The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-11
GOVERNOR VISITS
LYNCH|NG SCENE
u nherald ed rriv al
Causes CONSERVATION
Among Officials.
FOLLOWS EVERY
STEP OF THE MOB
Looks Over Battered Jail From
Which Anti-Saloon Detective
Was Dragged to His Death,
Then Holds Star Chamber
Session With Prosecut-
ing Attorney.

ANSWdIh n. ouiOs July AV'I 1iV SdAACh
arrival OF Governor Harmon late this
afternoon wrought CONSERVATION
among the city and county officials.
who are threatened with Impeachment
as result OF Friday nights lynching.
Governor Harmon. Adjutant General
Charles C. weybrecht. Secretary C. w.
Long and Lieutenant Ben Chamberlain,
of the Governors STAFF. arrived at the
county jail In an automobile at ais
o'clock. Their arrival was absolutely
completely by surprise. The Governor
demanded to be taken over the bat
tered jail. and for thirty minutes he
and his stan examined the structure
infinitely. Sheriff William Linke ex-
planning In detail every step of the
mob. The Governor personally tested
bars and examined the locks, taking
frequent notes.
Stnr Chamber Session.
Following the survey he ordered
Sheriff Linke to summon Prosecuting
Attorney Phil B. Smythe and Mayor
Herbert Atherton. On their arrival the
party held star chamber session,
lasting exactly one hour and thirty
minutes. The Governor and party left
Immediately for Columbus.
Il will have to take time to con-
slider this matter more thosoughly,
and any comment have to make will
be given from the Governors office
IN Columbus" was his only state
ment.
Sheriff Linke and Mayor Atherton
reluctantly discussed the meeting.
The Governor questioned me as to
why did not stop the mob by firing,
1T necessary. Linke said:z.sL told him.
that was inexperienced in mob pro-
cedure and did not realize the Sc
rtousness of the situation until after
the door had been battered down.
then looked out and saw facing me 500
guns. In addition. there were dozens
of women and children in the Jail
court yard. Had ordered the boys
to fire into the yard. the slaughter
would have been frightful, and my
family as we'll as myself and deputies
would have been murdered. He asked
me why I did not spirit the boy away
in the afternoon. I told him did not
realize the danger then. He asked
many other questions, but 1 answered
them ALL"
\ Asks About Law Enforcement.
Mayor Atherton declared that Gov
ernor Harmon questioned him relative
to the recent alleged nom enforcement
of the laws, and his failure to call for
troops when he learned the true sftua
tion.
4 told him that was enforcing the
law to the best of any mans ability,
and that, after l addressed the mob.
pleading with them to dispense, went
/ hnv nd vY,no t,f -.
| they would do likewise
The Mayor said both officials told the
| Governor that despite the fact that
they faced the mob at different times
| during the evening they failed to rec
/ ognize a single face among the par
| ticipants.
I Newark people believe that the Gov
ernor's hurried visit presages his im-
| mediate suspension of the sheriff and
possibly the Mayor.
Prosecuting Attorney smythe refused
to discuss his participation In the
| probe.
Two thousand people to-day attended
the funeral OF William Howard, whose
death Friday night resulted in the
llynching Of Carl Etherington, the Anti
Saloon League raider. who shot him.
There was no demonstration at the flu
! neral, and the officiating clergyman did
not refer to the Incidents surrounding
his death. The body of Etherington
was shipped early Sunday morning to
Springfield, KY, at his fathers re-
quest.
Judge G. w. Seward. of the Common
Fleas Court, will announce Monday
morning whether or not he will call
a special grand jury to probe the
| lynching. Newark Is quiet tonight.
Will Take Action To-Day.
Columbus, o.. July l0--'I Will take
action tomorrow morning. said Gov
ernor Harmon tonight, after his re-
turn from Newark He refused to say
/ what his action would be. but left the
i inference that Mayor Herbert Atherton
i would be suspended on charges to be
4 filed by the Governor under Section
22s of the General Code. which pro.
vides for suspension of Mayors by the
Governor for thirty days during which
time they shall have the right to
make their defense against the
d charges.
The Governor can take no action OF
his own initiative against Sheriff
Linke. He must wait for the fling OF
charges against him by five citizens of
4 Licking county. II these be filed. he
may then proceed in the same manner