In a year that saw an UNBELIEVABLE run on firearms and ammunition. Firearm ownership up, police deaths down. Go figure.
Yep. Makes me think that the homeowner took care of the problem before law enforcement could come into harms way.
In addition the US Census for 1890, the nearest census to 1887 was approximately 63 million.
The population in 2013 for the US 317 million, or 5 times as many people living in the US.