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THE ADVOCATE II 3A LOCAL sometime this month, McKee said. If accepted, name will officially become part of the national memorial and be dedicated at an annual candlelight vigil on May 13, during National Police Week. State and local memorial honors for Etherington are also being sought. Several facts make death in the line of duty unusual: He may be the youngest officer ever killed in the line of duty, McKee said. His term of service was obviously incredibly short, since he was sworn in and killed on the same day.

Also, the day of his murder, Etherington fatally shot a former Newark police officer. door battered down and prisoner dragged to telephone pole; Eight other detectives set free, hurried out of town at Headlines from the Newark Advocate Carl Etherington was born in Kentucky. The former Marine may have lied about his age, resulting in some conflicting and erroneous contemporary reports declaring him 19 at the time of his murder. He was employed by a private firm based in Cleveland retained by the Anti- Saloon League to come to Newark during the height of temperance movement and efforts to clean up the city. It was a time when the vs.

movements were in a fierce battle. A time when Newark boasted an estimated 80 bars, most of them crammed into the downtown. As McKee puts it, was also often acatch-all label for establishments that variously offered gambling prostitution, in addition to alcohol. Efforts at local policing to curb liquor (and other vice) service failed miserably. all fell prey to the corruption of the McKee said.

Because many key Newark and Licking County officials were on the take, it was decided outside law enforcement personnel was needed, which is how Etherington ended up dying at the hands of a Newark mob his first day on the job. company he worked for was like the of the McKee said. did many they were also strike-breakers, among other Etherington and 19 other agents were dispatched to Licking County. The corruption rife throughout Newark complicated efforts 100- years after the fact to ascertain the necessary information regarding exactly whom Etherington was locally policing for on Friday, July 8. along the lines of what police think about, which is McKee explained.

they would have to be sworn in by the sheriff, who was corrupt at the time. The chief of police of Newark was corrupt at the time. So to keep it secret, they had to go to a village marshal to extend them jurisdiction to also serve warrants in Newark. Also, at the time, Granville was ground zero of the temperance movement The Granville marshal was Edward Evans, relatively new to his position, having been sworn-in in January 1910 by the Granville Village Council, McKee said. keeps excellent records of that he said.

neat to see the 100-year-old council records, written in longhand. But they have no documentation as to the actual swearing in (of Etherington). The location, according to varying opinions and reports, has been boiled down to two possible places one is that it took place on the east steps of courthouse with Granville Mayor E.J. Barnes, Judge Charles W. Seward and Marshal Evans, which I doubt.

You have 20 men sworn-in on the steps of the courthouse in view of Saloon before the raids. It make More likely, McKee said, Etherington and the others were sworn-in in Judge private chambers. it (the swearing-in ceremony) occurred outside of the docket, there just a Shortly after being sworn-in as marshals, Etherington and the others attempted to raid and then arrest the local owners of five Newark saloons. But things went tragically wrong. Some local authorities refused to recognize Etherington and the other jurisdictional authority and accept custody of the men arrested, according to some contemporary reports.

Agrowing mob threatened many of the marshals. Ultimately, Etherington, fearing for his life, ran, hopping an interurban and eventually traveling about two miles with a growing mob on his heels. It was then the teen collided with former Newark cop-turned-saloon-owner William Howard, 41, owner of the Chance that then stood near Rigel Park. Howard began beating on the teen with a blackjack. Trying to save himself, Etherington pulled his newly issued service revolver, perhaps a Colt, and shot Howard.

The mob then beat on Etherington until police arrived to take him into custody. The shooting of Howard, McKee said, was very much a matter of on part. But Newark see it that way. The still-growing mob gathered outside the jail where the 17-year-old was being held. 5,000 people showed up with no social media, no McKee said.

amass 5,000 people by word of mouth? That is When word of death reached the crowd, some members of the mob went berserk, tearing up a railroad tie and using it to break through the jail door. For a time, McKee said, the jail matron held off the rioters, firing a shotgun over their heads until she ran out of ammo. The crowd then overwhelmed police and breached the door of jail cell. He was beaten inside the cell, and perhaps actually killed there, hit with fists and, McKee said, according to some reports, hammers. Then the crowed hauled Etherington dying or already dead to Judge now-gone house that stood on the approximate location of the Doubletree Hotel.

There they hoped to hang Etherington, and possibly the judge, McKee said. But there was nothing around house the crowd could find to hang aman from. trees on square were too tall, so they ended up where they McKee said. think of this whole massive mob trying to do There are accounts Etherington gave a speech but that was impossible. If he already dead, he was very close to Contemporary reports claim the last known words were, my love to mother and tell her that I died in the performance of my did not only lynch a man, but Newark lynched the law last Friday Newark Advocate editorial Eventually, 25 people were indicted for first-degree murder in connection with death.

According to McKee, owing to numerous death threats, Judge Seward held trials with a loaded revolver in a drawer next to his bench. In just a few days, McKee will likely learn whether his efforts to at last memorialize Etherington with more than Halloween-themed events have met with success. In the meantime, William image appears in group photos on the walls of the Newark Police Department. An image of Carl Etherington, who died enforcing the law on behalf of Newark, does not. Memorial Continued from Page 1A FILE This is the location of Carl hanging on July 8, 1910.

JERSEY TOWNSHIP Cattle were reportedly running loose and standing in the roadway on Miller Road for several hours Thursday morning after a barn fire on the 3900 block of Beech Road. The fire was reported just before 4 a.m. Monroe Township Fire Chief Dudley Wright said the farmer had released an estimated 100 cows when it appeared multiple barns were going to become engulfed in flames. Crews from 20 fire departments in multiple counties responded to the blaze and were able to save about 90 percent of the barns and silos, containing the fire to the barn of origin, Wright said. The number of departments involved was in part due to the estimated of of square footage in barns and silos that could have been impacted.

There were fuel tanks and equipment being stored in the barn where the fire originated, which did create some issues for firefighters. Wright said the extinguishing of the blaze was team and a The cause of the fire remains under investigation, but did not appear to be suspicious initially, Wright said. Morning barn fire forces farmer to release cattle Cows were loose around Beach and Miller Roads BETHANY BRUNER REPORTER GRANVILLE It seems to have been atime for animals to run wild in Licking County as the week wound down. On Thursday morning, cattle was reported to be running loose in Jersey Township following a barn fire on Beech Road. Afew hours before that, Granville police were called in to help round up three loose horses on Burg Street.

Sgt. Suzie Dawson said the horses actually were wandering in the jurisdiction of the Licking County Office, but Granville police were called into assist with the situation. When Officer Jon Dailey arrived on the scene, he contacted Dawson, who raises and shows horses. horses had no she said. was a very big draft The horses were reported loose by a motorist and were kind of Dawson said.

Fortunately, Dailey had a dog Dawson said, which she first used to rein in the horses. Eventually, a passing motorist who lived up the road and who owns horses drove back with some halters to assist police in gathering up the horses, Dawson said. She said another neighbor allowed police to quarter the horses in their field while they worked to temporarily repair damage to a fence that facilitated their escape. Eventually, the horses were re- turned to their proper fenced-in area which they share with other livestock, including a mule, Dawson said. This the first time Granville police have been called in to try and contain maverick livestock.

Dawson cited an instance a few years ago on Newark-Granville Road involving an escaped steer. Granville police round up loose horses on Burg Street OFFICER JON Sgt. Suzie Dawson guides one of three horses that on Wednesday escaped from a field onto Burg Street. Officer uses dog leash to rein in the animals CRAIG MCDONALD REPORTER.