Show HANGINGS IN 1896 THE number of le legal leal al executions in 1896 were as compared with in 1895 in 1891 in 1893 and in 1892 the exec executions u in the several states and territories ri cereas follows al 11 alabama 9 mississippi 3 arkansas 17 missouri 5 california 6 montana 2 colorado 4 nebraska 1 connecticut 1 new york 5 georgia 4 north carolina I 1 idaho 1 ohio 1 R illinois 8 oregon 2 kentucky 5 pennsylvania 3 5 louisiana 5 south carolina I 1 maryland 2 9 tennessee 2 massachusetts 1 Z texas 11 minnesota I 1 utah 2 ib virginia 6 washington I 1 district of columbia 2 new mexico 2 indian territory 8 I 1 of the total number of persons ak executed during the year of 1896 devent seventy y were whites forty eight were negroes I 1 and four indians it does seem that the majority of I 1 those lynched were members of our race but it also appears that the majority of the gentlemen who were hung up by the neck belonged to the white race V |