Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-01
LYNcHINGs OF leoo.
Record of Lawlessness In Fourtsen Southern States During Past Yeax.

Southern States During Past Year. New Orleans. Jan 1.-Of the scv- enty-two persons lynched in the Uui-
 tea States during the year 1903, ac- cordtng to figures prepared for the New Orleans Picayline, one was the victim of mob wrath because he car Tied q pistol. one for stealing a calf,
 one for stealing silver dollar, one for dis0rderly conduct. one for rob- bery. one for iInpoper proposals and one for miscegenation. The more se- riOus Odenses, and the number lyncll- ed for each. are: Triple criminal as- sault, 1; criminal assault, 13; attempt ed criminal assault, 10; assault aIid murder. 1; murder, IA; attempted murder, II; murder and robbery. |; dual murder, l; quadruple murder, 8; quintuple murder, l.
 Sixty-nine of the seventy-two were negro men, two were white men, and one was a negro woman. The case of R 1T. Rogers, one of the white men lynched, Is one of the most notable in the criminal annals of the coull- try. Rogers was charged with mur- dering Jesse Brown, fellow mer- chant, at Girard, La. on February 10, 1904, and, after being convicted and sent to the gallows in Richland pnr- ish, the scene of the crime, secured a reversal and new trial on appeal to the supreme court. When the case came up for the second time in Rick- land a change of venue was ordered to Tailulah. Madison parish, on the ground that sentiment against Rogers precluded an impartial trial. When testimony had almost been concluded at Tallulah death occurred in The family of the presiding judge, who, on May o6. 1908, two years and three months after the murder of Jesse Brown occurred, directed that mis- trial be entered. This action aroused the friends of the Brown faction, and two days later a mob of 150 promi- nent citizens of North Louislann gathered at Monroe, and, led by Dr Frank A. Brown, brother of the miir- dered man, chartered a special train and went to Tallulah. The mob was equipped with sledges. axes and dy- namite. and the Tallulah jail was wrecked in the effort to secure pos session of Rogers. The prisoner was dug out of hIs steel cell without the sheriff or guards knowing anything of the matter until the next morning, when they saw Rogers body dangling from a telegraph pole. Dr Brown who confessed to leading the mob, and said he gloried in the fact, was indicted by the Tallulah grand jury on the charge of murder, but the case is still pending.
 Lynchings during 1906 affected fourteen states, Gs follows: Alabama, 5: Arkansas, 4; Florida, 6; Georgia. 0; Indian Territory. 1; Kentucky, ;; Louisiana. 9: Mississippi, 13; Mary land. 1: Missouri. 3: North Carolina. s; South Carolina, &; Tennessee, 2; and Texas. 6.
 There were 65 lynchlngs In 1905. S7 In 1904. 104 in 1903, 96 in 1902 and 135 in 1901. Tn 1905 Louisiana had 6 and AIlsslssippi 20
 Double lynchings during the cur rent year occurred at Mobile. and Fort Gardner. Fla. and triple lynch ings at Pelham-Sale City, Ga: Salis- bury, \ O.. and Springfield. Mo. Forty-two of the 72 victims were hanged. q shot in the open. 2 shot while the prisoners were in jail. ? hanged and shot, hanged and burn ed and l shot and burned.
 Exactly one-sixth of the lynchings were pulled off on Sundays. as fol- lows Two In Alabama. 2 In Arkan- sas. ih Indian Territory, ? in Ken lucky. in Louisiana. 3 in Misslssip- pl and 1 in North Carolina--12
 A striking instance is found in the influence of the weather on mob vlo- lence. During August. the most tor rid month of the year. ten lynchings occurred. This was the greatest num- Der in any one month. December, the coldest month. recorded but one and that fin the north.
 For every month Of 1906 there was one or more lynchlngs. thus breaking the record for the last twenty years. During that long period the month of November had been free of lynch'ngs. but in 1900 there were nine for the eleventh month.
 Following are the Iynchings by months: During January 2. February. C: March. {: April. .; May. \: June. 2: July. :: August. 10: September. 2: October. il; November. Q; nni De- cembtr |.
 The first lynchIng of tie year oc- cured at Moscow. Tex. on January 10. and the last at Annapolis, Md. sr recentcr 21.