The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-29
GEOGRAPHY OF CRIME,
SOME STATISTICS RECENTLY COM
PILED IN GERMANY.
saxony shows tho Enormous Percentage
OF 400 Suicides TO Every million In
habltants Now York Central
pace for An Criminals.

German philosopher, has been compiling
statistics regarding what might be called
the GEOGRAPHY OF crime. His work, the
arst Of the kind undertaken, as just been
given to the public. The best material
that could be found, which furnishes IN
conference.-the proof, is the crime Of sui
eide, based on geographical conditions,
says tho Boston Transcript The geogrnph-
ical center Of the suicidal mania is Sax
ony which yields an enormous crop--iOo
cases to every million inhabitauts
Among all the civilized states, Germany
rolls up the greatest number-an average
OF go to every 100000 souls. The other
countries range in the following success
sion; France, Austria Belgium, England,
italy and Russia The smallest number
OF suicides occurs in lreand, Denmark, on
the other hand. furnishes strikingy
large percentage OF suicides. From all
sides OF the compass, according to it's
greater or less distance from the Saxon
center, arises the colossal suicide noun
tain range OF Germany. From the Sar-
matte plain Ia Russia, where the suicides
per milton fan below thirty, the crime in
creases IN numbers as Il nears the heart
Of Germany. In the provinces Of the East
Sea the number runs up to fortyive; in
eastern and western Prussia its quota
Is almost 100; IN Brandenburg 1t is 200;
in the Saxon provinces from go to 30
(higher than in all the other Prussiau
statasl, reaching its maximum in the
kingdom OF SoXony itself-i0o The same
condition prevails IN the western APP
proIch. Tho Rheulsh provinces, IN common
Kyt la Tsal ip ID "a
Sc cases to each 100000 SOULS Westphalia,
| 90; Hanover, li0. Thurlugia, as 1t gravi-
tates toward SaNony. 500 The same pro
portion holds good ior the South, while
farther north, IN Schleswig- Holstein and
Denmark, q sort of independent mountain
range with "a second gravitation center
seems to have formed. The southern re-
gions Austria and Bavaria, are under the
baueful influence OF SaXcny. The average
| in Bavaria is 100, farther south It is
barely 70, while in the northern provinces
OF Bavaria, as they border on SaNony,
| the number increases to $50. Austria, aside
from tho Infectious surroundings Of
Vienna and lower Austria, furnishes an
average OF 1870 suicides to 100000 people,
but in the provinces which approach SAX
ouy this number Increases rapidly, being
$50 In Aiaheren, $50 in Bohemia and rs
in SOesia, while IN the Iyrol, Carinthia,
Styria and Ncrarlherg the number de-
ciines 70 90 and 100.
MANY OFFENDERS IN LARGE CITIES
Before passing on to review OF other
crimes It IS well 10 state that the metro
pollun cities are not included in these geo.
graphical statistics for all the large cities
OF the WOrld-LOudOn, Paris Berlin. Vi
emma, Rome, st. Petersburg, New York
arc centers of crime They may be regard
ed In the light OF international criminal re-
sorts where all crimes are equally repre-
fgF no ufy NJ ha3 IA
cause OF difference. London, with Its
100000 inhabitants has the largest num-
Der Of criminals. Nearly 5000 individuals
are constantly mendcing the public peace
of London, the safety of life and prop
erty, and Euglands peculiar laws en-
courage this state OF affairs. IT seems In
credible that only one-siXth of the most
notorious lpw-breakers are imprisoned in
England, while the rest so about on evil
bent. The two reXt largest cities where
crime abounds are New York and San
Francisco, encouraged as in London, by
the laws OF the country Paris at the
present time manifcsts striking increase
in crimes OF immortality, far In excess pro-
portionately to all other crimes. Ia VI
emma burglary is TAR in excess Of murder.
as VOL as in the second capital OF Aus
tria-IiuuEary.
Murder. geographically considered, is the
product Of lack Of civilization. Whenever
"a State or government rs in a state OF
oisanl1a lloH t1e pe9ple ogcolle uelIlor-
l"@eu' eduoatiohu' el'9 IeilblpuS IVvsipa55
IS aL stAhqstllN anu HuIutr ~ uouHu
20 increase III IS essehtAi 10 lay great
stress on the religious ieellhS o. com
mumty, because comparatively rev muir
ders occur M TURKEY country aeranged
and unsettled In It's AFFAIRS, wherein a
| large proportion OF the people are lacking
IN civilization and culture. But the Islam
| faith Is productive OF certain religious
In 4 cd gng
which prevents murder the greatest crime
against human and divine laws Com
pared with Turkey, Greece, once the scat
OF civilization but now demoralized and
| degraded by Turkish influence, without
the prohibitlve power of the Mohamme-
dan religion, manifests the truth OF this
assertion, by rolling up, In a population of
less than 100000 people, 3l5 murders and
i7s felonious assaults. an average OF one
Killed or malmed for every 2SQ0 souls. This
number overahalows demorallzed ireland,
where for a number of years the most ter
rible agrarinn crimes-murder arson. etc