Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-07-14

W cNbretcht Tor troops to protect 81,
other dry" raiders held at the city
prison in another section of the town. !
| hurried guard was thrown ont in thoi
defense. The mob, after the first tast,
of blood, seemed to quiet. but It Is fearet
that the rioters will storm tho city prisoi
before tho night is finished.
Etherington's last moments, while Il,
heard the mob battering down the doors
were spent in praying and writing a note
| to his parents. farmers residing neal
| Willisburg. Ky.
| What will mother say when She hear.
Of this" he kept moaning to the jailer.
1t is said that when the detectives .n
tered towards place on the outskirts OF
Newark he put his arms about lithering
| ton, as if to hold him, whcreupon tn,
| officer fred a bullet into Towards head.
WAS A STRIKE BREAKER.
Striking Baltimore & Ohio railway EN-.
| ployes say that EthcrinRton recently cam,
to Newark as a strike breaker and the n
feeling growing ont of the strike inten-
sited that due to the staying today.
The detectives arrived this morning
with search ana seizure warrants pro-
cured from the mayor of Granville. a
nearby village.
| Licking county, of which Newark is the
county seat is dry" under the Rose local
option law. Wayne Is. Wheeler, State
superintendent of the Anti Saloon League
al Columbus, said tonight that to-day $
| situation was brought about by Mayor
Anterior of Newark by not unfolding the
law. Wheeler said that the detectives We're
| from Cleveland
| TRIED TO COMMIT Sl-IC,IDE
"hlie the mob was battering down
the doors, Etherin gton in his cell,
made an attempt to commit suicide.
lie smothered his head in his coat and
set fire to it but 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.
AS Ethcrington mounted the block
ready for the swing he was asked to
| make speech.
Il want to warn all young fellows
not to try to make living the way 7
have done, by strike breaking and
taking jobs like this" he declared
Il had better have worked and l
|
The swing of the rope cut him short
lie hung there for an hour. while the
crowd quietly left After the first
excitement there was no disorder. At
the finish there We're hundreds of
women ana little children in the
crowd, all eager to accomplish his
death. No member Of thu mob was
masked and no attempt was made to
conceal their identity. The leaders
were personal friends of the dead
man.
HIRED BY LOCAL LEAGUE.
Wayne Il. Wheeler, State supt rlntend-
ent Of the Anti-Saloon League, said that
tho men who made tho Newar.l raids to-
day were not in tho direct employment
OF the state League. They were hired by
the Licking County Law Enforcement
League, he said through Cleveland
agency of which Represent alive Pierce
ID. MetzUcr IL proprietor
At Granville, Licking county, 10 men were
sworn In as special officers and furnished
with warrants to serve under the Woods
search and seizure net. 1t was planned
TO raid Ave Newark places, where liquors
were sold Illegally. superintendent
Wheeler said he knew nothing concern
ing the special officers nor their home ad-
dresses.
After Eherington's body had dangled
tor an hour, before q quiet and sobered
crowd. which slowly melted away, the
rope broke under the weight of the body
The city ambulance came up, packed
the limp form aboard and hauled IL TO the
city morgue.
An hour later the city was absolutely
quiet with little chance of further dis
turbance. The other dry" detectives in
tho city prison are safe for the present.
Sheriff William I.inke during the attack
in his residence adjoining the Jail,