“If You Are
Interested in Murders, Read This,” from The Day
Book, Chicago, Dec. 23, 1915
New York, Dec.
23—Murder rate in U.S. has now climbed to 8.6 persons killed each year in every
100,000 of population, according to an article written by Frederick L. Hoffman
for the number of the Spectator which will be issued today. That is to say,
about 8,000 residents of the country are murdered each year.
Mr. Hoffman has the
murder rates of 30 cities, having in 1914, the last year with which he deals, a
population of 17,416,540 and he averages results obtained from these figures
for the whole country. New York city as a whole is omitted from the tables he
supplied.
The highest murder
rate for any year was that of 1913, when 8.7 persons were killed for every
100,000 people in the country.
Memphis leads all
cities. There the murders in 1914 amounted to 72.2 persons for every 100,000
persons in the city. Charleston, S.C., is second with 33.3.
Chicago had in 10
years 1,955 murders, the average murder rate there being 9.3 persons in every
100,000 population.
Most of the
southern cities stand well at the top of the list. After the two cities named
come Savannah, with a 10-year average of 28.4; next is Atlanta, with a 10-year
average of 26; New Orleans, 25.3; Nashville, 24.3; Louisville, 16.6; and St.
Louis, 12.9. Following are San Francisco with 11.8; Cincinnati, 11; Seattle,
8.1; Spokane, 7.8; and Washington, 7.5.
Manhattan and the
Bronx together are 16th in the list of 30 cities. The rate here is
6.1, or less than the average.
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