Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-27
Was DECREASE
OF LYNCH|NGS
YEAR OF 1912
lbs Deel Years When The
Number Of Neck.tle Parties
We're More Numerous

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec. 27.-Only NIFTY.
two ~lynchings. known to be such be.
You'd doubt, occurred Ia the United
States in the year now closing. In
previous years the number has been
much larger, 100 having been record.
ed In 1894 and no In the year follow.
Ing. The past ten years the number
has been steadily decreasing. Only
one year, however, produced fewer
lynchings than 1912. In 1907 the Q c
ord shows 81 lynchings, one less than
this year.
In some of the southern states there
were fewer ~lynchiags in 1912 than In
almost any previous year. The de.
crease is attributed largely to the Of
FORTS made by governors and promin-
ent citizens TO prevent mob violence.
Many of the governors have acted
promptly and energetically to prevent
lynchings, with the declared policy Of
giving the law free opportunity for
the punishment OF all alleged Offend
ers, white or black.
Again, as in the record OF former
years, more lynchings occurred da
Georgia than in any other state. Louis.
lana and Florida come next In the
list. South Carolina, whose governor
has gone on record IS ulOppOsed to
lynchings in certain cases, had six
cases of summary execution this year
as against only n In the year 1911.
Kentucky, with eight lynchiags On
1911, has a clean slate this year. Okla.
homa is another state with a clean
slate for the past twelve months. The
figures for Texas, Tennessee. Florida
and Arkansas show fewer %lynchings
than in 1911. In Mississippi, Alabama
and Louisiana the number slightly ex!
ceeded that Of last year.
The states outside of the south
where lynchings occurred in 1912
were West Virginia, Wyoming, Mon
tana, North Dakota and California. By
states the record is as follows: Geor.
gia IA, Louisiana 8, South Carolina s,
Florida 5, Alabama 4, Arkansas 3, Tex
as 3, Mississippi 3, Tennessee /, Wyo-
ming l, West Virginia 1, Montana 1,
california / and North Dakota l.,
In the fifty-two lynchings the vic
Tins of all but two We're negroes.
Three negresses were included in the
list. Alleged crimes against women
or girls and the murder Of white per-
sons account for practically all of the
cases.
A singular feature is found In the
lynching of the two white men, b0:!l
Of which occurred in the far north. In
each case the victim was accused Of
murder. In the town OF Joppa, a short
distance from Rosebud, Mont, Harry
Heffner, alleged slayer of Mrs. Will
liam Merrill, was taken from the our
ty jail by il crowd Of masked men AID
hanged, despite the efforts of the sher.
iff and his deputy. The second lynch
ing occurred at Steele, N. D., where
George Baker, charged with the muir
der of his wife and father-in-law, was
taken from the jai. and hanged by a
mob. The lynching was the first rec
orded ii North Dakota in more than
a decade.
The lynching in Wyoming vas one
of the most sensational of the year.
+ rank Migfall, a negro who confessed
" Ildtlu6 maui " HCllAIiliolH Va
Mrs. Esther Higgins, an aged woman
known as "the prisoners friend" was
lynched by the convicts of the state
penitentiary at Rawlins.
In the West Virginia lynching the
victim was Walter Johnson, Il negro
accused of assaulting a young white
girl in Mercer county.
California's one lynching was out of
the ordinary. The victim was an un.
known negro accused of having at
tackled a ~six.year-old child. He was
hanged by men alleged to be employ.
ed on the Los Angeles %aqueduct.
The three negresses who fell vic.
tins to mob violence were Ann BOs.
ton, who murdered the wife Of a plant.
er at %Pinehurst, Cal, Mary Jackson,
who was lynched in Pamela county,
Texas, for alleged completely in the
murder OF a white man, and an un'
known negress who, together with
three negroes, was hanged by a mob
in Harris county, Georgia, for the muir.
der Of a farmer.
Tyler, Texas, furnished the only In.
stance Of the year where the victim
was burned at the stake. On May %
Dan Davis. a negro who has confess
ed to a criminal attack on a young
white woman, was burned at the stake
in one Of the main streets OF Tyler In
the presence of a crowd Of two thOus.
and persons.
The foregoing record does not com.
prise cases Of plain murder or cases
where the victim wa killed by a posse
while resisting capture.
DISCUSS COLLEGE ATHLETICS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 21-The men
who make laws to govern college ath-
.lMouY uIgS Of puB saSgnSuBl oql 10
at the Hotel Aston today for the sew
enth annual meeting Of the National
Collegiate Athletic association. The
attendance lat the opening OF the
meeting showed a larger representa-.
ton OF eastern and southern colleges
than ever before. During the two
days sessions the delegates will give
attention to summer baseball and q.
variety OF other questions relating to
the control of college athletics.
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