The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-04
LYNCHING STATISTlCS.
" The Usual Crime" subterfuge Used ms n
Shield to Excuse Murder.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-ST' Southern
newspapers ana other agencies that create and
control puhlic opinion nave insisted with SO
much "arh'sth'~s ana apparent sincerity mat
If there wcr" NJ criminal ,saults there would
ho no lynching tho southern states.
that the people oi the country have very gcn-
orally con" to accept tins view of the matter.
Great newspapers outside OF the southern
group OF Stntcs are beginning to argu" grav"ly
about tn" usual crime ~ the main IrOvorn-
ton ot lvnch'nE with Is much ~"r"usn"es
n~ IN" A'hn'a lhO"g'H or IN" N"IdrtoWn
3D. H"' '"' Is o"H what agra aye" ~" @ltnt-
tIhn l. 'hht Northern newspapers hay no rN-
Gus" Whatever Tor a"""rtlng th!' southern
sui t"rinR" IA shield to excuse crime. The
statistics FOR years and wears at" hvainbc. On
the l't OF January Tor number "i N"nt~ the
'h''d3" F'b"r ha~ served the "aus' o' JUS
tirr hy an annual review OF Iyn"hnes and an
analysis OF the alleged offences winch Gctnat"d
tn" mon.
/ 1hohrhno" Phn". a strong Aro-Am"ri"an
. newspaper, also keeps Il record OF IynrhIhEs.
! ana h"siies. hcEhhihS with the hrS' or tho
, year, II cares 'h' name hu'reSS ana hI"E"i
"H"h"e OF earh vI't'm OF mon violence. Any
error oi fa"i could easily he corrected by any
OF ia" participants who should DO anxious To
nav" TN" record correct.
Inc newspapers oi TN" North DO nor appear
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II Is I" l""ow p'lhdlv the southern assertion III
'h's mH'ter OF branding IN" wholt Airo-Amen-
can rarc rs ranlsts. or now bitterly IN" as-"r-
! tioh * resented. III 1t were not a malignant
an" mal'rouS la!sehood' ueIlheratey rreheui-
'ateu' ana u IL were allowed I" go uhchaIIenRed
ana uhreiuteu' IL would he suillcleht TO array
/ 'he "ho" rePunhc against 'he Atro-AmerI-
can people as brutes' VINO ShonId not DO
o""W"u 10 i've Ill the couhtrf-pcople
'h'lrely outSlne the pale OF christian sym
/ Ph.hy' IL Is not 100 m""h 10 say that ms
abhorrent view OF the matter Is the ono which
the southern apoIoHlsts OF MOB law nave
Sought 10 create from the very heIihhihR
| lhey nave hau meaSurhple success, nut they
| niuS' iai' III the emu. LOT error cannot long
prevail "heh truth Is Tree 10 COMBAT II
Ahother suhteriuHe when southern apollo
g'sts Oh lyhch Ia" nave IMPOSED on the country
! ana "h'h IL ~ necessary 10 r"lute Is mat the
m"S7eS Oh 'h' AlFo-:tiherlcah people conceal
a'icsen CRIMINALS ana refuse TO disclose their
Wheteapou'S IL Wou'u DC iohhu upon I'M
pnrtial investigation that IN such cases the
a'leR'd criminals are shielded by thcir relh-
ives ana ''hmeuia'e lr'ehns III me same way
an" W inc same extent only mat inc whlte
peop'e no III IKE circumstances ana that In
'"v' cuSo' WIZ" inc piack anu IN" "hte' theV
'1'' S'n an par' Vi 'he community
Ihat this tendency is any moro generally prev
Mi the $50 -, . " 100 ~ ."1
,"'sn OF INC S""tn. ShouIu not De accepted
simply upon the test imony OF those who are in
terested in putting the best possible face upon
their hlnoJy wnrL
A brand new subterfuge. started for the most
part by Gov Allen d. Gambler Of Georgia.
w"l'h mas t'N"h an immediate h"Id upon
northern newspaper writer's is that Afro
n'mc inn =" n. Hue ., "Ss'1u III run
,h ~ CIV ''''''9 y, ''e'' i"'e' "nu
that in such refusal they bring down upon
sno' wn',e he'EhoorS. inc absurd hum"r
in this contention is lost sight of entirely. In
the first place man who commits crime
usually makes himsn,r ns scnrco ,hou, tho
us'"',IIS n"Nr9 n''"9e,' uS scarce ABOUT tho
he'ghborhood as possible. AMI gets among peo-
pie VIII, know nothing about him or his crime.
ana VINO taNe nm IN ana extend hospitality
10 MN on general principles. That he
ls wan,"d 'I me Legal authorities is usually
'l1' N"'N' 10 ,h'm "hrh the o''icerS OF 'he
nw ap"r o" the seSnr i" maorty Of cases
harbarty and brutality long, discarded in ad D. :.
country only in the Southern States. md
nways to run down hlock men II ia sar.
dom. indeed. that whit" man is chased by a
bloodhound in the South Bloodhounds were
never meyer made a part Of the Southern con
second place ii" It is u'T not POt EFFECTED an nT
%nere e, 6 or Of anybody except in the South.
ehnnu Itatts hnu OF hlacK men; mat 'hHy
ALLEGED ant h ng%( %HM
an M'rmTET ana "ArrnSHr polce system ia
from tbe hnrien and Of ft The to rHre
th a., onr ih"tnhe OF
canm hat he sho h' pcrorm ro IL Sh%
%r wM" fS@1 bd fnp he shs
loot. a. -, III TF f ~ a." Wv nc Snai. haVc pro
NNlI'i, q ms III" M bioHrty, ana " Is guar