The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20
RECORD OF LYNCHING
FIGURES SHOW CHIME IS ON THE
 INCREASE.
AInhama Makes . Fairly Goea Showing Ccmparstfvely--Inter sts-
 tixtics Are Com-

persons guilty of certain forms of crime is increasing rather than dt- minishing. The figures for the twelve months beginning January 1, 1909, are larger than for several years past. Though the most of the lynchings oc- cured in the South. they were not confined to that section by any means. Springfield, H.. was the scene of the greatest race riot of the year, result ing in the Aynching Sof two. negroes and the Killing and wounding ,ot q number of citizens who participated In the riots that lasted several days. or the other Northern States one lynch ing is recorded for Indiana, while Cal< ifornia furnished the only lynchins iu the Far West.
 Mississippi. Georgia and Texas. in the order named, Furnished the great- est number of Iynchings for the year. A squadrupie 1ynchiig in Kentucky in creased the figures in that State over those of previous years. The record of Texas for 1908 was six-fold greater than in 1907. Tn Arkansas, Alabafna and Louisiana there were fewer lynch. ings than in 1907. Oklahoma shows q clean slate and so do Maryland. Mis- souri, Iowa and Nebraska. in all of which States lynchings occurred in 1907.
 The lynchings for 1908 total eighty eight. This number is exclusive of
 
 pursued by posses or resisting arrest. Of the eigh ty eight victims, eighty four were negroes and four were white men.
 Following is a tabulated statement: January 3. Dothan. Cleveland Frank lin, robbery and shooting. April {, Bay Minette, Walter Clay ton. criminal assault.
 August {. Brighton, William Miller. dynamiting. tempted assault.
 June 22, Parkdale. Ernest Williams. insulting women.
 CaIiSornia.
 April 2. Skidoo. Joseph Simpson (white), murder
 Floradn.
 February 1, Greenville, Charley Pitt man, murder.
 February 6. Newberry Jack Long (white), murder.
 March 1s. Perry, Richard Smith. March 1s Perry. VIII McMullen. April a4, Millville. two negroes, July 2s. Pensacola, Leander Shaw, criminal assault
 Georgia.
 January g, Goldsboro, two negroes (shot by posse), murderous assault. March 5. Hawkinsviile. Curry Rob- ertson, murder.
 March 5. Hawkinsville. John Henry. murder.
 March s, Hawkinsville, two negroes (shotl interfering with mob. June 27, Waycross, Walter Wilkins. criminal assault.
 June 27. Waycross, Albert Baker, criminal assault
 July 2s. Lyons, Alonzo Williams. criminal assault.
 August g. Triton. Charlie Lockie. insulting women.
 August 25, Louisville. Vance WiI- Hams, murder.
 September 4. Damascus, John Towne. criminal assault
 September 21. Fort Gaines. George Thomas, shooting. shooting.
 August 14 Springfield. Burton Scott, victim of race riots.
 August 14. Springfield, William Don. egan, victim of race riots. s.3 @ son (white). abducting neighbors wife.
 Kentucky.
 May 3i, Providence. Jacob Mcdowell. murder.
 August 1, Russellville, Virgil Jones. complicity in murder.
 August 1, Russellville, Tom Jones. complicty in murder.
 August l. Russellville, Robert Jones. conplicity in murder.
 August l, Russellvilie. Joe Riley, complicity in murder. October 3. Hickman David Walker. insulting women. Several members of Walkers family also killed.l
 Louiaiama.
 February 6, Oak Grove Robert June 3, Homer, Bird Cooper, follow ing acQuittal for murder. July 19, Catahoula Parish, three ne- groes, incendiarism.
 July 2e. near Shreveport. Andrew Harris. attempted assault.
 September IS. Batcheior. John Niles, shooting Hector, murderous assault.
 BEissassIppi. January 8. Brookhaven. Coot Aut- man. murdAs d.
 January 2s. Commerce, two negroes. murder and robbery.
 February 10. Brookhaven. Eli Pigot, March. 3, Van cleave, Dave Poe. in- cendiarism.
 March 3, Van cleave. Tom RanstOn, incendtarism.
 March g. Van cieave. two Jenkins brothers. incendiarism.
 April 5, Wesson. John Burr. mur- der.
 August s7, Ittabena, John Smith. R0bbery.
 August s7. Ittabena. John Williams. robbery.
 September 8. Oxford. Lawson Pat ten, assault and murder.
 October 9. Hickory, three negroes, innocent suspects.
 october II. Lula. Jim and Frank Davis, shooting.
 October 15. near Hernando, W, !. Jackson, robbery.
 November 10, Biloxi Henry Leidy, criminal assault.
 November 14. Coldwater, Nick Yea. zey, cornplicity in murder.
 North CaFoIina. January 9, Johnston county, un- known negro, fraud Oynched by ne- groes.)
 South Carolina. November 23. Luray Jim Gilmore. attempted assault. .-.a.
 Tennessee.
 January 20, Morgan county, Walter May s, Pulaski, Elmo Harvard. att tempted assault.
 July IA, Middlstown. Hugh Jones. attempted assault
 August 2s. Murfreesboro. George Johnston, attempted assault. October 30, Kingston. George Cook, November 24, Tiptonyille three