Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-08-28

The finding of the decomposed
 body of John Mccarthy clears up the
 mystery concerning his disappearance.
 Mir. Mccarthy was probably one of
 the best known citizens of the terri
 tory. He was professional hunter
 and had been engaged in his profes-
 in every part of the territory. In fol-
 lowing the business he was aided by
 a pack of dogs of which he always
 kept the best, his favorite being the
 Siberian blood hound. No man in
 Arizona had the killing of so many
 wild beasts to his credit as Me
 Carthy, as he made good wages here
 for several years killing mountain
 lions and bears for the bounty on their scalps.
 It was on account of his extensive acquaintance in the territory and his
 knowledge of the country that he was few years ago appointed fish and game commissioner as there was little or no salary attached to the office and his continuoust travels fromoneplace to another enabled him to look after the duties of the office as no other man could.
 His partner in the business, ever since he came to the territory was J. K. Day. Early in the present year they received orders from eastern parties for a number of squirrels of rare species and which are only found in the Mogollon mountains and the two accompanied by two or three other parties left Phenix the latter part of May. They made camp near poverty Flat and on June 6 while MT. Day was in Flagstaff to secure supplies Mccarthy left camp for the purpose of securing some pigeons in Poverty Flat, only a short distance away. The only weapon he carried with him was shot gun and he wore a pair of slippers on his feet, instead of shoes, as he expected to return in short time. From the time he left camp until Monday August 19, his fate was a complete mystery, as no trace whatever was found of him. It was not until the next day that his companions became alarmed about | him, and a search commenced for l, him. Mir. Day was notified and i'm mediately headed a search party sev- eral cowboys joining in it, and it has been kept up ever since. On June 15 Mir. Day came to Prescott and re- ported the disappearance to the Jour which was the first paper to receive the news and give it to the public. The opinion was expressed | by him then that Mccarthy had | either had an encounter with a bear or fallen over a precipice and but lit tie hope was entertained at that time of ever finding him alive. Mir. Day, however, expressed the determination to continue the search until the mys- tery of his disappearance was solved, and he has kept his word.
 But meager details have been received yet of the finding of the body, or the locality of it as to the distance from the camp. His shot gun was found lying near the body with one barrel burst, indicating that he had shot at the bear and his gun had exploded probably disabling him so that he was unable to resist the attack of the animal. Both legs were broken and his hips dislocated and the head had been almost severed from the body.
 The writer had frequently con versed with Mccarthy about his hunt ing expeditions, in the course of which the latter detailed some very thrilling experiences and narrow es- capes, and he several times remarked that he might be caught unprepared some time by some of the animals he was accustomed to hunting and get the worst of it. But this was never said with any feeling of fear what ever as he was brave as a lion and did not seem to know what fear was and it is safe to say that he did not die without fighting to his utmost his adversary.