Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-28
THE DECEASED M'cARTY.
Henry Clay Condos Card-Answer to it by
Or. W. r. Lowry.

The following appeared in the AVa-
IdNche yesterday, and would have ap-
peared in the APPEAL, had Mr.. Condo
sought at our hands he courtesy of pub
licstion for that which is fully answered
by what follows it.
MEMPHIS, june %, 1871.
Editors AVGldnche-I noticed a short
item in the APPEAL this morning which
said that one H. @. McCarty, aged twenty
six years, and by occupation a teacher of
cOlOred children, had died suddenly, and
that an inquest was held by the coroner,
and the verdict was that be died of rheu-
mstism of the heart, III that myself and
]. b. Woodward, Esq were his friends
and would attend to his i~nterment.
This whole report is in error, except the
death. Young II. @. McCarty committed
suicide, as 1 am informed, by taking
s~trychnine. Neither Mr.. Woodward or
myself had any personal acquaintance
with the deceased, except that he called at
our office and told us that he was the son
of Hon. A. J. McCarty, OF Pulaski, N. Y,
whom l knew very well, by reputation, to
be a gentleman of very high social, moral
and political standing. The young gem
tleman needed a little financial aid, and
we both assisted him. This was the be-
ginning and ending of our acquaintance
with this unfortunate young man, who
was raised and educated in the lap of lux
III alu IHhuGAhNnka LII "a Ahb LWANd
been a member of Congress, and his
brother, A. J. McCsrty, jr., is now q Cir
cult Judge in New York. AS to the at
tempted slur, that he was my friend, and
a teacher of colored children, 1 have only
his to add: he was a lawyer by profess
sion, with a thorough and polished edu-
cation; and l have no doubt that be was
perfectly capable of teaching the gentle
man who made the report.
n CLAY CONnE.
What the extent of Condos friendship
was for McCarty, the young man 'tOhc
aOds raised and educated in The Tap Of tag
ury," will be seen from the following,
which attests that the body of this young
man, who was capable of educating US,
was permitted by him to be buried in
POtter's Field, in a psuper's grave.
l was called to make al examination Of
the dead body of H. c. McCsrty, ESQ.,, by
James G.. Moffstt, coroner, and 1t was my
opinion that he died from q spssmOdic
affection of the heart, and was sustained
in my opinion by the evidence of one of
the witnesses, who stated that the said ID.
@. Mccarthy had previously been attacked
with q spssm in church, and came very
near death at that time also, that he was
heard frequently to remark, before his
death, that Mr.. Condo and Mr.. woodward
were his best friends. Besides which Mrs.
Murff requested the coroner not to have
him buried till next day, until those two
named gentlemen could be seen and con-
suited, as they were his bsst friends, n
that he belonged to a respectable family,
and they would not like to see him buried
as q psuper.l Inasmuch as he was a lawyer
and a member of a respectable family, I
cannot conceive where or how the sat
tempted slur" comes in, that is charged
in Mr.. Condos note. learn with regret
that J. Walsh, the county undertaken,
after waiting eighteen hours for the ection
of the friends OF the young lawyer and the
member of a respectable family, had to
take charge of the body, and have him
buried as a psuper, at the expense OF the
county. w. M. LOWRY, MD,
No. ST. Main street.