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Show Murder 1VIurder Is Done Doneby Doneby by Ti Tick k of Cl ClockOne Clock ck One Dies Every 42 Minutes MinutesAs MinutesAs As Blade of Death DeathSweeps DeathSweeps Sweeps Nation . , America'3 America3 America's Americas ' murders arc are on a It 24- 24 24hour 24-hour 24 hour - - . hour ' schedule schpdu1e The minute hand of ofthe ofthe ofthe the nation's nations ' crime clock Is a blade of ofdeath ofdeath ofdeath death , sl1c1n slicing off ofT another humon bunion humonUCe bunionlife humonlife UCe life every 42 minutes , adding addlnJ : tho the thofi thefigure thefigure fi figure re 35 each eaeh day to our ever mount mount- mountIng mounting - ' ing homicide rate . For despite G-men G men O-men O - , radio scout scoutcars scoutcars scoutcars cars and lie lle detectors , the Qunlnt quaint QunlntAmerlcnn quaintAmerican quaintAmerican Amerlcnn American custom of large lnrge scale kill km- km kill- kmIng killing killing - ing has bas become deep rooted , espe- espe espeel'111y espe-cbilly espe cbilly - - el'111y el111y chilly ' In the South . As a ngalnst against alnst the 13 1S northern Amer Amer- AmerIcan American - . ican lean cities having havlnz no deaths from fromhomicIde fromhomicide fromhomicide homicIde last year , 12 of ot the 13 v.1th v1th with v.1ththe withthe . withthe the highest homicide rate were wero southo south southot southof ot of ( the ) Mason-Dlxon Mason Dlxon fason.DlxoD fasonDlxoD Mason-Dixon Dixon - . line J1ne The one oneecceptJon oneexception oneexception ecceptJon exception : . , East St . Louli I.ouls Iouls Louis . , Is northern northernanI northernonly northernonly anI only ) ' geographically geograpblca11Y geograpbically . , Its Us people beIng beIngpredomtnant1y beingpredominantly beingpredominantly predomtnant1y predominantly southern . Murder will w11l out , statistically stntlst1cal1y , each eachJuly eachJuly eachJuly July as se s experts complete a survey surveyover surveyover surveyover over the preceding precedlng ) year's years ear's ears ' ' homicIde homicIderocords homiciderecords homiciderecords rocords records . The current report show shows showsthat showsthat ! that approximately 35 } ( ' people J'ople Jople are arek11led arekilled arekilled k11led killed each day by their fellow menIt menIt men menIt It shows Lansing to be one ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the 13 cities \ without 1thout homicide In In1934 1934 , and Grand Grnnd Rapids to be one oneot oneof oneof ot of . the 10 cities cltles VI with lth the 10\\ 10 lowest 10est \ est homlclde homi homl- homl homlcille homicide - cide cille clde records . Center of all n11 around nround plain and andfancy andfancy andfancy fancy killing kUling , howe\ howe however howeer howeber \ er , . is Macon , Ga Gawhich , whIcb which received reeched recelsed the all al1 American rating rat- rat rating rat rating - ing of 66 667 7 on n a 1934 1034 rnt1n rating of 36 36homicIdes 36homicides 30homicides homicIdes nmong among 54,150 54150 54ltiO , people , . or anaverage an anaerage anaverage a\erage a erage average \ of ot three killings hlllings a month monthProporhonatel monthProportionately monthProportionately Proporhonatel Proportionately ' , nearly seven Urnes times Urnesas timesas timesas as many mnny persons In Macon tacon are done doneto doneto doneto to death by shooting , stabbing stabblng chok cholt- cholt choltng choltIng choking - [ ing ng or poisoning than the average a.ernge aernge . for forthe forthe forthe the country at large . It's Its Il's Ils ' not much safer In MemphIs Memphiseither , either , sshere w here a n rate of 565 56 5 per 100 100- 100 100000 100-000 100 000 ; , - 000 leads le3ds Atlanta with 523 52 3 ; Birmingham Birming BIrmIng- BIrmIngham Birmingham - ham with Ith 502 ; Jacksonville Jachsonvllle , . 496 446 4D G i ; i'Iontgomery ' Montgomery 'Iontgomery Iontgomery llontgomery , 4D 492 2 i ; Nash\ Nash Nashville Nashme Nashsille \ me . , 480 ; Petersbur Petersburg . , Va , , 473 478 i ; Augusta , Gn Ga Ga,45.7 Ga45.7 Ga457 , 45.7 457 . . ; ; : Le\ington Le ington Le.tngton Letngton Le\1 Le 1 \ ' . ton , . Ky ry , , 421 ; Savan Sa\an- Sa an Sasan- Sasan Sasannab Saannah Savannah \ - nah nab , 40 408 S i ; Mobile Uoblle , 379 370 ; Little T.ittJc TittJc . Roele Rock Rock,370 Rock370 , 37 370 0 i ; . : East Iast Last St . Louis , 335 , and andCharleston andCharleston andCharleston Charleston , 31.7 317 . . But by way of ot outstanding con con- contrast contrast contrast - trast , consider Brockton Brocldon , Cam Cam- Cambridge Cambridge Cambridge - bridge , Gloucester , . H Haverlilll Haverhill verhlll . , Hol- Hol Holyoke Holyoke Hoi-yoke Hoi yoke - yoke and nnd Quincy Quncy [ , Mass , as aseIl well \\eIl eIl sell \ \ as asCast asEast asCast Cast East Orange and Lakewood Lal.ewood Lalewood . and Ho Hobohen Hoboken Hoboken bohen boken , N . J ; Newport , R I ; Lincoln Lincoln.Neb LincolnNeb . , Neb , , and find Lansing , which had no nok1UIngs nokillings nokillings k1UIngs killings at all aU . Statistics based on 169 representa represent- represent representa- representative representrIve representative ' : ! - tive rIve cities clUes show that Grand Rapid/ Rapid Rapids RapidfoIlo8 Rapidsfollows Rapids.follows Rapidsfollows / : ) . foIlo\8 foIlo 8 follows ) \ with ssith ltb the low rate of ot 06 on onits onits onIts its homlf'lJes homlflJes homfiles homl ' Ues , tying tymg Jersey City and andpreceding andpreceding andpreceding preceding Pro Providence Probidence , idence \ with lth 08 ; New NewBedford NewBedford NewBedford Bedford , 09 00 ; Somervllle Somerv1Ue Somerville , 09 00 ; Lowen Lowell Lowell10 1 10 0 i ; Lynn , 10 i ; Waterbury Waterhury , 10 ; Al AI Altoona AItoona Altoona toona , 1.1 11 . , , and Berkeley Berheley , 1.1 11 . . , For ror the ilio five largest American AmericanclUes Americancities Americancities clUes cities , Chicago Chlcago retains retnlns Its preem preemlnence preemhence preemtnence lnence hence In homicides bomicides , producing produclng a rate rateot rateof rateof ot of 14 2 per 100,000 100000 , In 1933 193-1 193 1 . ' - and nd 133 133In 13 3 3in 3In In 1934 . Philadelphia follows with 1 18 8 , , De De- Detroit De- De Detroit Detroit - - troit with 1 18 8 , Los Angeles with 1 14 14and 14and 4 4and and New York with wltb 13 13Detroit -Detroit Detroit - DetroitFree DetroitFree DetroitFree Free Press . . |