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Show OBlOlSOB LYNCHES YOUNG ANTI-SALOON DETECTIVE NEWARK". Ohio, July 8 Carl Ethorinifton, 22 years old, employed em-ployed Thursday niht. by the State Anti-Saloon league as u blind liper raider and spotter, was lynched here at 10:30 tonight, following follow-ing a day of almost continuous rioting. The heavy doors of the. Licking court' jail wen battered down and Etheringtou was draped from his cell. He wa,s-shot, kicked and bruised before the street was reached, and the finish was quick. Etherington early in the evening confessed he killed "William Howard, proprietor of the "Last Chance" restaurant, and former chief of police, in a raid of alleged "speak-easies"' this afternoon, and narrowly escaped lynching at that time. When news was brought from the hospital that Howard had died at 9 o'clock tonight to-night the fury of th mob took definite form. Large battering rams were directed against the doors of the county jail and the deputies were powerless. The doors fell after an hour's attack. Crying piteously, Ethcrington, a curly-headed Kentuckian, who had been serving as a strike-breaker since lie was released from marine service three months ago. was dragged forth. "I didn't mean to do it," be wailed. His cries fell on deaf ears. Fearing the mob spirit would not be satisfied by one victim, Sheriff Linke immediately asked Adjutant General Weybrccht for troops to protect six other "dry" raiders held at the city prison, in another section of the town. A guard, was thrown out in their defense. The mob, afler the first taste of blood, seemed to quiet, but it is feared that they will storm tin city prison before morning. Ethcrington s last moments, while he heard the mob battering the doors, were spent in praying and writing a note to his parents, farmers, residing near Willisburg. Ky. "What will mother say when she hears of this?" he kept moan- inrr in llie i.-iilors Howard Dies From Wound. Howard died at 8:25 o'clock tonight to-night from a bullet wound, said by the police to have been Inflicted by Chas. Etherlngton of Harrondsbiug, Ky., one of the detectives. Howard, it is claimed, did not resist re-sist the detectives when they entered hi8 place on tho outskirts of the city, but put bis arms about Ethcrington as if to hold him, whereupon the officer of-ficer fired a bullet Into his head. Declare Etherlngton Strike Breaker, j Striking Baltimore & Ohio railway employes doclared ICtherington recently re-cently came to Newarn as a strikebreaker strike-breaker and the ill-feeling growing out of the strike has intensified that doe to the raid today. Tonight a 6trlkebni3kvr was pursued through the streets -tor several blocks. He Baved himself-by Jumping through the window of a latin dry. The detectives who made tho raids l aiilved this morning, with search I warrants secured from tUe mayor of Granville, the nearby village. Mob Pursues Detoctlvo. One of tho first saloons visited was that of Louis Bolton, where a bartender. bar-tender. Fdward McKenna, was hit over tbe. head with brass knuckle?. The detective who hit him was pursued pur-sued by a crowd and was rescue.! w ith difficulty . by . the police. The officers with, their prisoner were followed fol-lowed by tho mob to the Jail. Licking county of which Newark U the county seat, Is dry under the Hose local option law, but Anti-Saloon League officials say the law Is i not enforced. Wayne B. W heeler, state suporlntondent of the league. In an interview at Columbus tonight declared today's situation was brought about through thp negligence on the part of Mayor Atherton. Etherington Attempts Suioide. While the mob was battering down the doors, Etherlngton was in the cell. In an attempt to commit suicide sui-cide he smothered "his head in his coat and set Are toMt.'' In the melee as the mob was leaving leav-ing the Jail eight prisoners hHd for petty offenses escaped. One refused to leave. As Etheriugton mounted lb block ready for the swing he was asked to make a speech. '"I want to warn all voting fellows not to try to make a living the wav I have done by strikebreaking and faking Jobs like this," he declared. ' I had better not have worked, or I would not be here now." Women and Children Witness Hanging. The swing of the rope rut him' short. He hung there for an hour, while the crowd left quietly. After the first excitement there was no dis order. Hundreds of women and little children were In tbe crowd, all eager to witness his death. .No member of the mib was masked and no attempt was made to conceal their" identity. The leaders were personal friends of Howard. '" Weight of BodV Breaks Rope. After tho body bad dangled from the pole for an hour, swinging before the gaze of a quiet and sobered crowd which rlowly melted away, the rope I broke. The city ambulance rolled up. and the limp form of the young lad I was loaded in and hauled to the city morgue. An hour later the city was absolutely absolute-ly quiet, with little chance of further disturbance. Militia in Readiness. i COLUMBUS, Ohio. July S Although Al-though steps were taken between 10 and 11 o'clock to call out the militia none was sent to Newark. Adjutant General Walbrecht and Secretary to the governor. Long, received a telephone tele-phone message asking that the New-ark New-ark authorities le given help Steps were taken a' once lo call out companies of the Fourth Regiment, stationed here, and also Troop B of this city, and traction cars were engaged en-gaged for them. Before anything further was done word came that Etherlngton bad been lynched and that the mob had dispersed. dis-persed. Five commands of militia have been notified to be in readiness, j At 1 1 : 55 General WeybrecM, Colonel Col-onel B. L. Bargar i f the Fourth Regiment Regi-ment and Lieutenant Chamberlain of 1 Troop B left Columbus for Newark. |
