Show MOBS KILLED 83 WOMEN SINCE 1889 cruel tortures applied to some of them says church report but four states in tho the union never had to report lynching lunching Lyn ching only sixteen free of the crime in last ton ten years I 1 washington an alit number of women have been killed by inobe in tile tho united states in recent years the federal council of churches churcher declared in a statement since 1889 the council said there lieve been 83 comet killed kille d by mobs some fol them were p pu it to death with savage tortures Ur tir tures such as burning and such tho council declared might bw be expected 1 l pagan truies or heathen countries but by no maahs meura in a civilized land hind today the total nu iber of 0 persons lynched by years gives a startling pic tyre of lawlessness lawless neEs the council said tifer there e la Is n slow decrease from tho climax in 1892 and 1893 1803 down to 1903 1908 during the latter year year and 1009 there was waa an increase then another slow de crease until 1918 men tha ten detic to increase was again manifested 11 I 1 only four states have never had find a lynching lunching lyn ching accordi accordine nr to the council massachusetts rhode island new shire and yermont vermont three states have had no lynch ings since now new jersey utah and connecticut I 1 el eig leht ht other states th tile cou council said have had a clear record during the last ten years they are arc nevada colorado iowa indiana delaware Dej Aware and pennsylvania tills menns that only V 83 33 per cent ce nt of tile the states have ha not had find 4 j lunching lynching lyn ching in the last ten tea years |