The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-12-31

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CHICAGO, Dec, 2a.-Only forty
four lynchings, known 10 be such
beyond doubt, have occurred in tho
United States this year. This Is the
owest number for many years more
han fifty being recorded last year
and as many as 250 in some pre-
vious years.
The record shows decided i'm
provenent in other respects than IN
aumbers.
So far as any Of the newspaper ac-
counts show. none Of the victims was
burned at the stake Nor were any
VI the lynchings accompanied by the
so-called race riots, which always
added to the number Of victims and
intensified sntagonism Of the white
and black races.
Nearest to Riot.
HarTiston. Mss.. furnished the
nearest approach to a reign of muir
der" when two drug craxed uulatto
boys on September 2sth ran amuck
and started riot. in the course Of
which three white men, three negro
men. and one negro woman met
death.
Az the two boys met death while
resisting capture the case can not
strictly he classed IS lynching.
In the forty-four lwnchings she
victims OF all but two were negroes,
and all but two occurred in South
err States
North Dakota and Montana were
the two Northern States In which
iynchinEs occurred At Ray N p.
Cleve Culbertgon 81 white man, ac-
cased OF the murder of three per-
sons. was taken from Jail and hanged.
At Mondak, Mont. in April, ] c. Col
NIB cb 40 he
sheriff and deputy sheriff of the
county. was hanged by a mob
The States in which Iynohiugs oc-
CURED and the number in each were
as follows:
Lynchings by states
Alabama. 2; Arkansas, /: Florida,
4. Georgia. 8. Kentucky. /: Louis-
ana. 4; Mississippi. &; Montana. i;
North Carolina. / North Dakota. /;
South Carolina. /; Tennessee, 2. Tex
al, g. There was at least one lynch
ing every month in the year, August.
the hottest month, leading with
eight.
Double lynchlngs occurred at
blanchard, La, Cornelia, Ga. and
pauis Valley, Okla. At Housto on
Miss. two negroes were lynched "a
day apart. being accused Of consplr-
acy IN the same crime Al Drew
Miss, negro lynched by members
of his own race after he had shot and
killed two negro women and two ne
gro 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.
and cases In which attacks on wo-
men were charged showed de-
crease.
Nineteen Of the victims OF the for
'yfour iynchinRs were accused Of
murder OF white men. Four were
charged with numbering white girls
or women. Attempted criminal as
sault is on record as responsible for
nine OF the iynchingE Two negroes
were lynched for frightening white
women, one for insulting white
woman. and another for being found
concealed under the bed in a wo-
mans room. Two negroes were
lvnched for shooting or asaaulting
white men. one for robbery and
shooting, one for assisting negro.
murderer to escape. and another for
horse stealing. In one case the
charge was not stated.
The decrease in lynching in South
ern States tx attributed largely TO
efforts made by governors, sheriffs
and prominent citizens to prevent
mob violence.
notable example was set on Au-
gust 18th by the sheriff at Spartans-
burg. s. G. In spite of the fact that
dynamite was used he prevented
mob from lynehing n negro who was
accused of assaulting white wo-
man. Later the negro was tried be-
fore a white jury and found not
guilty.