Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1910 — DEPOSED OHIO MAYOR QUITS [ARTICLE]

DEPOSED OHIO MAYOR QUITS

Fifteen Arrests Have Been Made for Lynching of Detective. Newark. 0.. July 15. Broken hearted and with tears in his eyes Herbert Atherton, deposed mayor of Newark, tendered his resignation to Acting Mayor John Ankle. Thus he will escape trial before Gov. Harmon on charges of neglect of duty for permitting the lynching of Carl Etherington last Friday night. So far fifteen arrests have been made. Attorney General Denman is here and it is thought many more arrests will follow, and that some of the city’s best known people will be among the number.