Semi-weekly herald., 1910-12-26
FEWER SLAIN ~ MOSS.

CHICAGO. Ill, Dec. 23.--Only 81
lynchings were recorded In the United
Sixties In 1910. a much smaller num-
her than In almost any previous year
IN the last sixteen. In 1909 the tota.
was seventy and In 1908 1t was sixty.
ilve.
All but nve OF the fifty-seven cases
OF lynchlng In 1910 were OF negroes
and ten Of these cases wore thoss
In which the charge against the VIC.
tin was assault ON white women or
girls In eleven OF the remaining num-
her the charge was attempted criminal
assault. In the five cases of white
men. four were TO- murder, auc the
other for aiding and abetting In Jail
delivery. Several OF the cases in
which negroes were lynched were bas.
ed upon the murder. or alleged muir
der. Of white women In which the
question OF assault Is implied. az
As In previous years. nearly all the
lynchings were In southern states,
Florida and Georgia having ten each,
Alabama and Arkansas eight each. and
Texas six. The only lynching IN the
north occurred in Ohio, the victim be-
Ing Carl Etherington, an agent of the
Ohio AntISaloon league. who met
death at the hands of mob in New.
ark following his imprisonment in
fail on charge OF having murdered
Haloonkeeper while making a raid on
an alleged blind tiger.
Following is the record fer 1910
by J, states: Alabama. eight negroes;
Arkansas, eight negroes; Florida, eight
negroes and two whites, Georgia, ten
negroes; North Carolina, one negro;
Ohio, one white man; oklahoma, one
negro: South Carolina, one negro:
Tennessee. two negroes: Texas. four
negroes and two whites.
or the Ave whites lynched, two were
Italians. who were lynched In Flo.
rida. They were charged with mur-
der and with melting the riots during
the strike of cigar makers In Tar1pa.
Another Of the white victims was
Mexican. who was shot and burned at
the stake near the Texas border, fol.
lowing his confession that he had MUIR
dered white woman. OF the nifty
two negro Victims. two wore women
The record of the crimes for which
the victims were put to death foil ,ws:
Murder. seventeen; criminal assault,
ten: attempted criminal assault, eiev.
en-; robbery. four; attempted murder,
seven; aiding and abetting Jail de
livery, three; assault with intent to
do bodily injury, one; insulting wom-
en-. two; threatening to commit muir
der, two.
In many Of tho cases the lynchinga
followed tho arrest or conviction Of
the victims on the charges made
against them. In other cases the vic
Tins met death while endeavoring to
escape from pursuing posses. In two
cases the negro Victims we're lynchel
by mobs composed Of members Of
their own race. In almost every cass
the victim was summarily hanged OF
shot without burning at the stake.
such as accompanied these acts Of
summary vengeance In former years.
In the foregoing record the word
'slynching" has been held to apply only
to the summary punishment inflicted
by mob or by any number CT citi-
zens on . person alleged to have com
nittsd = crime for which that person
should have been tried accoriing to
law. This limitation excludes 6 num-
ber Of cases reported during ihe year.
such as the race war which occurred
near slocum, Tex. last August In
which eight or ten negroes were killed.