The Yale expositor., 1910-07-15
MOB STORMS JAIL
LYNCHES OFFICER
Dry Detective. Slayer Of Sa-
Ioonist, Is Hung.
"NEAR BEER" RAID is CAUSE
Big Crowd Of Frenxled Men Batter
Down jail Doors, Take Prls-
oner Out and String
Him Up.


Newark, o. - Battering down the
doors OF Licking county Jail. mob
Of women, men and children last night
took Charles Etherington, an anti-sa-
loon detective, who confessed 10
having shot and killed William How
ard, saloon man and a former police.
man earlier In the day. hanged him to
telephone pole in the public square.
The mob which had been increasing
all evening at the jail became frenzied
and refused TO listen to pleadings for
preservation of order.
They broke all the Jail windows and
ranmed in the outer door. taking the
keys from the jailer. They quickly
focnd the prisoners cell on the second
floor and then, dragged by a rope, the
man was taken up Third street TO the
square and across the park to the
southeast corner, where he was
strung up over the arm of telephone
pole.
The shooting of Howard and the
lynching of Etherington Is the cul-
mination of long standing trouble be-
tween the ''wets" and "drys" here.
Etherington and twenty others, all
said TO be dry" detectives, came here
from Cleveland and other places TO
get evidence against near beer sa-
looms. At the fret place no trouble
arose. At the second Charles Rich
ards, the bartender. was handcufed
for over an hour At the third place
visited the trouble started.
A mob of 1000 gathered and threat
cned the detectives. With revolvers
drawn the Anti-Saloon league officers
retl eated to a hotel. The police in
terfered there, arresting eight OF the
detectives.
AT the police station, where they
we're searched. revolvers, black jacks
and cartridge belts were taken from
them.
The remaining twelve detectives
b-oye and ran, pursued by the bowling
mob. half a dozen were caught and
beaten. The police rescued most OF
them. A downtown crowd fell on
beat him go severely that he was
taken to tee Newark hospital. Ether
ington. who fed to the ball park,
stumbled in his flight and the crowd
set upon him. Howard, the proprietor
0f a near beer" saloon, the last place
searched by the detectives, was In
front OF Etherington when the latter
drew a revolver and fred.
Etherington was hurried to the jail
with a yelling mob at the heels of the
police who were protecting him. All
afternoon the crowd stormed about
the place threatening to lynch the de-
tective.
The crisis came when word was
flashed from the Newark hospital that
Howard, who was a former city po-
llceman, had died there of his wound.
Cp to this time Sheriff William Linke
apparently had the situation well In
hand. When IL became known that
Howard was dead an immense crowd
gathered in front of the jail. the win
dows were smashed, the door battered
In and Etherington dragged out and
strung up.
Newark. which over year ago was
voted dry" has near beer" saloons
which the Anti-Saloon league officials
have in the past said they suspected
Of selling beer. Feeling has been high
against the Anti-Saloon leaguers for a
long time.
Since Etherington's arrest business
has been suspended and the streets
have been filled with people brandish-
ing clubs and weapons and threaten
ing vengeance. When II became known
that Howard was dying all OF the de-
tectives except Etherington we're
spirited out Of town.
During the afternoon rioting on a
snail scale occurred and dozen per.
sons were injured. Among the most
seriously injured are Ed. Hale, de-
tective, may die and Ed. Costello.
known as oklahoma Ed," perhaps
fatally hurt by blow on the head.
Late last night the governor needed
the call of the sheriff for troops, and
Adjutant General Weybreicht began
mobilizing several companies of the
Fourth regiment and will dispatch
them TO this city.