Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1898 — Why We Have Lynching. [ARTICLE]

Why We Have Lynching.

The law’s delay in this country is probably responsible for the enormous number of lynchings as proportioned to the legal executions for crime. In the 10 years ending with 1805 there were to this country 48,834 homicides, the legal executions were 1,030 and the lynchings 1,656. Maxim’s cavalry gun, which fires 700 shots a minute, weighs but 30 pounds, and can be carried strapped to a soldier’s back. The gun he made for the Sultan fires 770 shots a minute, but V! is a field piece on. wheels.