Show AWFUL RECORD OF MURDER estimated that we now have an average of a week in this country chicago A well known statistician makes the statement that we now have an average of murders a week or every year in this country in chicago there are murders year in parts 15 in london four times as large as chicago 20 while in three years the number of lives taken in this way war in this country equals total number lost by the british army in the boer war the number of murders in the united states has increased four and a halt half times limes in the last 20 years the murder r spots of the world seem to be italy and mexico the number per year in italy la ia 96 to the much of this killing comes from our dur polyglot population gathered from all the countries of the world jostling and crowding each other the loose habits which people take on and the natural passions that in a moment of excitement give rise to the ibe taking of life to kill and malm maim seems to bo be an american ambition the railroads of the country are killing people a year on the average the steel mills in many places have been great slaughter houses the autos too are piling up their lists of victims the sports are adding theirs and aber other factors are entering in to swell the total malice and passion are the causes of crime and these ought to be curbed only two per cent of the homicides in the country are brought to punishment and the reasons aro are aversion to capital punishment and the miscarriage of justice capital punishment Is necessary however aa deterrent where it ban bag lobed murder is on the increase |