Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-10
ALL IS QUIET AT NEWARK
Tranquility Follows Lynching of the
DRY" Detective Yesterday.
MORE TROUBLE NOT IMPROBABLE
Head of Anti-SaIOOn Detectives says
lie win Arrest Mayor and sher-
If on Charge of Aiding
the Lynchers.

NEWARK, o., July 9.--After eighteen
hours Of turmoil following the raid on al
legged speak easies' yesterday, which re-
suited In the shooting to death Of William
Howard and the lynchlng Of Detective Carl
Burlington, who confessed to firing the
shot that ended Howard's life, Newark is
quiet today.
All morning a crowd OF several hundred
persons surrounded the morgue, where the
bodies of Howard and Ethrington are held,
awaiting word from relatives. The tele-
phone pole, from which the detective was
hanged, is guarded from the ravages of
relic hunters, but before the city officials
encased It in sheet iron, the pole had been
hacked half through by those who sought
mementoes OF the nights work.
Adjutant General Waybrecht, Colonel
Byron Bargar OF the Fourth regiment, Ohio
National guard, and Lieutenant Benjamin
Chamberlain Of Troop b, who came to
Newark to make an investigation Of the
affair, today returned to Columbus. No
further trouble lie anticipated.
The next grand jury will investigate the
iynching.
Threats by Detectives.
Announcement was made here today by
Ed Hale, who headed the detective force
OF the Antl-Saloon league yesterday at
Newark in raidlng the soft drink saloons
here that he IL gathering an armed force
OF fifty detectives here and has secured
warrants which he intends to serve on
Mayor Atherton and Sheriff Links OF
Newark this afternoon for not upholding
the laws OF Ohio and for aiding the
lynchers, and also on several proprietors
Of speak easles'' for violating the local
option law of the state In serving beer in
a dry territory. The detective says he
will take his men to Newark by train and
mount horses in the suburbs and ride into
town with the warrants and serve them II
he has TO shoot.
Secretary Long today received a>telegram
from Governor Harmon, who is at his sum
mer home at Charlevoix. Mich, stating that
he will leave for Columbus at once and
take charge Of the situation at Newark.
The governor is expected some time to-
morrow.
story of LynchinE.
Carl Etherlngton, 70 years old, en-
ployed Thursday night by the State
Anti-saloon league as a blind tiger
raider. was Hnched here at 1885 last
night following a day OF almost continu-
Gus 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 bruised before
the street was reached and the finish fol-
lowed quickly.
Fearing that the whim OF the mob might
take a new turn at any moment the police
at midnight released the six dry detec-
tlves They were turned loose. upon their
own resources. and quickly disappeared.
City and county authorities this morning
avoided the question as TO whether or not
the mob leaders would be prosecuted. Tho
sheriff defends his stand on the. ground
that while the mob was attempting an
entrance to the Jail he was busy telephon-
ing to, Columbus.
Ethermgton early in the evening con-
fessed he killed William Howard. proprie-
tor OF the Last Chance" restaurant and
former chief of police. In a raid of alleged
speak easies," this afternoon, and mar
rowly escaped ynehing at that time
When news from the hospital that How
ard had died passed over the city at 6
O'Clock tonight the fury OF the mob took
definite form. Large battering rams were
directed upon the doors OF tho Licking
county Jail and the deputies were power
less. The doors fell after nearly an hours
attack.
Crying plteously, Etherington, a curly
headed Kentuckiap, who had been serving
as a strike breaker since he was released
from marine service three months ago, was
dragged forth.
II didn't mean to do it," he walled His
cries fell upon deaf ears.
Fesring that the mob spirit would not be-
satisfied by one victim, Sheriff Linke i'm
mediately asked Adjutant General Wey
brecht for troops TO protect 4. six othei
dry" raiders held at the city prison II
another section OF the town. A hurried
guard was thrown out In their defense
The mob, after the first taste OF blood
seemed to quiet. but 1t is feared that the!
VIII storm the city prison before the nigh
is finished.
EtherIngtOn Breaks Down.
Etherington's last moments, while h,
heard the mob battering down the doors
We're spent Ia praying and writing not
to his parents. farmers residing nea
Williamsburg. Ky.
what will mother say when she hear
OF this?' he kept moaning to the jailer.
While the mob was battering down tn
doors, EtherinB on was in his cell. In al
attempt TO commit suicide he smothere,
his head in his coat and set fire to It. Ill
was caught in time.
In the melee as the mob was leaving tn
Jail eight prisoners, held for petty offenses
escaped one refused TO leave.
AS Etherington mounted the block read,
for the swing he was asked to make
speech.
II want to warn all young fellows no
10 try TO make living the way 1 hav
done--by strike-breaking and taking job
like this" he declared. II had better hay
worked and l wouldn't be here now"
The swing OF the rope cut him short. IL
hung there for an hour, while the crow
quietly left After the first exeitemen
there was no disorder, At the finish ther
were hundreds OF women and little chill
dren in the crowd. all eager to aecomplis
his death. No member OF the mob wa
masked, and no attempt was made 20 con
oeai their identity The leaders were PEI
sonsl friends OF the dead man.
Howard Did Not Resist,
Howard. It is charged, did not resist IN
detectives when they entered his place o
the outskirts OF the city. He, II Is saiC
however, put his arms about Etheringto
as II TO hold him. whereupon the office
fired a bullet into his head.
striking Baltimore s. Ohio railway en-
pioS es declare EtheringtOn recently came
NaUgark az a strikebreaker, and the