New-York tribune., 1918-07-04
Soldier Concealed He Was
Fighting Man So Fam
lily Would Not Worry
Others Are In Battle
New York Families Suffer
Losses in Latest Cas-
ualty List

Posing to his sisters as n field clerk
IN France, where, in reality, he was
In the front kne with the Marines,
Edward r. Murray, OF the 134th Com
pany Of Marines, twenty-onc years
old, was killed on June ia, according
TO the casualty list issued yesterday.
He is survived by his brother and
three sisters, from whom he concealed
his record as fighting man so that
they would not worry. Murray, be-
fore entering the service, lived with
his sister, Mrs. Agnes Stanley, $40
Riverside Drive.
Joseph A. Sissler, q sergeant in the
Marine Corps, lived in 312 West
Thirty Street. He wrote home
recently from France complaining that
he had been on the firing line. "but
hadn't killed any Germans yet" His
father was notified yesterday that his
son had been killed between June 2
and 10. Sergeant Sissler enlisted in
1910, when eighteen, and saw service
in Cuba and China.
There will be a gold star in the SER
vice flag that adorns the Farrell home,
BIG Manhattan avenue, for John w.
! Farrell a sergeant in Company II,
26th Infantry, has died from wounds
in France. He had younger brother
in the merchant marine. Another
brother was discharged from the
regular army because of disability. A
cousin is also in the army.
Received Letter Last Week
Jacob Broskin, Company M, 23d In
iantry, wrote last week to his parents,
1856 wilkins Avenue, The Bronx, that
the war is getting along gloriously" :"
His parents were notified yesterday he
had died of wounds. He enlisted in
the regular army four years ago, when
seventeen, and saw service on the
border
Corporal Harold C. Carman, twenty
two, of Jamaica, was killed in action
early in June, when fighting with the
marines in France. His father re-
ccivcd official word last night. He
enlisted eighteen months ago and
sailed for France last January. Less
than a year before his enlistment he
had been honorably discharged from
the 18th Coast Artillery, N. Y. n. G.
Another who made the supreme sac
timer, of Tuxedo Park, N. Y, who was
KILLED in an aeroplane accident. His
death had been reported previously,
but was not confirmed until Yesterday.
His mother received word on Nav
~ that he had been killed on Nav
~, when serving as an aviator with
the United States forces in France. II
4 Is believed that the message TO his
mother contained the correct date It
IS believed that he died fighting the
German falcons.
Mortimer Was Prominent
Lieutenant Mortimer was a membe
OF the Massachusetts bar. being in the
firm of Warner, Stackpole (, Bradjee
lie was member of the Tennis, Knick-
erbocker and Racquet and Tennis clubs
HIS brother, Stanley, is a member of
the Naval Reserves. His mother is a
descendant of John Jay, the first Chief
Justice of the United States. Lieuten.
ant Mortimer received his ground
school aviation training at the Massa.
chusetts Institute Of Technology. He
entered the aviation school of the Sip.
nal Corps last July.
private Lloyd b. Person, of 2o6 Ell
cert Street, brooklyn, whose death
from injuries in France June II was
announced yesterday, is believed tc
have been injured by the accidental
eIploslon OF bomb in a group of men
OF the aO5th Infantry. He had been
ca'ied IN the draft, and, previously
had been a machinist's helper.
Dennis Leleher, jr., of New Rochelle
is on the missing list. He was twenty
years old, and enlisted last july in the
9Th Infantry. In his last letter he told
his mother not to worry, for, if any
thing happened to him, she would be
| notified He is an nnlv snn