Edward Leigh Pell, writing on “Prevention of Lynch-law Epidemics,” in the _Review of Reviews_, March, 1898 (17: 321), questions the accuracy of the _Tribune_ figures for Alabama, Florida, and Virginia in the year 1897. It is to be noted, however, that he refers to lynchings and seems to have regarded number of lynchings as synonymous with number of persons lynched. Footnote 208: In a recent article, entitled “The Facts about Lynching,” written by George P. Upton, who for a number of years has been associate-editor of the _Tribune_, a similar table may be found. [See the _Independent_, Sept. 29, 1904 (57: 719)]. In this table, however, there are numerous inaccuracies, and the fact that Mr. Upton does not discriminate between number of lynchings and number of persons lynched detracts materially from the value of all of his statistical summaries on the subject. Footnote 209: Compare p. 182. Footnote 210: The negro had escaped from the mob and gone to a neighboring county where he gave himself up to the authorities for protection. Later, according to a letter received by the writer from the mayor of the town where he sought protection, he was taken back by the sheriff and brought before a justice for a preliminary hearing. The evidence was considered insufficient to bind him over to the grand jury and he was released. Footnote 211: Principally New York City and New Haven, Conn., papers. Footnote 212: To be strictly accurate the number of lynchings should be taken rather than the number of persons lynched, but for the purpose of comparison from year to year the latter may be considered sufficiently exact. See p. 185. Footnote 213: Henry M. Boies has shown from the _Tribune_ record of murders that there has been, within the last twenty years, “an alarming increase of homicides, accompanied by a proportionate decrease of executions by law and lynching.”—“Science of Penology” (1901), p. 120. Footnote 214: See W. S. Drewry: “Slave Insurrections in Virginia” (1900), pp. 22–25. Footnote 215: The liberty has been taken of coining this word to designate the cause for lynching the class of individuals known as desperadoes. No other word seems to express the idea so clearly. The word “brigandage” is too narrow in meaning and too nearly obsolete; the word “outlawry” is not sufficiently inclusive and is generally used only in its technical sense. Footnote 216: “Statistics and Sociology” (1900), p. 271. Footnote 217: This may be taken as an indication of the trustworthiness of the _Tribune_ record of lynchings as a basis for statistical investigation. Footnote 218: See p. 164. Footnote 219: See the daily issues from July 23 to July 27, 1886. Footnote 220: