HOMICIDE RATIO
, DOUBLED SINCE 1900,
UNITED STATES 'STATISTICS,
(Australian Press Association.) (Received 8.40 a.m.) NEW YORK, March 14,
One of the largest life : insurahcfi companies.in New York has published homicide statistics for the country, showing that the murder rate per 100,000 of the population of the United States has doubled since 1900'.
Detroit, with 228 dead ’ and a rate' of 16.5 led the country, while Chicago, with 498, had the largest total and a rate of 15.5. ' New York, with 401, Jiad a rate of 6.7. r
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Northern Advocate, 15 March 1929, Page 7
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