The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-25
M'CARTHY. KILLED BY
 MEXICANS
United States Gov. vernment Inves=
 tigates Death Of Brave Engineer

George William Mccarthy of this city is dead, meeting his end by a bullet from the rifle of Mexican He died as he lived, fearless and ever will ing to run an engine where others held back This much is known definitely, and his many friends in Bridgeport may rest assured that when the crack Of the rifle was heard followed by the p-z-i-n-g- of the steel capped bull let he met his end with that fortitude here when in the service of the raul : roads as brakeman. fireman and en- gineer- ,
 Though Secretary of State Bryan is now engaged in an investigation of the Americans death, full details of the exact manner is not yet known, though the body is buried somewhere widow has recently been to Fl Paso, Texas, with those looking into the death of Mccarthy and it was learned that on December 1 he left with his engine in an attempt to take a train through to Mexico City.
 VOLUNTEERED FOR TASK
 Mccarthy is said to have volunteer ed. and with a picksd fireman and frain-crew of four whom he selected @ having the 1nett1e for the task, made a start The train was held up before reaching it's destination and all were ordered to join the ranks of the rebels and fight upon the battle field Mccarthy and one other were killed It has been learned that four others lived to tell the tale. They have not as yet been located
 McCarthy. the son of Patrick Mc- Carthy. former cafe owner on East 1Zadn street. will be remembered by the many who formerly knew him as a daring man who was seldom exceed "a 1-- .-P -t.<av there was danger he 1onged to- be. The power of the massive engine ap-s pea1ed to him and he often said that some day As wanted to be an en- Eizeer. He carried out kEs design. He. became a bFakeman on a. local auzGd. Later he became a fireman on one of the western roads. marrying a girl from PasnesvdIle. Ohio, which he csl1- ed his home though destiny took him everywhere From the Baltimore & Ohio road in whose service he was made engineer. he went Unto Texas and later became figure of irapqrt- ance along the MeHcan Central lines. where the chappara1 the cactus and the desert sand redgns supreme Tn December the Mexican roads were al- most closed to traffic and only @ne most sveuttrresoue inclined to a trip through the rebel lines
 NOTED FOR BRAVERY.
 IL was 11cl<aXCAy Wn0 Ao0 Tne Xo111A- feers when necessity for sending train through to the capital over a. line where ties were up and rails twisted beyond repair in the camp iirss of the constitutfonalists.
 Though ambush and danger from. bullet vas foreseen 1t was the doIni- nant courage of the Celtic blood in American veins which conquered fear and took Mccarthy to his end. Cap fure was almost inevitable
 From boyhood he never knew the feeling of fear for even in his infancy was the household plunged into the scourge of smallpox and he saw his father die during the epid enlic. His mother died three years ago when he was last in this city, He leaves two minor children a boy of four and girl Of two years
 In this city to mourn his loss are two brothers, Albert and Thomas, Ifv- ing at HIS Stratford avenue. Another brother, Fred. lives in New York city. Two sisters, Margaret and Annie live at home here and one sister, Irene, with the brother in New York.
 The U- s. government is investigat- ing his end