Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1889 — The Hangings of 1888. [ARTICLE]

The Hangings of 1888.

Chicago Tribune. The number of legal executions during the year has increased over last year, when it was much smaller than for many years previous. The total number was 87, as compared with 79 in 1887, 83, in 1886, and 108 in 1886. The <■ locations in the several States were as follows: Alabama, 5; Arkansas, 5; California, 5; Connecticut, 1; Delaware, 1; Georgia, 3; Illinois, 2; Indiana, 1; lowa, 1; Kansas, 2; Kentucky, 1; Louisiana, 3; Maryland, 1; Massachusetts, 1; Minnesota, 1; Mississippi, 4; Missouri, 4; New York, 9; "New Jersey, 4; N orth Carolina, 2; Ohio, 3; Oregon, 1; Pennsylvania, 6; South Carolina, 5; Tennessee, 2; Texas, 6; Arizona, 1; Idaho, 2; Montana, 2; Washington, 1; Wyoming, 1; Indian Territory. 2. . Of this number, all were males but one, 67 were white, 29 were negroes,and 1 a Chinaman.