“8,000 Murders in U.S.,” from the Topeka Daily State Journal, Dec.
23, 1915
Memphis, Tenn., the Greatest Crime City in Nation; Reading, Pa.,
Safest Place to Live
New York, Dec.
23—Eight thousand persons were murdered in the United States last year, 80 per
cent of the victims being men. Memphis, Tenn., was the most dangerous of
American cities from the homicide viewpoint, with a murder rate of 72.2 for
every 100,000 of population. Reading, Pa., with a corresponding rate of 1 for
100,000, was the safest. New York had a murder rate of 6.1 for 100,000;
Chicago’s rate was 9.1.
These and many
other interesting facts are recounted in the article on “The Homicide Record of
American Cities for 1914,” which appears in today’s issue of The Spectator, an insurance journal.
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