Alabama 13 5 Arkansas 3 4 Colorado -- 1 Florida -- 6 Georgia 6 9 Indian Territory 2 1 Iowa 1 -- Kentucky 1 3 Louisiana 8 9 Maryland 2 1 Mississippi 12 13 Missouri -- 3 Nebraska 1 -- North Carolina -- 5 Oklahoma 2 -- South Carolina 1 2 Tennessee 1 5 Texas 3 6 -- -- Totals 56 73 Of those lynched in 1907, 49 were Negro men, three Negro women and four white men. By methods: Hanging 31 Shot to death 17 Hanged and shot 3 Shot and burned 2 Beaten to death 1 Kicked to death 1 The offences for which these men and woman were lynched range from stealing seventy-five cents and talking with white girls over the telephone, to rape and murder. Here is the list: For being father of boy who jostled white women 1 For being victor over white man in fight 1 Attempted murder 5 Murder of wife 1 Murder of husband and wife 1 Murder of wife and stepson 1 Murder of mistress 1 Manslaughter 10 Accessory to murder 1 Rape 8 Attempted rape 11 Raping own stepdaughter 1 For being wife and son of a raper 2 Protecting fugitive from posse 1 Talking to white girls over telephone 1 Expressing sympathy for mob's victim 3 Three-dollar debt 2 Stealing seventy-five cents 1 Insulting white man 1 Store burglary 3 In making my study I visited four towns where lynchings had taken place, two in the South, Statesboro in Ga. and Huntsville in Ala.; and two in the North, Springfield, O., and Danville, Ill. I.--LYNCHING IN THE SOUTH Statesboro, Ga., where two Negroes were burned alive under the most shocking circumstances, on August 16, 1904, is a thrifty county seat located about seventy miles from Savannah.