The Washington times., 1910-07-09
Adjutant General Declares
Troops Should Have Been
Asked for Earlier.
GIVES NEGLIGENCE
AS SOLE CAUSE
GOvernO- Harmon VIII Be Told Of
Alleged Fault-Militia Ready
for Further Disorder.

NEWARK, O., July 9-Adjutant Cen
eraI Weybrecht today charged the Lick
ing county officials and Sheriff William
Linke in particular, with the responsible
ity Tor the disturbances which resulted
OF the lynchinS Of Carl EtheriEgtOn,
-AEti-SaIoon League agent
4 VIII report 10 Governor Harmon"
he said, that negligence was the cause
Of the trouble IF the troops had been
called a. first all would have been well
TIE mob was on the offensive two hours
before a step was taken"
Although the city is quiet today after
the exciting night, five companies Of the
militia are being held in readiness at
Columbus TO be rushed 10 Newark the
moment riounE IS renewed.
The authorities are working hard to
md the leaders Of the mob. but with
little pTCspect Of success
Mayor Herbert AthertOn. Of this city.
places the blame for the disorders
Wl1-h came 10 a head after VII
nam Howard, restaurant man. had
been killed by EtheringtOn, upon the
-ADti-S,uOUn League.
The Anti Saloon Leagues fnterfer-
ence and disregard OF the local author
ities IS responsible FOR the IynchinE Of
Carl Ethrrington,- he said.
Horrible Scenes Enacted.
The scenes incident 10 the Iyuching
Of Ethertusron were perhaps the most
horrible ever enacted north of Mason
and D5zon's line
A mob gf 500 citizens, men, women
and children, cIamored about the conn
y jail demanding the life OF the DRY
detective, after De was locked I'D. Steel
rails were used 70 batter in TIE heavy
iron doors of the Jail
The police were helpless before the
angry crowds Sheriff William LinI.e
called for Che State militia but before
IL could be assembled the avengers had
seized Etherin=tUn and dragged him
from his cell
A rope wGs placed about his neck.
While he cried piteousIy and be--ed for
mercy saying Il didn't mean to do
IT, Oh what wiz mother say when she
hears OF rhise-'
The mob pulled and kicked their help
less victim down the stairway from his
cell and cut ia-0 the street. AIoanfr-
with pain and pIeadiu- for merct.
Ftherlnz-tun was dragged two blocks
through the public park. At the cor
AeI OF Park place and Second street.
cries Of Hang him here halted th.
mob.
Allowed to Speak.
A man climbed quickly uD a pole.
snd hooked the rope over a foot piece
SUaylnE and staggering in his torture,
E--eElngrOn begged for a last word
II want 10 warn other fellows against
this kind Of a lie This wouldn't have
happened il I hadn't been a strike
breaker and taken this job send nv
love TO mother and tell her I died in
tic --is words were lost in q death
rattle as the rope was pulled taut-
The lynchIuS resulted from a raid OF
twenty detectives of the Ohiy Anti
saloon League on thirst parIors-' here
I'd Hale, the leader Of the detectievz.
was badly cut and bruised when as
sauI-ed By d mob. jim Henderson. an
other detective, received the same treat
ueur-
Henry Barrow, a strike-breaker, was
shot IN the arm in an alteration grow
i1S 0u- Of the raids An unidentified
man, said 10 be d strike-breaker, was
chased by a crowd of rioters and shot
81 the leg The man broke through a
plate glass window and made his escape
through q store
All Of the prisoners in the Jail were
set al liberty when the mob broke down
the cell doors with sIeGEe hammers
LtHerluEtou, when he heard the mob I'm
the corridor, set IRE 10 his coat and at
He WIS shot in the back OF the neck
The bullet plOWlnC a deep fuTrOw ana
passing out The FIRE was extiuguisned
hy his own blood These were the only
shots fred by the mob after breaking
into the Jail
Father Asks for Body.
EtherinEt0n was allowed TO hang in
The public square for half an hour be
fore being cut down by the sheriff. \
telegram was received by the sheriff
from the mob victims father Hartv7eI
EJherington, of WTIisburg, KY, asking
him to hold the body
EtlerinEtOn confessed that he had
been a professional S-rike-breaker and
had worked in PitJsburE- He said he
was employed by the ONO Auti-SaI loon
League through a Cleveland, Ohio,
agency
Mrs James Howard Baker, Of CoIum-
bus. daughter o. the murdered man. ar
rived IN the city just as The angry
Cr0uCs surEeG about the county faiI
Size had been informed that her father
was slightly wounded on her way 10
the hospital she saw a bulletin Of his
death
With a cry of '.It isn't true. Oh.
father. father she SwUoued-
EEsrauGErS carried her 10 house
near by. where she was revived