The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-01-13
A YEARS. RECORD
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.

Year, Showing the Number of
Violent Deaths, Robber.
les and Accidents.
or much interest and signifcan
are the figures contained in the Oh
oago Tribune's annual revIew of I'll
year 1884. Especially satisfactory
the showing that there were few,
lynchings than in any previous ye;
since 1885. There was a marke
falling If in the aggregate Of don,
tlons for educational, philanthrop
And religious purposes. There is
decrease IN the number of loyal hans
lrgS, in tie total of defa]cAtions, fol
gerics and bank wreckings and In th
number Of homioides. Fire losse
show q small increase. In a generi
business, manufacturing and COR
fpercial way the latter half OF til
year was Il decided Improvement owe
The first six IN )nths.
Lynchings fjr one year number 81
as compared with 104, the previuu
year, SO in 1902 and 1875 in 1901. No
VemDer was the one month in twent
years during which no lyuching wa
reported North oT South. CT tile 8
lynehings 81 took pace In the South
and in the n rth. There were 8;
negro victims and 4 whites. TIVE
Wo nen were among the numbsr
Ihe high water mark for lynchings
was in 1892, when mob vengeancs
vas wrcaKed on 235 persons.
Mississippi heads the list Of STATES
with Is iynchingS. Arkansas ind
Geo ga divide dishonor with II eich,
Kentucky, Virginia, Texas and South
Carolina each has fewer than half
dCzen cases to its credit. Eserystate
OF the Upper Mississippi Valley es-
capes without blcmlsh.
The alleged causes Of The ly1chings
were: Murde' 36; race prejudice 10;
attacks on women 20; murderous as
sault 4; conspiracy to murder 2; un-
known 2; insults 2; threats l, aud
robbery l.
Na'u.o'p5 the numb,r of killed and
wounS>'i in war during 1904 greatly
ey,iedS that of 1903, because of tho
.anSuinary conn ct between Russia
,ear is about 400, 900, as compared
With $4,000 in 1903, 10000 in 1902,
Ind > 900 in 1901. Or these losses
ippr0ximately 37O,00 we're on Russo
japanese battle fields and seas. OH
er losses have been: Armenian mas.
,acres, 1864; Tbibet 6,492; Philip
pines 3,230; Sunatra 2,379; Africa
3,7l4; Uruguay 2,O35; Macedonia 800;
San Domingo 240; Bulgaria 239;
Morocco 90; Arabia 40.
Legal executions numbered 1l6, as
with 1913 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. la ITO cases the victims
were convicted OF murder. Six were
convicted # murder. Six were put TO
death for attacks on women. Penn
Sylvania executed 10, OHIO 10, New
York 8, Missouri 3, Alabama 6, Ar.
kaisaS /, California 5, and Indiana 2.
There WAS marked fall ng ,ff in the
last three months OF the year.
Leaving out the operations OF Mrs
Cassie Chad wick, the extent OF whict
mas no0 been aSccrta!ned, the Iec)rc
OF the year shows that men intrustet
with public and private funds are be
coming more honest. AT any ratt
the total Of dcfalcatiOns, embezzle
ments, forgcrlcs and blnk Wrecking
is 81 742 5l7, as compared with Sc,
562 !G5 in 1908 The figures for tn
yeAr are smaller than for any yes
since 1909, ona-Sixth Of those in 100
and less than half those in 1895, l89
and 1897 The tabular statement 10
| 904 shows:
From bankS. 81, 2t2 81
stolen b. public officials d. 22S 10
By ageuis. ....... 75o, 81
| fOrScrieS. ............ lS3 Az
From loan associations 49,. 3ll 00
| rs postal employees ...... a., so
iscrisurGus sLeallr gs. 63T OF
Wai,h there was 3. decrease OF SO;
er 4 tlund ed III the number Of hom
clccS, il Isa significant fact that thcr
hiss been Il gieat increase In the nun
bAr Of nuld.rS committed by higl
way men, burglars. hold up" me
and all that class Of Criminals. Ch
cago in this particular makes
gloomy showing. The growth OF tn
variety of crime has been steady Il
several years. There were 464
1903, 333 in 1902, and 1913 in l9r
Acknowledgement has been given to tn
Kind Ct human slaughter by The gre,
percentage OF guilty men who esoal
capture and conviction. The han
rg Of the boy blndlts had apparent
no deterrent feet.
Tie principal causes for homicld
follows: Quarrels, 1871; unknow
l 65l; Jealousy, 0l3; liquor, $40; /
sane, 27l; infanticide, 1853; strike
50; seli-dcfence, SO.
In the list OF great disaster, t.
!, burning Of the steamer Slocum, VIII
,03l lives we're lost, was the wor.
. Six hundred were lost in o stoIm
Lake BAikal, 500 by the collapse o.
dam In China, 100 by an avalanche
Pragelato, Italy; 100 by u hurrica
r in Cocain, China; 100 by g storm
Santiago, Cuba; 22O by a ferry be
wreck in Russia; 200 by flood Ia I
/: Philippines. The distribution f
g lows:
y Fires, 1,oo6; drownings. 2,745;
plosons, falling building and like G.
i ualties, 500; mines, $50; storms u
e cyclones, 243, lightning, lS9; clectr
r lty, l26.
/ Steam railroad accidents caused
Y loss OF 2 $50 lives, . considerable