Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-12-28
FEWER LYNCH|NGS IN
YEAR JUST CLOSING

]
ing IN previous years the number
has been much larger 100 having
been recorded In 1924 and 100 in
the year following The past ten
years the number has been steadily
decreasing Only one year. how
ever. produced fewer lynchings than
1912 IN 1907 the record shows 3
| lynchings. one Jess than this year
In some Of The Southern States
there we're fewer lynchings in 1912
than in almost any previous year
| The decrease Is attributed largely
10 the efforts made by governors and
/ prominent citizens 90 prevent mob
violence Many ~ Tho GOVERNOR
have acted promptly and energetic
ally 20 prevent lynch.ugs with ne
/ declared policy of giving the Law
/ free opportunity for the punishment
- all alleged offenders white Or
/ black
Again. as loo the record OF former
years. more lynch.ngs occurred 10
Georgia than Iu any other state Lou
Isiaua aud Florida came next iu the
list South Carolina. whose govern.
! OF has gone on record as unopp0sod
10 lynrhlugs % certain cases. had
/ sIK cases OF summary execution this
| wear Oklahoma Is another state
with a clean record Tor the pau
twelve months The figures for
Teyls Tennessee. Florida and Ar
/ kansas show fewer lynDhInge than
|iu19l' 10 Mississippi Alabama and
Louisiana tho number slightly exc
ceeded that o. last year
The states outside Of the South
whore lyuchiugs occurred loo 1912
were West Virginia. Wyoming Mon
tana North Dakota and California
I By states the record is as follows.
Georgia ~. Louisiana e. South
Carolina g. Florida 3. Alabama g.
Arkansas Texas Q Mississippi D.
Tennessee T. Wyoming /, West Viz
ginia Montana t. California and
North Dakota
! lu the 50 lynchings the victims
Of all but two We're negroes Three
negrcsscs were Included In the list
Alleged crimes against women or
girls and the murder Of white per
sons account for practically all o.
| the case.
\ singular feature Is found in tho
lynching % the two white men. both
of which occurred In the FAR north
/ lu each case the victim was accused
/ of murder In fhe town Of Ioppa
q short distance from Rosebud
/ Mont. Harry lioffner. alleged shaved
of Mrs William Merrill was Iakon
from the county jail by : crowd OF
masked men and haneed. despite the
efforts OF me heriff and his deputy
Tho second lynching occurred az
/ steele. y D.. where George Baker.
charged with the murder OF his wife
aud 'athor-ln-law. was taken from
the Jail and hanged by a mob. The
4 lynchiug was the first recorded in
North Dakota ln more than de-
cado
The lynchine in Wyoming was on'
OF tho most sensational of the year
Frank Wigfall. , negro who confess
/ o1 to having made % criminal attack
0u Mrs Esther HIGGINS an aged woe
man known as The prisoners
friend ' was yuchcd hy tho con.
F.D's of tho state pon.tentiary az
RaVlns
ln the West Virginia lynchine the
trm vas Walter Johnston. ne
PRO accused ~ assautinr a young
white girl in Mercer county
CALIFORNIA; one lynchlnc was out
Of the ordinary II occurred on the
desert some thirty miles from the
town OF MoIaye The victim was an
unknown negro accused of having
attacked slN-yoar-old child. He
was hanged by men alleged to be
employed on the Los Angeles acque-
duct
The three negresses who Tell vic
tins 20 mob violence we're Ann Bos-
ton. who murdered the wife OF
planter az pinohurst. Ga. Mary
Jackson. who was lynched IN Panoli
county. Texas. Tor alleged compiled
~ iu the murder OF white man. and
an unknown negresses who. together
with three negroes. was hanged by
a mob in Harris county. Georgia. for
the murder OF a farmer.
Tyler. Texas. furnished the only
instance Of the year where the vic
tim was burned az the stake. On
May - Dan Davis. a negro who
had confessed 20 a criminal attack on
a young white woman, was burned
az the stake In one OF the main
streets OF Tyler In the presence OF
crowd Of two thousand persons.
The foregoing record does no,
comprises cases OF plain murder or
cases where the yicti mwas kille dby
a posse while resisting capture.
DR.. VIM. Sadler. author OF The
Cause and Cure OF Colds" says that
common colds should be taken seri-
ously. especially when they hang on"
Foley's Honey and Tar Compond Is
reliable household medicine for
coughs ond colds. equally effective
for children and grown persons. Take
IL When you f'el a cold coming on.
II Will avert danger OF serious re-
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