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Murder in the Montgomery Advertiser, 1900 & 1920

Geography of Murder

Of the forty cases of murder reported in the Montgomery Advertiser we see that sixteen are out of state while twenty four are in state. Of the cases that are out of state they are mostly in the south, with an exception in New York, and two in Washington D.C.

Most of the stories that came out of state, were committed by white offenders, while the in state cases focused on black offenders.

There are no cases within the twenty year time period that are international