The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-09
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TRAGIC INclDEnTIN OH o
ANTI-LlQUoR
WARFARE
DETECTIVE HAD KILLED
AlLEGEO JOINT-kEEpER
|FTenzlsd Mob DaItsrs Down
jail Doors and Prisoner
Dragged From Cell
(By Associated press.)


Newark. O., July 9.--Carl Ether
inston, 22 years old. employed Thurs
day night by the state anti'snloon
league as blind tiger raider, was
lynched here at 1896 Friday night
following day OF almost continuous
rioting. The heavy doors OF the Lick
ing county jail were battered down
and Etherington was dragged from his
cell He was shot. kicked and brius-
ed before the street was reached and
the finish followed quickly.
Etherington, early In the evening
confessed he killed William Howard,
proprietor OF the Last Charce' res
taurant and former chief OF police,
this afternoon an dnarrowly escaped
this afternoon. an dnarrowly escaped
lynching ut that time When news
iiem the hospital that Howard had
died passed over the city at o'clock
the fury of the mob took definite
fornh Large battering rams were d.
rected upon the doors OF the Licking
couaty Jail AMI the deputies were
powerles5. The doors fell after near
IL an hours attack
Crying pite0usiy, Etherington, a
curly headed kentuckIan. who had
been serving as strikebreaker since
he was released from marine service
three months ago, was dragged forth
Il d.da't mean to do It, he walled.
His cries fell on deaf ears.
While the mob was battering down
the doors, Etherington was In his
cell. In an attempt to commit sui
eide he smothered his aead in his
coat and set fire to 1t. lie was caught
In time.
In the melee as the moo was leaving
the jail. eight prisoners. neid for pet
ty Oflenses, escaped.
Az Etherington mounted the block
ready for the swing, he was asked
to make speech.
II want to warn all you fellows
not to try to make living the way |
have done-by strikebreaking and
ing jobs like this he declared
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 disorder.
At the finish there were hundreds oil
women and little children in the crowd
| No members of the mob were masked
ana no attempt was made to con-
ceal identity.
Sheriff Asks for Troops.
Fearing the mob spirit would not
be satisfied by one victim, Sheriff
Linkeim asked Adjutant General Wry
| a IN q N
dry raiders held at the city prs-
on. in another section of the town.
A hurried guard was thrown out in
| their defense.
Etherington's last moments. while
he heard the mob battering down the
doors, were spent in praying and
writing note to his parents. fran.
ers, residing near Willisburg, Ken
lucky.
What will mother say when she
lear OF his?' he kept saying to the
s..iler.
Howard, it Is charged did not resist
| the detectives when they entered
| his place on the outskirts of the city,
He. 1t Il said, however, put his arms
abcat Etherington as II to hold him
whereupon the officer fired a bullet
| into his head.
Striking Baltimore and Ohio rail
way employees declare Etherlngtof
recently came to Newark as strike
breaker, and the III feeling growing
out OF the strike has intensified that
due to the raids A strike breaker
was pursued through the streets fol
several squares. He saved himself bs
jumping through the window OF
laundry.
The detectives who made the raids
arrived with search and seizure war
rant secured OF the mayor OF Gran
vile, a nearby village. One OF th'
saloons visited was that of Louis Bol
ton. where a. bar tender Edward Nc
Kenna, was bit over the head Will
brass knuckles The detective VIII
: hit him was pursued by crowd 0
people and he was rescued by the pc
| lice with difficulty. The officers witt
their prisoner was follpwed by tn
mob to the jail.
Licking county, Of which Newar
: is the county seat. Is dry under Tn
i Rcse local option law, but anti-saloo
league officials declare the law Is no
: enforced. Wayne B. Wheeler, stat
superintendent OF the league, In a
; interview at Columbus, declared tn
situation was brought about by allege
negligence ON the part OF Mayor Att
:. eiton ii not uphclding the law.