Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-07-15
HARMON SUSPENDS
MAYOR OF NEWARK
WILL TAKE ACTION AGAINST
SHERIFF AS SOON AS THE
LAW ALLOWS.
GOVERNOR INVESTIGATES TOWN
viii Try to Apprehend Members Of
Mob That Lynched "Dry" Detect
i've Who Shot and Killed
"Near Beer" Seller.

Columbus, 0.-After a day spent
in personal investigations, includ-
ing trip to Newark and a Wig
orous cross-eXamination of Mayor
Herbert Atherton and Sheriff Linke,
Governor Harmon acted swiftly in
connection with the Iynching of Carl
Eth herington. Mayor Atherton was
summarily suspended this morning
Vice Mayor John Ankel, real estate
dealer, who is allied with the law en-
| forcement element, became mayor
The suspension of Atherton will be
but preliminary to his absolute re-
moval. He will be given a formal
hearing some time within the next 30
days.
The governor returned from New
ark disgusted and sick at heart. He
would not discuss his examination of
Atherton and Sheriff Linke in any de-
tail, making the frank statement that
1t would not be proper for him to do
so, since he would be obliged to sit in
| Judgment in the trial of the officials.
1t is known, however, that Mayor
Atherton convicted himself of official
| ny Ills SlOly " llS 6ON-
ernor. After disposing of the mayor,
Governor Harmon will turn to the
case of Linke. The sheriff will be sus.
| pended just as soon as the legal ma
chinery can be set in operation. I'm
der the law he must be given ten
days notice of hearing on the
charges. The law requires a petition
signed by at least five residents of
the county before the governor can
remove a sheriff. 1t is understood
that the petition, signed by more
than the required number of Licking
county citizens, will be forthcoming.
Governor Harmon also is deter
mined that some of the members of
the mob which lynched Etherington
shall be punished. With this end in
view he will formally request Attor-
ney General Denman to send one of
his assistants to Licking county to
help Prosecutor Smythe in conducting
grand jury investigation.
The governor was informed that
Judge Seward will call special ses.
sion of the grand jury as soon as
enough witnesses are rounded up to
make certain the returning of indict
ments. 1t is understood that ring
leaders of the mob are known and
can be identified and that witnesses
have come forward secretly and vol,
unteered to go before the grand jary
The testimony in the hearings to be
given Mayor Atherton and Sheriff
Linke now seems likely to be OF ma
ture that will shock the entire state
AS soon as he returned from Newark
Governor Harmon summoned Harry
]. Bradbury and Edward Fortwengler
who run the Service Co. of Cleve
J land, to the residence of Adjutant
General Weybrecht. The dry" detec
tives which made the Newark raids
were obtained through the Cleveland
agency. The evidence which they
turned over is sensational in the ex
treme. Bradbury explained to the
governor that he was not directly en-
gagged in obtaining evidence agains
saloons. He was engaged, he said, by
the law enforcement organization O.
Newark to secure evidence agains
!, the officials of that city. The efforts
! were directed at proving that tie law
less element of all classes were per
mitted to operate in Newark through
, corrupt means.
, Newark, O.-At 1920 at nigh
Carl Etherington, the 22-year-ol'
J Kentucky strike breaker and dry
, detective who shot William Howard
in the afternoon, was hanged to tele
phone pole opposite the postoffice IL
, the court house public square. Th
mob, which had been increasing al
evening at the jail, became frenzie,
when they heard Howard had die,
and refused to listen to pleadings TO
preservation of order. They storme
, the jail and rammed in the outer dool
taking the keys from the jailer. The
, quickly found the prisoners cell o.
, the second floor and then, dragged b
a rope, the man was taken up Thir
street to the square and across tn
park to the southeast corner, wher
8 he was strung up to telephone pole
3 The shooting of Howard and tn
i lynchMg of Etherington is the Gu
o mination of long standing trouble b,
e tween the "wets" and "drys" her,
Etherington and 20 others, all said [
be dry" detectives, came here frol
Cleveland and other places to get ev
!. dence against near beer" saloons.
y the first place no trouble arose.
= the second Charles Richards, the ba
= tender, was handcuffed for over a
hour, At the third place visited tn
trouble started.
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