The Calumet news., 1913-12-27
Decrease In Number Shows Sue.
cessful Efforts of Author
tiles to 0ueIl Violence
ALL BUT ONE WERE NEGROES
Crimes Against White Women
Caused Many Executions
ACTION PREVENTED OTHERS

! Chicago, H., Dec. 21-Only forty
four lynchines, known TO he such be
yond doubt, have occurred in the Unit
"a states during the year 1913. This
is the lowest number on record. more
than 90 being recorded last year and
as many as 250 i'm some previous years.
The record for the year shows de-
cided Improvement in other respects
than in mere number of victims. So
iar as the newspaper accounts show
none Of the victims was burned at the
stake, AN atrocity that has been in
dulged in by infuriatod mobs more
than once in the past Nor We're any
of the lynching cases this year ac-
companicd by the su-called race riots,
which always added To the number of
victims and served to intensity the
antagonism of the white and black
races.
The town of Harriston. Miss, fur
nished the nearest approach 10 a
reign of murder" when two drug
crazed mulatto boys on September 2S,
ran amuck aud started IA riot in the
| course of which three white men, four
negro men ana one negIo woman met
death, The two boys were killed by
the citi2"ns, but as they met death
while resisting capture the case can
not strictly be classed ls one of lynch
| ing.
lynehines Every Month.
North Dakota and Montana were
the two northern states in which
! lynchings occurred Al Ray. y. d.,
Cleve Cuibertson, a white man, ac-
cused OF the murder of three persons.
was taken from Jail by a mob and
| hanged. The only other case i'm a
northern state occurred at Mondak,
Mont, in April, when j. c. Collins, 4
negro, who shot and killed the sheriff
and deputy sheriff Of the county. was
hanged by mob
The states in which the lyme hlngs
occurred during the year and the num-
her i'm each were as follows Alabama,
- Arkansas, /; l'lorida, 4: Georgia.
Sippi S, Montana, /; North Carolina,
|: North Dakota, /; South Carolina,
l. Tennessee, >: Texas. 6.
There was at least one lynching for
every month in the year, August. the
hottest month, leading with eight.
Following are the lynchngs by
months: January, 3; February, 3;
March, ); April, l; May. p June. 4;
July, /: August s; September. 4; Oc-
tober !. November. 1; December, !.
Double lynchings occurred at
Blanchard, La. Cornelia, Ga. and
Pauls Valley. Okla. At Houston, Miss.
two negroes were lynched day apart.
both being accused of completely in the
same crime. At Drew, Miss, a negro
was lynched by members of his own
race after he had shot and killed two
negro women and two negro men.
As in previous years, murders of
white persons and crimes or alleged
crimes against white women caused
most Of the summary executions. The
murders were in the big majority,
however and the number of cases in
which attacks on women were charged
showed a gratifying decrease over the
figures of previous years.
Murder Caused Nineteen.
Nineteen of the victims of the for
ty-four lynchings were accused Of the
murder of white men. -Four were
charged with numbering white girls
.cr women. Attempted criminal as
sau't is On record as responsible for
nine of -the lynchin2s. Two negroes
wcrc lynched tor frightening white
women, one for insulting a white wo-
man, and another for being found con-
cealcd under the bed in womans
room. Two negroes were lyrchcd for
shooting ar assaulting white men, one
tor robbery and shooting, one for as
sisting q negro murderer II escape,
and another for horse stealing. In one
case the crime charged against the
victim was not stated.
The gratifying decrease in lynchins
in southern states is attributed largely |
10 the efforts that have been made by
governors, county sherins ana promi-
ncnt citizens in the last few years To
prevent mob violence. Many OF those |
in authority have acted promptly and |
energetcally to prevent lynchings. |
with the declared policy of giving the |
law free opportunitv fog the punish
ment of all alleged offenders. white |
or black.
\ notable example was set on Aug |
iS bv the sherin at Spartanburp. :. c. |
In spite Of the fact that dynamite was
used, he prevented q mob from lynch
ing a negro who was accused of as
sduiting white woman. Later the
negro was tried before a. white Jury
aud found not guilty.
The importation of India rubber into
the United States during the year
ended June 80. 1913. amounted to 49,
600 600 pounds.
Sixty thousand dollars a day is the
estimate Of the loss due t. the recent
strike i'm Dublin ireland