're secret assault, rescue. escape,
gambling. SANDER, forgery, and entlclng
away laborers The average age OF crlml-
mails Is about thirty years, 1t appears.
There are good many juvenile criminals.
mainly cOlored. some under twelve years
Of age. Crime is very evenly divided be-
tween the races. Among the CRIMINALS
tried for capital crimes was Rita Alexan-
der (colored), in Warren county, who was
charged with burglary, her age being TWEEN
ty-one years. Such an offence by woman
is one of the rareSt.
THE NEW PAPER.
II Is learned that the newspaper which
Hon. 4. A. Jernigan will establish in this
CITY will be a weekly. independent Demo-
crat in politics. and conducted on an en-
tirelv new plan. There are also rumOrs
that Raleigh is 10 have another daily morn
Ing paper.
IL is said that q railway is TO be built
from Bennettsvllle, 5. c., 10 Charleston.
This viii give connections between
Charleston and Greensboro and also with
the Norfolk and Western railway ria Mt.
Airy, the present northwestern terminus
of the Cape Fear and Yadkln-Valley rail-
way.
Is HE voTEg?
The preacher, Rev. T. NJ. Joiner, Is in
charge of the Northern Methodist Episco-
pal Church for negroes at Ohcrlin, a mile
northwest of here. and not at the Brook
lyn church. IL is said that while Joiner
claims 10 he a British subject he has voted
IN this State. lie is living III Oberlin. which
Is negro village.
NOTES.
The coal-felds between Walnut Cove and
Ieaksville are To be developed by a newly
organized company. The extent OF the de-
post is very great and the coal well fitted
for ordinary uses.
The Halifax county vineyards, recently
bought up by and now under the control
of an English syndicate. are. by the use Of
large capital TO be enlarged and greatly
developed. The Medoc vineyard is now
one of the largest IN the South.
A negro woman of Asheville last Sunday
stole = 1856. 10 from white man who was
at her house and has fed. The money was
taken while the man. who is visitor TO
Ashevile and who Is wealthy, was under
the influence of chloroform administered
drunk the night before displayed the money
10 the woman.
The people of Raleigh are at work pre-
pairing to increase their cash gift 10 the
Baptist Female State University to $50, 600.
OYSTER PIRATES.
The OYSTER pirate cases returned from the
magistrates court of Currituck 'nrnty to
the Superior Court will be warmly con-
tested in the latter, and the Law of the last
Legislature viii be tested. 1t will be an
interesting trial. A report has reached
here that five oyster craft in attempting
TO make q sea voyage to escape the officers
of Currituck county have been lost on the
beach with their entire crews.
A boiler at the saw-mill of Wade IL Co.,
near Waukulla Robson county, exploded
last Saturday and killed Riley Mcneil, an
old colored man.
The young son Of James Prevatt. OF Back
Swamp, Robson county, was fatally iu-
iured by falling limb while cutting tree
Monday.
II. G. Walker. general merchant, Of Co
lumbia, Tyrell county, has made an assign
meut for the benefit of his creditors.
Negotiations are in progress for a large
increase of the capital stock and III the
operations of the Wetmore Shoe and
Leather Company.
In Washington county yesterday while a
bern was being torn down for removal tho
wind was blowing at very high rate and q
portion Of the building fell. catching under
il W. A. Alexander and Jacob Bosnight.
The latter was so badly crushed that he
soon died. Alexander is badly injured.
FlRE-BUGS.