The Detroit times., 1910-07-09
newark IS QUIET
AFTER H|DE0Us
lYNCHIhG ORGY
Detective Who Killed Man While
Searching For Liquor is Taken
From Jail By Wild Mob
and Strung Up.
State Officials Blame Sheriff For Al
lowing the Rioters To Get
the Upper Hand.

NEWARK, Ohio, July S,-Appalie'
by the sight OF It's nights work. tn.
mob of Newark towns-people thai
made the night hideous with the
Siege OF the Jail and the lynching OF
Carl Etherington, Dry" detective, to-
day wilted away. and the town ID
wrapped In a grim. gloomy silence:
When the rioting was at It's height.
with the leaders dragging Etherington
from his cell In the Jail 10 be strung
up To q nearby telegraph pole, Sherin
I,inke hurriedly telephoned Columbus
for state troops Adjutant General
Weybrecht, Col Barger OF the Fourth
regiment and Lieut.. Ben. Chamberlain
reached here early today, and counter
manded the order for troops, when
thew saw the revulsion OF mob ieel-
ing drive the disintegrated engine OF
vengeance back TO the members
homes. as the crumpled body OF Ether
ington dropped to the roadway win
the sharp cracking OF the breaking
rope.
The streets are practically de-
sertad today. In little groups
the townspeople gather in out-of-the-
way places and talk beneath their
breafhs OF the work of the night. the
authorities are working eagerly 10
identity the leaders Of last nights
mob. but with fttie prospect OF sue
cess: Sheriff Linke Is blamed by the
state officials. particularly Ad1utant
Waybrecht. for allowing the mob TO
gain the upper hand. Weybrecht says
Iinks should have called for troopa
hours before he did.
.'The Iynehing could easily have
been prevented," he declared today.
"The fact that the mob worked at the
fail for two hours tells the story OF
negligence. II troops had been called
for when they should have been the
state OF Ohio would not be disgraced
today"
Etherineton confessed that he had
shot william Howard, proprietor OF
the Last Chance" restaurant and
former chief OF police, In raid OF al
legged "speakeasies."
Batter Down Doors.
when news from the hospital that
Howard had died passed over the city
ut 3 o'clock last night, the fury OF the
mob took definite form. Large bat
tering rams were directed upon the
doors OF the Licking county jail. and
the deputies were powerless. The
doors fell after nearly an hours at.
tack.
Crying piteously, Etherington, a
curIY-headed Kentuckian, who has
been serying as a strikebreaker since
he was released from marine service
three months ago, was dragged forth.
II didn't mean to do II" he walled.
His cries fell upon deaf ears. Fearing
that the mob spirit would not be sat
jsfied by one victim, Sheriff Linke I'M
mediately asked Adjutant General
Weybrecht for troops to protect six
other "dry" raiders held at the city
priton. In another section OF the city.
"A hurried guard was thrown out In
their defense.
Etherington's last moments, while
ne heard tho mob battering down the
doors, were spent in prayer and writ
ing a note TO his parents, farmers re-
siding near Willisburg. Ky. What
win mother say when she hears OF
fhis!. he kept moaning to the jailer.
In an attempt to commit suicide he
smothered his head in his coat and
set IRE 70 II. He was caught In time.
In the melee, as the mob was leav-
ing the jail. eight prisoners. held for
petty offenses, escaped. One refused
to leave.
Doomed Mans Last Words.
As Etherington mounted the block
ready for the swing he was asked to
make a speech.
II want TO warn all young fellows
not to try to make a living the way
I have done--by strikebreaking and
taking jobs like this" he declared. Il
had better have worked and 7
wouldn't be here now"
The swing OF the rope cut him
short. He hung there for an hour,
while the crowd quietly left.
Sheriff William Linke. during The
attack, In his residence adjoining the
TAIL. frantically attempted TO have the
governors ONCE answer his tele-
phoned appeal for troops. He was
Informed by Secretary Long. he says,
that the state considered II too late
70 be Of service.
Jailer William LAWN. who was over
powered and relieved OF the keys, was
pushed aside In the rush OF the mob.
He was uninjured.
An oxfra nolioa u,taNd wao throuyyo