Assault in the Evening Journal, 1900 & 1920

This exhibit will explore stories about the crime of assault in the newspaper the Evening Journal in the year 1900 and the year 1920.

It was first published by Charles W. Edwards and Frederick Eden Bach, later on, Bach would be the editor. When Bach retired, Edwards took on the role of editor. Under Bach the paper was considered Republican in nature, it would switch to Democratic with Edwards as editor, it would switch back to Republican as Edwards retired.

 The Evening Journal was a daily newspaper, except on Sundays. In 1900 the pages of each issue would be 6 in total while in 1920 each issue would range from 12 pages to 32 pages on Fridays.

Crime stories would appear on the front page of each year explored as well as throughout the issue. In 1900, 17 stories would appear in the front half of the newspaper, while 3 stories would appear in the back half of the paper. In 1920, 11 stories would appear on the front page, while the remaining 9 stories were spread throughout the pages.

The average word count for stories on this crime was 215. The longest story would come in at 759 words about a taxi driver assaulted and his cab stolen. The shortest would come in at 77 words about a woman assaulting two children at a beach.