The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-11

ceeded at once to the county Jail,
where the governor made a personal
inspection of every part Of 1t. He
examined closely the doors battered
down Friday night and crawled out
on an extended ledge on the second
floor from which he said an armed
guard of half a dozen men might
have held the mob in check.
| Prisoners who were in the Jail
when Etherlngton was dragged from
his cell were interviewed by the gov
ernor. One of them presented him
with bullet fired through a jail win.
dow Friday.
In the tower and above the door
through which the mob entered the
Jail the governors party found an
embrasure in the wall opening from
the second story of the Jail. 1t evi-
IDENTIFY had been built in the tail for
the purpose of protection In case OF
an attack. Through 1t a man could
have pointed gun at the mob and
been in comparative safety. Every
detail of the jail's construction and
| every tNluIHCe Vi Tue "oih
was examined by the governor.
Following the inspection of the
building a star chamber session was
held, the executive having sent for
| County Prosecutor Phil B. Smythe.
Mayor Atherton and Sheriff William
Linke.
Sheriff Linke was the first TO be
| A,, nd 10
party. He denied that he was out Of
the city at any time after the lynch
ing and declared the only time he
was absent from his Office was when
he left for the morgue to make ar.
rangements for the disposition of the
body Of Etherington and visited the
police station Saturday morning to
confer with the chief of police.
As an excuse for his inaction, he
told the governor that he had expect
ed no trouble and thought that he
would be able to cope with the situa.
ton. When asked why he or his dep
uties did not fire into the mob, he
replied that the fence in front of the
door was lined with children and II
they had been injured the mob would
have been frenzied and great loss
Of life might have resulted.
| Governor Harmon particularly ask
ed whether he recognized anyone IN
the mob. Sheriff Linke replied that
he did not. 1T was dark over there
on the north side of the Jail, and be-
sides, things we're too exciting to sec
anyone to recognize him."
What class Of people participated
in the riot?" was asked II don't
know that" was the reply.
what kind of clothes did they
wear?" "They wore their evening
clothes.
Recurring to the sheriffs reason
for not ordering his men to fire into
1.-THE mob, the governor asked series
OF questions. One of the reasons
| given was that there were 30 many
women In 1t. The sheriff said he did
not think the mob would commit yio-
lence because Of the arge proper
tion OF women.
Linke told the governor that he
did not fire on the mob after 1t had
entered the Jail because he saw hun
dreds of revolyers flashing In the
hands of the rioters. He explained
that he held the deputies In check
because he feared the firing of one
shot would mean the determination
of every person In the jail. Conflict
ing statements were made by Linke
concerning instructions given a
guard who watched the stairway
leading to the second floor of the
Jail The examination of Sheriff
Linke occupied about an hour.
Mayor Atherton was next ques-
toned. He told the governor that
when he visited the jail Friday even
ing there was a large crowd present,
but there was no demonstration suffi-
Client to warrant him In expecting a
lynching. According to his state
ment, he placed a number OF extra
men on duty with the regular police
men Friday night.
| The governors attention was called
to the speech which he made from
the steps of the county jail in which
he told the mob 10 disperse and not
do anything that would bring eter-
nal disgrace to Newark
According to his own stat sment.
Atherton, shortly after finishing his
speech, left the scene of the riot and
did not know of the lynching until
apprised of 1t later by telephone.
The governor asked him whether
he recognized anyone In the mob. II
did not think of that at the time" he
replied, las my sole object was to
try to induce the crowd to disperse,"
The visit OF the governor to New
ark was entirely unexpected. No one
knew OF his Intentions, not even the
men In his Office, with the exception
of Secretary Long. His arrival In