Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1904-01-07
Dark SIDE OF
THE PAST Year
a Brief Glance at Some of the Sor-
rowful Occurrences During
the Twelve Months.
Many Crimes That Resulted In Death
In Various FOrms-Increase i'm Num-
Der of Suicides and Lynchings-
Record Closes with Growing Hor-
r0r in Chicago.

Chicago, Jan. 1.-The record of crime,
OF suicide, OF disaster, of property losses,
ut legal executions and lynchings, and OF
private beneficence is made up for 1903.
and it closes with the browning horror of
the year in our own midst. It's details
should furnish ample material for in
vestigation by students of sociology and
eriminology, political reformers, and
municipal, state and national govern
ments.
Deaths by Violence.
There were 1915 crimes resulting in
death by various forms of violence in
1SOS. small increase over 1902, when
there were 1884. Inc of the most sig
nihcant features of this record is the
TACT that 4O6 Of these murders were COM
mttted by thugs and holdup men, being
nearly twice as many as were committed
last year, and showing proportionately
the increase of lawlessness.
Suicides and Hangings:
There were S,597 cases of suicide in
1903. The following figures show the
steady increase of self-murder: In 1899,
VSo1VS Ill LOW, u, Ill 1OVl, I,1fO, LII
1902, 1921; in 1903, 1897 AS has been
the case during the last three or four
years, poisoning and shooting have been
the principal methods, the two number
Ing 1877 out of 1897. The ease with
which poison may be obtained accounts
for 1850 of these cases.
The total number of legal executions
In 1903 shows falling off compared
with last year, being 1928, as against IA
There were II hanged in the south and
IS in the north, and Of these GO were
white and 60 colored.
Lynch1ngs.
Lynchings numbered 104, as compared
with SO in 1902. Notwithstanding this
comparatively slight increase, an exam
inat1on of the reports for several years
back shows that there were many less
lynchings in the decade just closed than
in the preceding decade. The total for
1903 includes 80 in the south and IL in
the north; Sc negroes, II whites, and
one Chinaman; 102 men and two women.
The two principal alleged crimes were
murder, Al cases; and criminal assault,
20.
Trains Held Up.
The number of trains held up in 1903
was -, as compared with % last year
The number Of stage robberies in 1903
was s, while that of last year was T. The
record shows that no passengers or train
men were killed by robbers, but there
were six wounded. In 1902 one was
killed and three wounded One robber
was killed in 1908, as compared with
three in 1902. The total number of trains
held up in IA years is 241 total number
of people killed, SO, and the number of
people injured (shot), 100.
Various Disasters.
The loss of life by disasters in 1903
has been large. Shipwrecks on the ocean
and inland lakes and rivers have taken
1885 lives. Over 1000 persons have
been killed and over 5000 injured in
railroad accidents. These figures in
dude only the severely injured, and the
list of killed is mainly passengers. The
complete returns, including those killed
and injured on electric roads, will be
much larger, as this record includes only
prominent disasters