The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-13
OF Lynchings, Murders, Hang.
ings, DefaIcations
AND OTHER THINGS
Some Interesting Statistics Prepared by
the Chicago Tribune for the Past
Year, Showing the Number of
Violent Deaths, Robber.
les and Accidents.


9 or much interest and significanC
3 are the figures contained in the Oh
cago Tribune's anr ual review Of til
year 1884. Especially satisfactory
the showing that there were fewe
Iynchtngs than in any previous yea
SINCE 1885. There was a marke
falling III in the aggregate Of dona
tion' for educational, philanthropi
And religious purposes. There is
decrease IN the number OF legal hang
irg', In the totAl of defalcati0ns, for
Serics and bank wreckings and In th
number Of honicidcs. Fire loss
show a small increase. Ia genera
buslDess, manufacturing and com
netcial way the latter half OF til.
year was Il decided Improvement owe
tue first six m lnths.
Lynchings f)r the year number 81
as compared With 1O4 the previuu
year, 96 in 1922 and l35 in 1901. No
Vemoer vas the one tn in twent5
years during which no iYuciIiuK wa,
reported North or South. or the 81
lynohiugs 81 tooS pace IN the Sout tt
and in the N rth. There were 80
negro victims and whites. Two
! No men were among the number.
The high water mark for lynchings
was in 1892, when mob vengeance
vas wrcaKed on 235 persons.
Mississippi heads the list OF States
with Is iyuchings. Arkansas and
Geo gia divide dishonor with II eich,
Kentucky, Vi:gin!a, Texas and SOUTH
Carolina each has fewer than half
dozen cases to its credit. Every state
OF the Upper Mississippi Valley es-
capes without blcmish.
The alleged causes Of The lyrchings
were: Murde' 35; race prejudice 10;
attacks on wome en 20; murd9ous as
saulJ 4; conspiracy TO murder 2; un-
known 2; insults 2; threats l, aud
robbery l.
Naurspy the Nmb,r of killed and
woun6,d Ia war ing 1904 greatly
eytedS that of 1903, because of the
-Anelinary conn CT between Russia
year Is about 1000, as compared
with Sc, 900 in 1903, 20, 900 in 1902,
and 5000 in 1901. or these losses
approximately 10000 we're on Russo
japanese battle fields and seas. OH
er Losses have been: Armenian mas
saores, 1864; Thibet 6,492; Philip
pines 1920; Sunatra 2,379; Africa
3,7l4; Uruguay 2,O35; Macedonia $40;
San Domingo 24O; Bulgaria 239;
Morocco 90; Arabia 40.
Legal executions numbered ll6, as
computed with 1873 the year before
and 1914 in 1902 There were sixty
Two executions In the North and 54
in the South, OF whom 80 were whites,
45 negroes, one Japanese and one
Chinese. Ia 110 cases the victims
we're convicted OF murder. Six were
convicted Cf murder. Six we're put to
death for attacks on women Penn
Sylyania executed ~, OHIO 10, New
York 8, Missouri 3, Alabama 6, ar
ka,sal I, California 5. and Indiana 2.
There WAS marked fIll ng Z, e in the
last three months OF the year.
Leaving out the operations OF Mrs.
Cassie Chad wick, the extent Of which
has not baen aSccrta!ned, the record
or the year shows that mo2 intrusted
with public and private funds are be.
|
the total Of dcfalcations, embezzle.
ments, forgeries and bunk wrecking
is 81 742 5l7, as compared with e6,
562 lG5 in 1908 The figures for the
yeAr are smaller than for any yeal
since 1900, OneSixth OF those in l9O-
and less Than half these in 1895, 1896
and 1897 The tabular statement TO-
1904 shows:
From banks. 50, ,2%2 81
Stolen by public officials 229 10
BY 0gcuts. ...... ... 1887
tOr9crleS. ........... 1873 40
From loan associations 80. 3ll, 90
rs postal employees . 4,50
N .ct!.sMrCus stealir gs.... 637,07
WIlih there was G. decrease Of SO '
3r 4 humdred In the number Of homi
3toeS, IL 4 significant fact that thcr
has been Al great increase in the nun
b'r or murders committed by high
"Gyn burglars, 'hold,up" me
and all that class Of Criminals. On
cagO in this particular makes
gloomy showing. The growth OF TIL
variety of crime has been steady fc
saveTal years. There were l64
r 1903, 333 ia 1902, and 1913 In 1917.
4 Encouragement has been given to tn
: Kind cf human slaughter by the gres
' percentage OF guilty men who escaT
. capture and conviction. The hapi
; ng Of the boy bLGdlts had apparent
/. no deterrent feet
A. TIE principal causes for homicid
!. follows: Quarrels, 1871; unknown
J. l 65i; Jealousy, 0l3; liquor, $40; Il
(, sane, 27l; infanticide, 1853; strike
e So; sefdefence, 33.
C In the list OF great disaster, Il
q burning Of the steamer SlOcum, Th,
e |, ,03l lives we're lost, was the word
e Six hundred we're lost in o storm
Is Lake BAikal, 500 by the collapse OF
; dam In China, 100 by an avalanche
|. Pragelato, Italy; loo by hurrica
ir in Cochin, China; 100 by o storm
Santiago, Cuba; 22o by ferry bo
wreck in Russia; 200 by flood In t
s: Philippines. The distribution f,
.e lows:
" Fires, 1,0o6; droWnings, 2,745; {
g, plo5ions, falling building and like CT
id ualties, 3O6; mines, $50; storms G
le cyclones, 243, lightning, l89; electr
er ity, l26.
II Steam railroad accidents caused t
~ loss OF 2, $50 lives, d considerable ,
lie crease from the number Of the yt
lie previous. The seriously injured
sn tailed 3,643. On trolley lines
we're killed and 3,204 injured. I