Newark in Licking County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Licking County Sheriff’s Residence & Jail
Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 26, 2018
1. Licking County Sheriff’s Residence & Jail Marker
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Licking County Sheriff’s Residence and Jail. . July 8, 1910 was a dark day in local history. Carl Etherington, a detective with the Anti-Saloon League of Ohio, had come to Newark to raid saloons and speakeasies for illegal alcohol. Etherington shot local saloon owner William Howard in self-defense, and was taken to the jail. In retaliation for the agents’ activities, a mob formed. The crowd stormed the north side door of the jail, forcibly removed Etherington, and hanged him from a telephone pole on the southeast corner of the courthouse square. Governor Judson Harmon intervened to restore order. Fifty-eight of the mob participants were indicted: 25 for first degree murder, 10 for assault and battery, 21 for rioting, and 2 for perjury. Etherington's lynching received national attention because it stemmed from a local uprising against the Temperance Movement. , Designed by J. W. Yost, a renowned Ohio architect, the jail first opened for use in 1889. The Richardsonian Romanesque structure cost $120,000 to build. It was constructed of pink sandstone known as “brownstone,” which was quarried near Millersburg, Ohio. The front three levels were built to house the families of the sheriff and the jail matron. Sheriff Andrew Crilly was the first to occupy the sheriff’s quarters when the jail opened. The rear portion of the building was used for the incarceration of male and female prisoners on separate floors. The 32 cells, each a minimum of 8' x 8' in size, had an official total capacity of 68 prisoners. However, well over that number were housed here at times. The jail building was last used for incarcerations in 1987.
July 8, 1910 was a dark day in local history. Carl Etherington, a detective with the Anti-Saloon League of Ohio, had come to Newark to raid saloons and speakeasies for illegal alcohol. Etherington shot local saloon owner William Howard in self-defense, and was taken to the jail. In retaliation for the agents’ activities, a mob formed. The crowd stormed the north side door of the jail, forcibly removed Etherington, and hanged him from a telephone pole on the southeast corner of the courthouse square. Governor Judson Harmon intervened to restore order. Fifty-eight of the mob participants were indicted: 25 for first degree murder, 10 for assault and battery, 21 for rioting, and 2 for perjury. Etherington's lynching received national attention because it stemmed from a local uprising against the Temperance Movement.
Designed by J. W. Yost, a renowned Ohio architect, the jail first opened for use in 1889. The Richardsonian Romanesque structure cost $120,000 to build. It was constructed of pink sandstone known as “brownstone,” which was quarried near Millersburg, Ohio. The front three levels were built to house
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the families of the sheriff and the jail matron. Sheriff Andrew Crilly was the first to occupy the sheriff’s quarters when the jail opened. The rear portion of the building was used for the incarceration of male and female prisoners on separate floors. The 32 cells, each a minimum of 8' x 8' in size, had an official total capacity of 68 prisoners. However, well over that number were housed here at times. The jail building was last used for incarcerations in 1987.
Erected 2014 by Licking County Commissioners, Licking County Records and Archives and The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 28-45.)
Location. 40° 3.374′ N, 82° 24.099′ W. Marker is in Newark, Ohio, in Licking County. It is at the intersection of South Third Street and East Canal Street, on the left when traveling south on South Third Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 46
Photographed by J. J. Prats, March 19, 2021
2. Licking County Sheriff’s Residence & Jail Marker, side two
Regionally, this marker is in the Columbus Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
3. Licking County Sheriff’s Residence & Jail and Marker
of all markers in Newark.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 26, 2018
4. Licking County Sheriff’s Residence & Jail
Credits. This page was last revised on March 23, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 27, 2018, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 855 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos:1. submitted on May 27, 2018, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 2. submitted on March 23, 2021, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 3, 4. submitted on May 27, 2018, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
