The Pensacola journal., 1912-11-17
ST. LOUIS LEADS
IN HOMICIDES
oUTHERN CITIES SHOW MOST
CRIME. WITH MEMPHIS LEADING
WITH CHARLESTON. SAVANNAH
NEW ORLEANS AND ATLANTA
FOLLOWING m ORDER NAMED.

NE f.nuiH Nov HEmrifv officials
were both shocked and amazed "a the
publication u q table ln magazine
for ihs current monfh which shows
that Et Louia led an the great cities
of th4 United States IA ita homicideu
in 1911
Neitaer the poiics nor the prosecut-
inE authorities attempted 20 deny the
truth of the table. Assistant Circuit
Attorney HARRY A. Rosakopt. a close
student ~ criminoiogy. hlanea cli-
nistlc ccndltions for the citys Ia
n1entahis showing.
Seven other eitias lead a. Louis.
bnt none ~ them r. of auythina IKE
fhe sire ~ a. Louie. The 81 Louis
hamiclecs In the year numbered los.
or one almost every third day.
Memphis First IN list.
on q ratio - percentage 40 the fco.-
600 ~ population. Memphis. Tenn.
stands first IN the iiet and Charles
tou. p g.. Savannah. Ca, New or
leans Atlanta. Louisville. Nashville
and ~ Louis follow n ths order
namrd
HnsHkopf who has had eight years
Of experience as grand Jury officer.
asid tha number ~ homfcieea iu these
thn0ry that the influence ~ the cii-
nlate f. maiiwn. Ho declared that
were ~ Louis removed several hum
drod miles north. % would be a model
ritf. 20 far a. violent crime ia con-
ccfned
New York had ia7 homicldea in the
gear e percentaKa az e.. Chicago
waa worse THAN the eastern mstropo-
De- having go8. wits a percentage ~
81 philadelphia had only 6g the
percentana being az Boston with the
smallest number for the large cities.
ss deaths - the hand 81 man. owns
percentage of a.. while So Louis d
credited with a rerccutaEe of 1875
It ia well known 90 tha students
that most ~ our own siayinrs are
committed iu summer RuEakopf said
today "lt is also true that she fur-
ther south you get the more prone 60
violence e. the aVefaKe man. and
make this statement Wilh no idea 81
diHparaEing the sodtheracf n ia AZ
matter of climatic condition that we
cannot dfny.
Other Reasons Dus 70 Heat
There are two secondary reasons
fof the large number ~ homlcldes and
an grow out ~ climate. These are
IrrifabiiifY. cue % heat and excessive
drinking On the summer months
we might include the carrying -
concealed WEAPONS. hut this practice
has been Ereatiy reduced. The pun-
iahment now a. too sure and swift
fhc other day We had a young ac-
cor from the south who became IN
cruHad at % negro and armed HIM
aoM feel sure had the police not
arrested him in time ha would have
done murder AZ it was he was fined
300 and costs within "a hours and
made o. nay iL
We kuow ~ course that a man
with IL pistol r. q menace that he
won't take nnythinN sugNcetive 80 ara
inaults hut iH inclined % BE- comha-
give a man without q pistol vrul
swallow e great many supposed iu-
suits. waik away from what seems
trouhle and ln hair a dozen blocks is
9iad "a m
"You can't wipe out the carrying of
weapons altogether unless you get n
federal lnw Thia law should - of
erch character a. to record an saiea
81 weapons. the number 90 each pistol
auld a. wen as a description ard the
name ~ each purchaser.
we have "a great many more crimes
~ violence in summer than in winter
These Include homirides. assaults %
kiu and fho lita wo had almost 81
MANY tiInrs iast July and Aurust
a. in un tho other months I'm toe
year
Tn hot weather. people become ir-
rltahie That - elemental n takes
verg little 90 eNcits the passion. and
q Word 0r two out OF the way be-
comes an uaforwiVahla insult
Tn summer We are apt 20 drink
miore. ard one drink leads g. another
MhiaknN ia contributing cause m
uioat casca ~ homicide
Association in summer u Ike s 90
=. nY what 7 mean we meet perhaps
Hix times more people In summer than
81 winter The more persons one
meets. ne greater are opportunity for
ucuhIe
we have more thefts m winter than