The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-07-14

State Troops Called Out-Goy.
Harmon Says He viii Remove
Mayor.
Newark. Ohio. July s-CarI Ether
ingrou. . = years old, employed Thurs
dav night by the State Antl-Saloon
Ioag.a as a blind tiger raider, was
l..,..I here at 1895 tonight. fol-
loving q day Of almost continuous
-.a.ug The heavy doors of the
Licking County jail were battered
lg.a and Etherington was dragged
tr.u his cell He was shot. kicked
and bruised before the street vas
-.aehcd and the finish followed very
ealckly.
Etherington, early in the evening,
.3nfessed he killed William Howard.
proprietor of the Last Chance" res
.auraHt and former chief OF police In
raid Of alleged speak easies" in
aiding scuffle at 100 this afternoon.
md narrowly escaped lynching at
at time. When news from the hos
.ital that Howard had died passed
over the city at 9 o'clock tonight the
fury Of the mob took definite form.
catering rams were directed on the
Jail and the deputies were powerless.
The doors fell after nearly an hours
attack.
Crying piteously, Etherington, a
Kentuckian, who has been serving as
a strike-breaker since he was releas-
ed from marine service three months
ago, was dragged forth. Il didn't
mean to do it," he walled. His cries
fell upon deaf ears.
Fearing that the mob spirit would
not be satisfied by one victim Sheriff
Linke Immediately asked Adjutant
General Weybrecht for troops to pro-
tect six other dry" raiders held at
the city prison in another section of
the city.
A hurried guard was thrown out
in their defense. The mob, after
the first taste of blood, seemed quiet
but it is feared that they may attack
the city prison before the night is
finished.
Etherington' last moments, while
he heard the mob battering down the
doors, were spent in praying and
writing a note to his parents, farmers
residing near Willisburg, Ky.
What will mother say when she
hears of this?" the lad cried to the
taller as the doors were being batter
ed in.
Howard, it is charged, did not re-
sist the detectives when they entered
his place on the outskirts of Newark
He, it is said, however, put his arms
about EtheringtOn, as if to hold him,
whereupOn the officer fired a bullet
into HOward's head.
Striking Baltimore and Ohio rail-
way employees declare that Ethering-
ton recently came to Newark as a
strike breaker and the i'll feeling
growing out of the strike has intensi-
fled that due to the Staying to-day.
Tonight a strike-breaker was pur-
sued through the streets for several
squares. He saved himself by jump
ing through window of laundry.
The detectives arrived this morn
ing with search and seizure warrants
procured from the mayor of Gran
vile, a nearby village. One of the
first saloons visited was that Of Louis
Bolton, where a bar tender, Edward
MCKenna, was hit over the head with
brass knuckles. The detective who
hit him was pursued by crowd that
quickly assembled. The detective
was rescued by the police with diff
Guilty The officers with their pris-
Oner was followed by the mob to
the jail. Licking County, of which
Newark is the county seat, is dry
under the Rose local option law, but
anti-salOOn league officials declare
that the law is not enforced. Wayne
B. Wheeler, State Superintendent of
the League at Columbus, tonight de-
clared that tO-day's situation was
brought about by alleged negligence
on the part of Mayor Atherton, of
Newark, in not upholding the law.
Wheeler said that the detectives sent
to Newark to-day are from Cleve-
land.
While the mob was battering down
the doors Etnerington was in his cell
In an attempt to commit suicide he
smothered his head in his coat and
set fire to it. He was caught in time,
In the melee as the mob was leav-
ing the jail eight prisoners, held for
petty offenses, escaped. One refused
to leave.
AS Etherington mounted the block
ready for the swinging he was asked
to make a speech.
81 want to warn all young fellows
not to try to make a living the way
| have done-by strlke-breaking and
taking jobs like this" he declared.
II had better have worked and l
would not be here now"
The swing of the rope cut him
short. He hung there for an hour
while the crowd quietly left. After
the first excitement there was no dis