Weekly journal-miner., 1911-01-04
LYNCHINGS ARE
 DECREASING ANNUALLY


 CHICAGO, H., Dee. 24.-Only 5 lynchings were recorded in the United States in 1910, a much small CT number than in almost any pre- vious year in the last sixteen. In 1909 the total was 70 and in 1908 it was 65.
 All but five of the 57 cases of lynehing in 1910 were of negroes, and ten of these cases were those in which the charge against the vie tim was assault on white women or girls. In eleven of the remaining number the charge was attempted criminal assault. In the five cases of white men, four were for murder and the other for aiding and abet- ting in a jail delivery. Several of the cases in which negroes were lynehed were based upon the mur der, or alleged murder, of white women, in which the question of as- sault was implied
 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 lynehing in the North occurred in Ohio, the victim being Carl Eth erington. an agent of the Ohio Anti Saloon League, who met death at the hands of mob in Newark, fol lowing his imprisonment in jail on a charge of having murdered sa- loOnkeeper while making a raid on an alleged blind tiger
 Following is the record for 1910 by states:
 Alabama-Eight negroes. Arkansas-Eight negroes.
 Florida Eight negroes and two whites.
 Georgia-Ten negroes.
 LOuisiana-One white man. ..
 ,Mississippi-Five negroes.
 Missouri-Tnree 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.
 Of the five whites lynebed, two were Italians, who were lynched in Florida: They were charged with murder and with melting riots dur ing the strike of cigar makers in Tampa. Another of the white vic time was a Mexican, who was shot and burned at the stake near the Texas border, following is confession that he had murdered a white wom- an. Of the fifty-two negro victims, two were women.
 The record of the crimes for which the victims were put to death follows: Murder 17, criminal as- sault 10, attempted criminal assault II, robbery 1, attempted murder z, iiding and abetting jail delivery 3, assault with intent to do bodily in- jury l, insulting women 2, threaten ng to commit murder ?.
 In many of the cases the lynch ngs followed the arrest or eonvie- ion of the victims on the charges made against them. In other eases he victims met death while en- to escape from pursuing posses. In two cases, the negro vic inns were lynehed by mobs composed 'f members of their own race. In llmOst every case the victim was 'ummarily hanged or shot without burning at the stake. such as accom- panied these acts of summary ven yeance in former years.
 In the foregoing record the word 'lynching" has been held to apply 'nly to the summary punishment in- 'licted by a mob or by any number If citizens on a person alleged to lave committed a crime for which hat person should have been tried according to law. This limitation excludes a number of cases reported turing the year, such as the race var which occurred near Slocum, Texas, last August, in which eight ,r ten negroes were killed.