New York, Dec. 1—Homicides of the United States during 1920 totaled approximately 9,000, a decrease of 500 from the 1919 record, according to a computation by Frederick Hoffman, third vice-president, a statistician of the Prudential Life Insurance Company of America.
The figures made public last night through The Spectator showed Memphis, Tennessee, still in the lead with a killing record of 63.4 persons for every 100,000 of population. The safest of 31 cities for which figures were tabulated was Rochester, N.Y., where the rate is but 1.3 for every 100,000.
From the front page of The Mount Airy News, Dec. 8, 1921
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