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The table on the opposite page gives the figures collected by
the 'Chicago Tribune' for the years from 1881 to 1910.
In view of the foregoing it may seem paradoxical for the
writer to state that he questions the alleged unusual tendency
to commit murder on the part of citizens of the United States.
Yet of one fact he is absolutely convinced--namely, that
homicide has substantially decreased in the last fifteen
years. Even according to the figures collected by the
'Chicago Tribune', there were but 8,975 homicides in 1910 as
compared with 10,500 in 1895, and 10,652 in 1896. Meantime
the population of our country has been leaping onward.
NUMBER OF MURDERS AND HOMICIDES IN THE UNITED STATES EACH
YEAR SINCE 1891, COMPARED WITH THE POPULATION
NUMBER OF NUMBER OF
MURDERS AND ESTIMATED MURDERS AND
YEAR HOMICIDES IN POPULATION HOMICIDES
THE UNITED OF THE FOR EACH
STATES UNITED STATES MILLION OF
PEOPLE
1881.
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