Show LYNCH INGS IN 1896 THERE were persons men and one woman lynched during the year of 1896 or forty less than in 1895 any one who is not totally or wholly blind can readily read ily see alt that these mob murders are ra rapidly p decreasing throughout the united states as the years roll by the following table of lynch ings through a series of years yeara shows a steady decrease 1885 1891 1886 1892 1891 1 1887 1893 1888 1894 1889 1895 1890 1896 the lynch ings in the various states and territories were distributed as follows alabama 15 mississippi 6 arkansas 4 missouri 5 colorado 4 new york 1 florida 10 north carolina 1 geor georia georgia lt ia 9 south carolina 4 illinois 1 tennessee 14 indiana I 1 texas 7 kentucky 9 west virginia 1 louisiana 25 indian territory 4 maryland 2 oklahoma 6 minnesota 9 2 of these lynch ings occurred occurred d in the south and 9 in in the north eighty of these were negroes and fifty one whites it appears that during the past twelve years that there I 1 have been one thousand eight hundred and seven persons lynched in in the united i ted states seven hundred and thirty occurred while the hon benjamin harrison hamson was president of our country and ten hundred and seventy seven unfortunate creatures were lynched under president Clev elands administrations it will thus be seen that these lynch ings arose to high water mark under republican rule and that the they y touched low water mark under democratic rule |