Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-27
LESS LYNCHING IN
1907 THAN IN 1905
! THE RECORD SHOWS A GREAT I'M
! PROvEMENT OVER THAT OF
THE YEAR BEFORE.
ONE DIES FOR PETTY MATTER.
Out of 43 Put to Death Only One Was
for Trivial Affair-Many Serious
Crimes in South.
HOT WEATHER CAUSES LYNCHINGS.

The lynching record for 1907 will show
a decided Improvement over that of 1906,
the total for the current year to date
being forty -three-three negro women,
four white men, and thirty-six negro men.
The record includes only cases of I'M
miStakable lynching, leaving out those in
which the victims were killed by pursu-
ing posses while resisting capture. The
record tor last year was Seventy-two,
being Twenty-Five more than that of
1907.
Crimes charged against those lynched
range from robbery to assault and muir
der. Is 1t worthy of notice that only
one of the victims was lynched for such
petty or trivial crimes as in some pre-
Vlous years. y large majority of the vic
TINS were guilty of criminal assault or
attempted criminal assault. In one case
that of Homer Rogers in Louisiana
was a trivial matter cause for killing.
In Rogers case, he was impudent to
some white men who did not like his
''swagger" air and the hanging resulted.
The lynchings were most numerous in
Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and
Louisiana. Farther north there were
two lynchings in Maryland and one each
In Missouri Iowa and Nebraska. Alto
gether there were lynchings in twelve
states. The larger number occurred III
the hot summer months, cold weather
apparently being a deterrent influence.
Following is a tabulated statement:
ALABAMA.
Seven; All Negroes
Jan. 4-NIidway-Wiu Scott, assault
March 24-Florence-Cleyeland Harding,
attempted assault
Sept. 22-Pritchard StantOn-MoSe Dos
sett attempted assault
Nov. 2-Vlnegar Bend-Abe Sumroll, muir
der.
Nov. -Taladega-Fred Singleton, muir
der.
Nov. 30-Opp-NeaI Sanders, assault.
ARKANSAS.
Three, All Negroes, Two Women
March 19-MCKame-Two negreSseS, as
sault to do murder.
May 5-McGhee-Sam Fleming, attempted
murder
GEORGIA.
Four Negro Men, One Negress, One White
May 6--Thomson-Charie Harris, attempt
May 0-ReidsvilIe-FIem Padget, at
tempted assault.
May -Reidsville-Padget woman, aiding
fugitive.
July 1-Dalton-Dock Posey Cwhite), as
sault.
July 1-Comer-George Herbert, wounding
white man.
Oct. 27-Byron-Unknown negro, robbery
IOWA
One White Man
Jan. 9-Charles City-JameS Cullen, wife
murder.
LOUISIANA.
Ten, All Negroes
March 15-Monroe-Flint Williams, muir
der anG robbery.
March 15-MOnrOe-Harry Gardner, muir
der and robbery.
April 16-BGnkie-Ch Strauss, at
April 18-CIinton-Frcd KiIbournc. at
tempted assault.
May 2-Koran-Silar Faley assault
May 31-EchO-Hcnry Johnson, attempted
assault
June 8-Gibbs Lar6ing-James Wilson, at
tempted assault
Dec. -Merrouge-UnknOwn negro, at
tempted murder
Dec. 16--Shrevcport-Hom Rogers, impu-
dent to white.
MARYLAND.
Two Negroes
July 2S-Crisfeld-Jamcs Reed, murder.
Oct 5-Cumberland-Wi Burns, muir
der.
MISSISSIPPI.
Seven, All Negroes
Jan 22-Greenwood-Henr Bill, assault.
June 9-Indianola-Lee Fox, murder.
Aug. 2S-COlumbus-JOh Lipsey, assault.
Oct. 11-Tunica-Three negroes, robbery.
Oct. 22-NanylCet-Henry Sykes threaten
ing a woman.
MISSOURI
One White Man
Feb. 19-Malden-A. L. BrannOn, MURDER.
NEBRASKA.
One White MAN.
Aug. 26-Bancroft-Louis Higgins, double
murder.
OKLAHOMA.
Two Negroes
March 31-Durant-Jim Williams, assault
July 16-Osage-Frank Bailey, attempted
murder.
TENNESSEE.
One Negro