Show ELUDES ARREST DY BY ENDING LIFE lrE UN ON BOARD SHIP J. J A A. McCarthy McCarhy Forer Former Dry Dr Agent F Foils ois Officers Officers Officers Of Of- Who Tra Traced ed Him From Florida to China SEATTLE Sept 20 I. I. I A. A McCarthy McCarthy McCarthy Mc Mc- Carthy former federal prohibition agent In Florida disappeared a year ago after being out on I b ball bail l for assault on a fellow agent and violation of ot the prohibition laws Yesterday McCarthy again I eluded government officials who I had arrested him on his arrival Thursday night from the Far East EastOn Easton on n the 8 S. S 5 S. S Gran He ended his life Ufe aboard the trans Pacific trans liner Uner I by swallowing poison polson After leaving Florida he was traced to Ten Tennesse esse and anA then to China When the President Grant docked he ho was Identified by F F. A. A divisional prohibition chief chier of ot the Seattle division formerly formerly formerly for for- merly In charge of at prohibition en enforcement en- en tor ement In Florida On telegraphic telegraphic tele tele- graphic advice from Pensacola authorities authorities au au- au- au McCarthy was arrested In Jail jai he said he h would return to toi i Florida and plead guilty to charges of ot sale of or liquor and assault on a prohibition officer McCarthy cCarthy requested deputy marshals marshals marshals mar mar- to escort him to the President Grant to pack his cothes clothes Aft After r he had packed he stepped Into a side room and then reappeared Its Is all al over McCarthy dramatically I announced to the officer I What hat do you mean inquired the deputy Ive taken poison polson and will wi be dead within five tive minutes was the ther r reply The ships ship's doctor was called caled but buthe buthe buthe he was unable to aid the patent patient owing to the absence of or a stomach pump He was then transferred to toan toan toan an an ambulance and taken to a hospital hospital hos hos- pital where he died a short time afterwards McCarthy was third assistant junior engineer on on the Grant |