The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-07-21
DETECTIVE is
LYNCHED BY NOS

NEWARK, OHIO.-Speel,r an
houSh The city q Qu3e< fn.I~~
| -. 81 sc NAssS night ia Wlkr&
Etherington, emptoFoG o.
s.,.S Sea.e Antl-Saioon lcnxur ~
~blind tiger" raider. ,,as s~---.E 4.
co. live companies of th,- ,,.rT<e>
Aro oeiAig held fn readiness nf o.
! iuhouS TO be rushed Co Ne.~~.vs.
inc moment riOting Is renew,,s
mayor Herbert AthersDu. -
.ns city, today placed the hfnw~~
for the disorders. yvhiel, ,..,--- y.
nead after William Iounx~R
restaurant man. had been kfIK.4r
Dy Etherfngton, upon the Araau,.
disregard or the local nnflsorl-
nes ~ responsible for the Iyslss.-
ing OF Esherington, ne said
Was Horrible Scene.
The scenes incident TO the Fvr-hgnu
OF Etherington were the most sr,--S-
bic ever enacted north OF MaSo-, -
DiXOn's ltne- A mob OF s 0O6 go
rated citizens, men, women and 40
dren, clamored about the COUNT 60
demanding the life OF the dr. a.
tective after he was locked up Efesz
railroad rails were used 70 haffs- -
the heavy iron doors of the 1aII-
Inc police were helpless before the
angry crowds Sheriff William f.Inkr
called for the State militia. hut Rs,-
lore II could be assembled the nv~-,-
gers mad seized the man and drsxses
MN from his cell. rope was ,TsreE
about his neck. while he cried Difea,,..-
" ana begged for mercy, saying
didn't mean to DO IL. Oh. wfsna
VII mother say when She hearE OF
Hauled Down Stairway
Brutally the surging mob pulled or
HLckeo their helpless victim down fha
stairway from his cell and cut Frso
the street Moaning with pain aul
Pleaulng Tor mercy, Etheringtou WIS
dragged two blocks through the n,,S,-
lie park.
At the corner of Park Place ana
here" halted the mob. A mar elt-F-
cd quickly up pole AID hooked tn
rope over foot piece. Svvavfnr~ sc
staggering In his torture, Etherfnefr-
begged for last word.
want to warn other eexlowa
against this kind Of n life Thir
wouldn't have happened n I h~z-re
oeen a strikebreaker and taken fafa
JOB, he said. Send my Tov@ -
Inotner and tell her I died in fYae-sS
his words were lost In a death raxfTa
as the rope was pulled taut-
The lynching resulted from = ,-.rz
OF twenty detectives OF the Ohio Ar.ff-
Saloon League on thirst pariorv hpr.
Eo Hale. the leader OF the defss.-
ives was badly cut and bruised uheu
assaulted by a mob. Jim Henderson-
treatment
Henry Barrow. a strikebreaker- va
snOt IN the arm In an altercatfau
growing out of the raids An r.
known man, said TO be a strikebreak-
and shot in the leg. The man sfTv-1l
INTO plateglass window and razFn
MS escape through a store
Prisoners Set at I1hertr-
All or the prisoners in the fafI rurrn
set at liberty when the mob hro1~
mers
Etherington, when he heard tn
mob in the corridor. set fire 10 ~
coat ana attempted to bury his hes..E
IN the names. He was shot In tn
back or the neck, the bullet plowfur
! oeep furrow and passing out Tire
IRE was extinguished by his own
| blood.
These were the only shots fra hu
the mob after breaking into the 80
Etherington was allowed to hang
IN the public square for halr an hou-
before being cut down by the sh~rfSr
| A telegram was received By tn
| sherin from the mob victims fafIsez
| Hartwell Etherington, of WIIIIehsTrU.
KY, asking him to hold the hnil~-
Etherington confessed that ha kaA
been professional strike brssaSrer-. 49,
had worked in Pittsburg he eafa -
was employed by the Ohie Acts
loon League through a Cleveland O.
agency.
Mrs James Howard Baker. OF Co
lumous. daughter OF the murdered
man. arrived in the city Just as the
angry crowds surged about the couuxyr
jail She had been informed thaf her
| father was slightly wounded On neg
way 10 the hospital she Saw a buI-
ietin or his death. With a CRY ~
1t isn't true" she swoonel3