New-York tribune., 1911-01-30
V0IENT DEATHS IN
CITY LAST YEAR 2,4S3
Annual Report by Coroners
Shows Whole Number Re-
corded Was 5,408.
REFERS TO HOMICIDE CASES
,,d;scriminate Sale of Firearms
Denounced - Foreigners
and Autos Partially
INDICATED.

=, move tran SIX violent deaths every
ssv. according 20 the annual report Just
even o-t bv Antonio Dslessandro. chief
- 5f the Coroners' Office OF Man
t..ta7 According 20 these figures. the
.o.si number of deaths from all causes
.,-o-.eH t0 the Coroners' Office during
a. ,esr 1910 was 5.40S. which is l8
.,ors ,ra- 10 t9oo ~ this number 2.4s3
-s-.o-s mot death tn a violent manner
corr .rr so soon after the assassina- b.
..or - uatd Graham Phillips, the nov
.re+ who was shot by a maniac week
~, to-day. one paragraph IN the report
,ssris of special significance az this
,,-,s .- that Do refers % the carrying of
ersarrrs tv irresponsible persons. The
---aErsnh reads
.~ra increase 80 homicide by shooting
-f.-st.- Pho urgent necessity ~ the
--rs- authorities taking severe meas
r,.s f.- t1e regulation Of the indiscrim-
i-st. sole and carrying OF firearms
r- connection with homicides for the
-ss- i.et ended. Do is shown that there
vrsrs 1US romicides bv shooting. an in-
.r..s. NJ - over 1910 Another fact
disclosed r. tho report which is likely 90
,.-,-.s. those who think that foreign
r-s .r. rssuous.b.s COR a majority ~ tho
.,..-t-e sTrsts ir New York IS that ont
,. r.. persons ar-este7 Tor homicide. 3
..sr. American born. 22 were Italian and
@ we're Chinese.
r-. total number 80 homicides vas
fs- sr.tins an inD-.asc of - over 1909.
r.,, sast ~ Is to KIN man IN this city
s-t rr aeot free is indicated In the
..sfsusnt trat uf THESE - cases ~
r.r...I. r. arrests were made In - Or
,..n.. r~I rho cororers juries could md
..t..rt evidence to hold only q OF the
10 arrested seven ~ these prisoners
vl-. women.
Automobile Partially indicated.
r.- casualty ust In which the deaths
-.-. originally charged 90 the acts n
....-a reaches q total % 35t. this being
- more than in lqta This list is par
,a. r.ndtcation of the automobile. which
., generally credited with being respon-
s.. f5- more than It's share of deaths
s, accident The figures show that -
r.--1ns were killed by automobiles. 9'
sd. horse drawn vehicles 81 by surface
cara a. rv elevator accidents. p By SUD
-.. trains 1T by elevated railroad, ~
.. Now York central trains. by fire
.rrar7tur. - bv explosions, by base
halls > tv bicycles and / each by boat
.Hs,an automobile police patrol and
.atorcyclv.
Asa result oC falling rock timber eN-
.s,s+ions and accidental falls io' per
.,-s were killed and 24S persons died
90 .le result ~ accidental burns To- OF
- .-~l were children.
-.. -,,nrbe- of persons who committed
.....-.f.. was ils practically the same as
- fpup The fayorite methods are sho"
tr.ss fru~es one hundred and
.,--. two .lersous chose gas. l53 adopted
....t,,s 20 leaped from windows and
-..t- s6 hanged themselves. - took
..,,.~ "a cut themselves 10 death Il
.s4Hov.d caroolic acid. 2 drowned
...us.rvos and jumped from moving
..r.r-
....- figures SNOW that IL persons
Nor. sir'-d hy horse kicks. Z by electric
.-..k. 1g- bv accidental gas asphy x-a-
zion hv .odgement II food IN the
ARMY and - by suhmersion IN the
East and Nortn rivers.
rk7ovu persons 90 the number Of 90
-.. --o,- deaths reported 90 the c'r-
,-.-s. Office. 30 Of these being suose-
..4-tr- identified Tho bodies Of III
ersr we're sent 20 the morgue TO oe
tg-..d av the city. the parents being too