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Show YOUNG LIEUTENANT IN SERIOUS TROUBLE John F. McCarthy of Nineteenth Infantry In-fantry Charged With Dupli- j eating Payroll. LEAVENWORTH. Kan., April 25. J. F. McCarthy, a serond Hutenanf In the Nineteenth Infantry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth temporarily as a stud-'tt lr the general service and staff colics-', ia In the county Jail here, held for obtaining obtain-ing money under false pretenses. McCarthy, Mc-Carthy, it Is said, handed In hi resignation resig-nation as an officer Thursday night, and left, auppoiw-dly for. St. luls. but wa i'aught in Kanaas City by two Leavenworth Lea-venworth merchants. iJoth of them hold his voucher for his pay for the r.ionth of April. The duplication of a pay account ac-count is a serious offense In army rircUs. and. had tint the officer resign.-"!, ht would no doubt havo been court-martialed. He may also be charged wuh uU poking of mortgaged property. |