The Washington herald., 1910-07-10
OFFICIALS VANISH
AFTER LYNCHING
Sanguinary Scenes in Ohio
Town Quiet Down.
PROSECUTIONS ARE TO FOLLOW
3
State Authorities May Bring Charges
Against Mayor and sheriff of
Newark, Who Are Tentatively Ae-
eused of Failing to Prevent Death
of Dry Detective.

foledo. July 9.-After Eearly twenty
four hours of turmoil following the raid
on alleged "speakeasies" yesterday, re-
suiting in the shooting to death of VIII
lam Howard and the lynchfng late last
night Of Detective Carl Etherington, who
confessed 10 firing the shot that ended
Howard's life, Newark, Ohio, assumed
its natural quietness this afternoon.
Late this afternoon Mayor Atherton,
greatly excited. called up the gvernor's
Office by telephone and asked that troops
be sent to Newark at once. He said he
heard that Anu-saloon League detee-
.tives were coming back and he feared
trouble. Secretary Long scoffed at the
danger. and told the mayor 10 investi-
gate before troops were demanded.
Wayne 3. Wheeler. State superintendent
Of the Anti-Saloon League. said that he
was not going TO send detectives
sheriff Has Disappeared.
The principal feature Of to-day's events
in The quiet little village is the mysterious
disappearance OF Sheriff LAnke and Pros
ecutor Philip B. Smythe Both disap-
peared almost simultaneously, and b. ef-
forts . Adj. Gen Weybreeht, who ar
rived on the scene to-day for a confer
ence with Mayor Atherton 10 locate
either LInke or Smythe proved futile
Inqupses at Prosecutor Smythe's office
and home proved unavailing. His father
and wife pleaded ignorance Of his where
abouts.
Deputy sheriffs told Weybrecht that
Sheriff Linlze had gone somewhere into
the country They professed ignorance of
I his wherea bouts. Weybrecht intimated
/ that some immediate investigation nf the
part of the county woald be demanded by
the State
II is said that charges nave be pre-
ferred against Mayor Athertou and Sher-
III Llnke by the governor, who is hurry
ing back from his Michigan vaaction.
The State authorities are thoroughly
| aroused. The lynching is termed a mur-
der, pure and simple
Mayor Is Liquor Man.
Mayor Atherton is serving his fourth
term. He is a wet. and Acknowledges
it. He was elected the last time by q
big wet majority. There are about
forty so~called near beer saloons here,
where it has ben easy to purchase intox-
icants.- They have ben open seven days
week
No resistance of any kind was made
| against the mob by the police force or
deputy sheriffs. Police calmly patroled
their beats or gazed on as the jail was
stormed.
\ strong rumor is afoat late this after
! noon to the eect that the mob which
| stormed the jail found the doors un-
locked. 1t is said that the outer door
is off its hinges and that to-day nobody
has been permitted to see whether the
inner door IS battered in.
Ready Troops Not Summoned.
Those returning from Newark give de-
cidedly derogatory reports concerning the
administration by law of both city and
county officials yesterday and last night.
It is pointed out that one company OF
the Fourth Ohio National Guard sta
toned az Newark was Immediately avail
able and could have been secured in
stantly by either the mayor or the
sheriff, but was not notified.
People who went to Newark riday aft
ernoon to see the ball game report that
they were urged by many to remain and
see the lynching which they said was
scheduled for the early morning. Every
body in Newark except the officials seem
to have felt that the thing was coming.
The mayor and sheriff would not listen
to It, Gov. Harmon viii order an inves-
tigation under the Eubanks act, which
promises to develop an astonishing con
dition in Newark. veritable reign Of
the liquor power for the last year and a
half
Adjt Gen. Weybreeht returned to
Columbus this afternoon to report to the
governor.
"The state will not stand for the
lynching of a white man. he said.
There will be no trouble over this