The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-07-12
The Doors of the Jail and tx

The Doors Of the Jail and nd ti ing
Detective, Who Shot Restae q.
Keeper, Taken Out and Hang
writes Personal Letters Home
while Mob Storms Jail.
Carl Etherington, % years old,
employed Thursday night by the
State Anti-saloon League as blind
tiger raider, was lynched here at
1895 tonight, following day OF al
most continuous rioting. The heavy
doors CT the Licking county jail
were battered down and Ethering-
ton was dragged from his cell. He
was shot, kicked and bruised be-
fore the street was reached and the
finish followed quickly.
Etherington, early in the evening
confessed he killed William Howard.
proprietor of the Last Chance res
taurant and former cheif Of police
in a raid of alleged speak easies, -!
in q raiding scuffle at 1.3O this al
ternoon and narrowly escaped being
lynched at the time. When news
from the hospital that Howard had
died passed over the. city at 3 o.
clock tonight the fury or the mob
took definite form. Large battering
rams were directed upon the doors
Of the Licking county Jail, but the
deputies were powerless. The doors
fell after nearly an hours attack.
Cryingly piteously, .Etherington' al
curly headed Kentuckian, who has
been serving as strike-breaker
since he was released from marine.
service three months ago, was drag
ged forth. II didn't mean to do IT,
ne walled. His cries fell upon deaf
ears. ~ ,.s,... !,
Fearing that the mob spirit would!
not be satisfied by one victim, She
ifr Linke Immediately asked Adju-'
tant General Weybrecht for troops.
to protect six other "dry raiders"
held ct the city prison, I'm another
section of sthe town. A hSprriea, RE
guard lwes thrown tout IN their de-:
tense. The mob after the first taste
Of blood seemed quiet but 1t is fear,
Ell that they will attack the city pris-:
on before the night lis finished.
Etherington's last moments, while
he heard the mob battering down
the doors, were spent in praying and
writing a note to his parents, farm
ers residing near Willfsburg, KY.
i. Howard, 1T is charged, did not re-.
sist the detectives when they enter
ed his place on the outskirts OF New
ark. He, it is said, however, put
his arms about Etherington. as II
to hold him, whereupon the officer
fired a bullet into Howard's head.
Striking Baltimore and Ohio rail-
way employers declare the Tthering-
ton recently came to Newark as
a strike-breaker, and the III feeling
growing out of the strike was inten-
sified by the Staying.
Friday night strike-breaker was
phrsued through the street for sew
eral blocks. He saved himself by
Jumping through a window OF
laundry.
The detectives arrived next morn.
ing with search and seizure warrants
procured from the mayor OF Gran
Vile, a nearby village. One of the
first saloons visited was that OF
Louis Beiton, where a bartender. Ed
ward McKenna, was hit over the
head with brass knuckles. The de-
tectiye who hit him was pursued by
a crowd that quickly assembled. The
detective was rescued by the police
with difficulty The officers with the
prisoner were followed by the mob
to the pail.
While the mob was battering down
the doors, Etherington was in his
cell. In an attempt to commit sui
eide he smothered his head in his
coat and set fire to it. 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.
AS Etherington mounted the
block ready for the swing he was
asked to make a speech.
Il want to warn all young fellows
not to try to make a living the way
l have done-by strike breaking and
taking jobs like this" he declared.
II had better have worked and
wounldn't be here now"
The swing Of the rope cut him
short. He hung there for an hour
while the crowd quietly left. After
the first excitement there was no
disorder. At the finish there were
hundreds of women and little chill
dren in the crowd, all eager to &C
complish his death. No member OF
the mob was masked and no at
tempt was made to conceal their
identity. The leaders were personal
friends of the dead man.