The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-13
A YEARS RECORD
OF Lyachings, Murders, Hang.
ings, Defalcations
-
AND OTHER THINGS.


i Year, Slowing the Number OF
Vlolen. Deaths, Robber-
les and Accidents.
/ or much interest and Significance
are the figures contained in the Obi
oago Tribune's annual revlew of the
year 1904. Especially satisfactory IL
the showing that there were fewer
lynchings than in any previous yeal
since 1885. There was q marked
falling OF iu the aggregate of dona
tions for educational, philauthropic
and religious purposes. There is q
decrease In the number of legal hang.
iDgs, in the total Of defalc atoms. for.
gerles and bank wreckings and in the
number Of homicIdes. Fire losses
| show small increase. Ia general
business, manufacturing and com
mercial way the latter half OF the
year was decided improvement over
| the first six months.
Lynchlngs f)r the year number 81,
as compared with 104, the previous
year, 96 in 1902 and 35 in 1901. No.
vember was the one month in twenty
years during which 30 lynching wss
reported North or South. or the 81
Elynchings 81 took pace in the South
and In the N rth. There were 83
negro victims and whites. Two
women were among the number.
The high water mark for lynchings
was in 1892, when mob vengeance
"a3 wrcaked on 235 persons.
Mississippi heads the list Of States
with Is iyncling3 Arkansas and
Geo gia divide dish1nor with II each,
Kentucky, Virginia, Texas and South
Carolina each has fewer than a half
dozen cases to its credit. Every state
OF The Upper Mississippi Valley es-
capes without a blemish.
The alleged causes OF the lynchings
were: Murde' 36; race prejudice 10;
attacks on women 20; murderous as
sault 4; conspiracy to murder Q; un-
known 3; insults 2; threats l, and
robbery l.
Naturally the numb,r of killed and
wounded In war during 1904 greatly
exceeds that Of 1908, because of the
sanguinary conflict between Russia
and Japan. TIE total loss of, the
With $4,000 sn 1903, 10000 In 1902,
and 5000 = i00l. OF these losses
approximate 10000 were on Russo
japanese ba- de fields and seas. OH.
cr losses hap Jbeen; Armenian mas.
sacres, 7,S6iA Thibet 6,492; Philip.
pines 3,230; l:Bumatra 1885,. Africa
3,7l4; Uruguay 2,035; Macedonia $40;
San Domingo 240; Bulgaria 239;
Morocco so; Arabia 40.
Legal executions numbered 116, as
computed with 1873 the year before
and 1914 In 1902 There were sxty-
Jwo executions in the North and 81
Ia the South, OF whom SO were whites,
40 negroes, che japanese and one
| Chinese. In l1o cases the victlm
were convicted OF MURDER. Six were
con victcd Of murder. Six we're put to
death for attacks on women. Penn
Syl1ania executed 10, Olio 10, New
York 8 Missouri 3, Alabama 6, AR.
kaisa, I, California 5, and Indiana 2.
There vas marked fall ng IF in the
last th-ec moths OF the year.
Leaving out the operations of Mrs.
Cassie Chadwick, the extent Of whlc1
has not been ascertansd, the rec ,rd
OF the year shows that men intrusted
with public and private funds are be.
coming more honest. At any rate
the total Of defalcations, embezz.e
nents, forgerles and blnk wrecklng
Is 81 l42 5o7, as compared with 36,
562 l05 IN 1903. The figures for the
year are smaller than for any yesl
since 1900, one-sixth OF those In I9O4
and less than half those in 1895, 1896
and 1897 The tabular statement fo,
1904 shows:
From baaks. .s2.2t2 81.
Stolen BY public olllcials 228 10.
~ agents. ......... 75S,87'
For9eIies. ............. 1873, ,49l
From loan associations .. 81, ,OOl
By postal employees ...... l4,5O'
miscellaneous stealings. .. 637,97(
while there was decrease OF sew
eral hundred In the number Of homi
cides' itisa significant fact that Their
ha tias oecn g'eaO increase IN the mum
o.i ,oaro -, ,''iu.is c,luniIled by nigh
J aJ ""J liz III -, paisiais' ls' noia' up mel
anu al lnaG class OF Criminals. Chi
, o,1an,, 49, :, ~ q, Cnis paTsicular makes
s,UIy 81 a1oT'us o. ne CROWN OF I'M
snarsyy ,"asy =, o. limo mas, mas peen soeaay 10
iona 29a -" 10 1000 10 "u,e 'ne ao4 II