The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-07-14
LYNCH DETECTIVE IN OHIO
LEAGJ-E DETECTIVE HANGED
FOR KILLING BARkEEPER.
elimination of Mob Violence Comes
After Raids on Alleged Blind Tig.
ers and Continued Disorder.

Newark, OQlO, July o.-CdIl CIu-
erington, 22 years old, employed
Thursday night by the State anti
saloon league as blind tiger raider,
| was lynched here at 10:35 tonight,
| following a day Of almost continuous
rioting. The heavy doors of the
Licking 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 followed
quickly.
Etherington, early in the evening,
confessed he killed William Howard,
proprietor of the Last Chance res
taurant, and former chief of police,
in a raid of alleged "speak easies' in
a raiding scuf1e at 1885 this after
noon and narrowly escaped lynching
at that time. When news from the
hospital that Howard had died pass
ed over the city at 6 o'clock tonight,
the fury of the mob took a definite
form.
Jail Doors Battered In.
Large battering rams were direct
ed against the doors of the jail, and
the deputies were powerless. The
doors fell after nearly an hours at
tack.
Crying piteously, Etherington, a
| curly, headed Kentuckian, who has
been serving as strike-breaker since
he was released from marine service.
three months ago, was dragged forth.
81 did not mean to do it" he wall
ed. His cries fell upon deaf ears.
Fearing the mob spirit would
Fearing that the mob spirit would
not be satisfied by one victim, Sheriff
Linke Immediately asked Adjutant
General Weybrecht for troops to pro-
tect six other "dry raiders" held at
the city prison in another section of
the town. A hurried guard was
thrown out in their defense. The mob,
after the first taste of blood, seemed
l/uuiet, but it is feared that they Will
attack the city prison before the
| night is done.
Etherington's last moments, while
he heard the mob battering down the
door, were spent in praying and writ
ing a note to his parents, farmers
residing near Willisburg, KY.
What will mother say when she
hears of this?" he kept moaning to
the jailer.
Sought Refuge in Death.
While the mob was battering down
the doors, Etherington was in his cell.
In an attempt to commit suicide he
smothered his head in his coat and
set fire to the garment. 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.
81 want to warn all young fellows
not to try to make living the way
l have done-by strike breaking and
taking jobs like this" he declared.
81 had better have worked and l
would not be here now.
The swing of the rope cut him
short. He hung there for an hour,
when the crowd quietly left. After
the fist excitement there was no
disorder.
An Elevating Spectacle.
AT the finish there were hundreds
of women and little children in the
| crowd. No member of the mob was
masked and no attempt was made to
| conceal their identity. The leaders
were personal friends Of the dead
man.
After the body had dangled from
the pole for an hour, the rope broke
| under the weight of the body.
The city ambulance rolled up,
packed the limp form aboard and
hauled it to the city morgue.
An hour later the city was abso-
lutely quiet, with little chance of fur
ther disturbance. The other "dry''
prisoners in the city prison, are safe
for the present.
Howard, it is charged, did not re-
sist the detectives when they entered
his place on the outskirts Of Newark
he, it is said, put his arms about
Etherington and attempted to hold
him, whereupon the boy fired bull
let into Howard's head.
| It is claimed that Etherington re-
Gently came here as strike breaker