The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-07
INpIrrBRESCE 10 MuRDEnpuS
CRIMES

The comparative impunity w.th
which men may be slaughtered Grim
inally and the small percentage of the
manslayers visited with capital pun
ishment are shown in the statistics OF
murders and legal executions in the
year ,ell collected b. the Chicago Fri
hume.
These statistics arc no, from cen
sus reports, but they arc complied an
nunlly by the Chicago newspaper. and
must be considered as relatively cor
rect
According to the Tribune the num-
Der Of deaths by personal violence of
all kinds In 1911 as reported by telc.
graph and recorded In the newspapers
of every State in the Union, was see,
as compared with s,o15 In 1910. It
must be remembered that the record is
and homicide as result In arrest and
convection. but includes death by every
form OF violence. The classification is
general one, a large number of Of
lenses being charged TO querrels which
could not be classified. The various
causes of these deaths are given here:
Quar- rele. s.S9S; unknown, 1.4So:
LIQUOR. s53; BY h!ghwaynen. al:
jealous So: infanticide, 1888; high
wayne. killed 50: resisting arrest,
ISIS; insanity. 25S; riots. IS; self-de-
tense. 1852; strikes, IS; criminal out
RACES, Sc
ITndouhtadlv Soma n+ ~, ,,,,,rdorn.e
OF the worst class We're given prison
verd!cts OF moro or less length, but
The facility and frequency with which
jai!s are emptied and the worst Of
| Tenders turned loose after few years
Of confinement is common and well
known fact. As tho New Orleans Plea
Eune remarks, "thc most striking com
! mentarv or the Indifference OF the
American people to crimes OF deadly
bloodshed is the small number Of legal
executions reported in the same year"
! For thousands OF n,urderers there
were only seventyfou. legal executions
In the United States In 1911. as com
! pared with lo4 In 1910, 107 In 1909 and
/ n!ncty-two IN zoos. CLASSIFIED by
states, the record is: Arizona. !: Ala
hama, :; Arkansas, 4; California. /;
Delaware /; Florida, / Georgia. 10;
Illinois, i Kentucky, 8: Louisiana, .
mississippi, 1; Sew York. il, New Jer-
sey, 4; North Carolina, 4; Nebraska,
Ohio. 3; Oklahoma, ! Pennsylvania. 8
/ South Carolina, Tennessee, 8. Wiz.
gin!a . west Virginia l.
such lenient treatment to murder
ers has created an stIl maintains the
tribunal Of Judge Lynch. There were
seventy-one lynch!ngs in 1911. the
smallest number recorded since 1855
when there were ISL such unlawfu
executions. The largest number IN tn:
t~enty"seven years included was In
1892. when the lynchlngs numbered
255, There were zoo in 1898.
The distribution OF the lynchings o.
1911 to the several States was: Ala
bama 8; Arkansas. 4: Florida, 7
Georgia, TO- Idaho. /: Kentucky, 9
Louisiana, i; Maryland, I; Mississippi,
2: Missouri 2; Nebraska. 1; Ohio, i
Oklahoma, 8; Pennsylvania, /; South
Carolina, l; Tennessee. 6: Texas, 4. o
the total number seven were white
and sixty-four blacks. among the lat
} ter one woman.
These etaustich clearly indicate a ma
, tionai indifference to murderoua crirno
and national disregard for propc
punitive Justice. Moreover. tho exist
ing conditions constitute the very bes
proof OF the inadeauacy of tho ma
ch!nery of justice in the United States
4 IechpIcaltle3 were doubtless invoke,