| Show LYNCHING to afie horrible details detail and to number number of COMMIt committed teta log the year jear 1895 in ID the united 13 more newspaper attention was wag dm dir slid and more public indignation ex than toward the same olae of or ori in auy any other year in our history ie fit fairly to be regarded as inal india a proper and desirable conditi public sentiments tor for the record a and that at least in number ca lynching lunching lyn ching have been steadily cl a lug ing during the last three beare at are were ton ten less leee in 1894 than in 1899 nineteen less leea in 1895 than man in number last year being but past experience reveals that periods of d ue in this form of murderous leanness have generally been lowed by the other ext in 1890 only lynch ings are i ed ads but the next year there were end and in 1892 and those who ai a rom from analogy are therefore dispose dispo BeTl regard it as reasonable to expect jump to or over next years year quit much so BO at least as a drop to a lok 10 number than jasi asa years record sh ahoi the total 11 umber of mob murde the united states in the years yeara b ding with 1885 and ending with Is IB 1977 which la Is a startling cow on 00 our civilization As to the record of last year worthy of note that in twenty the forty four tales states there were waft lyn lunching lynching ching at all and that the states north of maeon and dixons in which mob law ruled were cal 4 colorado illinois kansan laud land nebraska south bouth dakota dabol washington utah was then as aa a territory but happily did a no AM tribute a case of the twelve lunching lynching lyn ching charged against the territories orits still mote notable is the fact and it ought to be borne in mind by and modify the cods of lecturers and writers who this great national dp dip grace that in ID what are called ilbe northern states there has baa been an aderee in lyne bings of ten over these in 1893 and of three over those in 1894 the number for 1895 being 27 language to Is but faintly capable of expressing the horror borror and the shame with which law abiding people regard then theae outrages upon order and civilization they constitute one of the darkest blots biota upon american history and much of our boasted advancement will properly excite a sneer from foreign observers until we hall be able to af eradicate the hideous tact fact that each year an average of two hundred bundred human beings are lawlessly murdered by infuriated mobs of their fellow citi zone |
