The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1905-01-11
OF Lynchings, Murders, Hang
ings, DefalCations
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.
les and Accidents.

are the figures contained in the Chi
cago Tribune's annual review Of the
year 1854. Especially satisfactory is
the showing that there were fewer
!ynchipgs than in any previous year
since 1885. There was marked
falling IF in the sggresate OF dona-
lions for educational, philanthropic
and religious purposes. There is a
decrease in the numb OF legal hang
irgS, in the total Of defa)c ltions, for
geries and bank wreckings and in the
number Of honicides. Fire losses
show small increase. II general
business, manufacturing and com
nercial way the latter half Of the
year was decided improvement over
tie first six months.
L7ncoiEgs f3r the year number 81,
as compared with 104, the previous
year, SO in 1892 and l35 IN l9cl. No.
ven Der nas the one month in twenty
y.ars during which 20 lynching was
reported North or South. OF the 81
lynchings 81 took pace in the South
and 5 IN the n rth. There were 80
negro victims and 4 whites. Two
wo nen were among the number.
The high water mark for lynchings
was in 1892, when mob vengeance
vas wreaked on 235 persons.
Mississippi heads the list Of States
with Is lynchiDgs. Arkansas and
Geo gia divide dishonor with II each,
Kentucky, Virginia, Texas and South
Carolina each has fewer than a half
duzen cases to its credit. Every state
OF The Upper Mississippi Valley es-
capes without a bienish.
The alleged causes Of the lynchings
wsre: Murde- 36; race prejudice 10;
attacks on women 20; murderous as
sault 4; conspiracy to murder 2; IN
known 2; insults 2; threats l, aod
robbery l.
Naturally the numb2r CT killed and
wounded in '7a1 during 1904 greatly
exceeds thai Of 1908, because Ct the
sauguina--;; cocf:ct between Russia
and Japall. Toe total less of the
year is ABOUT 400, 900, as compared
With $4,000 in 1908, $4,000 in 1902,
and 5000 in 1001. OF these losses
approximately 100000 were on Russo
japanese battle 6elds and seas. OH
er lcsses have been: Armenian mas.
sacres, 1854; Tibet 6,492; Philip
pines $3.50; sunatra 2,379; Africa
3,7l4; Uruguay 2,035; Macedonia 800;
San Domingo 240; Bulgaria 239;
Morocco so; Arabia 40.
Legal executions numbered 116, as
compared with l23 the year before
and 1914 in 1902. There were xty-
TWO executions in the North and 81
IN the South, of whom SO were whites,
IS negroes, one Japanese and one
Chinese. Ia l1o cases the victims
were convicted Of mu. der. Six were
convicted CT murder. Six we're put to
death for attacks on women. Penn
S}lVania executed 1s, OHIO 10, New
York s, Missouri 3, Alabama 6, Ar.
karsas /, California 5, and Indiana 2.
There was marked f4ll ng cff in the
last three noaths OF tie year.
leaving out the operations Of Mrs.
Cassie Chadwick, the extent OF which
mas not been ascerta!nsd, the record
81 the year shows that men intrusted
with public and private funds are be.
coming more honest. At any rase
the total OF defalcstions, enbezzle-
mems, forgeries and bank wrecking,
is 81, IA, 5p7, as compared with s6,-
562,I6 in 1903. The figures for the
year are smaller than for any year
since 1909, one-sixth ct those in 1904
and less .han hat these in 1895, 1896
and 1897. The tabular statement for
1894 shows:
From hanks. 50, 242 3I4
Stolen by public officials. 228 1874
By sgeu;s. ........ 756,S79
Foryeries. ... lS3,4 400
From loan associations -. 3l1,OO
Bv postal employees. 14,500
Miscellaneous steslirgs.. 637,970
While ti:ere was a decrease OF sew
eral hundred IN the number Of homi.
ciJes, it IS a significant fact that there
his been a great increase in the num-
Der OF MURDERS committed by high.
wayncc, burglars, hold up" men
ana al that class Of Criminals. Chi
cago IN this particular makes E
gloomy showing. The growth OF this
va -iety Of crime has been steady for
s.ve.r. lars. There were 464 il
1858, 333 "a 1902, and 1913 in 1901.
Enct tur3gement mas been given to this
kind II human slaughter by the great
percentage Of gc'lsy men who escape
capture and conviction. The harg-
Il g OF the by bandits had apparently
no deterrent effect.
TIE principal causes fer homicides
follows: Qlarrels, 4 181; unknown,
65l; Jealousy, 6lS; liquor, $40; in
sane, I'll; irfanticide, 153; strikes,
55; self-defence, 33.
In the Est Of great disaster, the
burning CT the steamer Slocum, when
,q3I lives we're lost, was the w rst.