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Show fftatea proeeciitlng attorney In the Heaver district. time of his death was serving his third term. He had twice served for two-year two-year periotla as chief Justice, and next month would have entered on his third term in this office. Prior to being elected a member of the supreme court, ! Justice McCarty waa Jude of the sixth district at Richfield, to which of- Ifice he wits elected in 185 and assumed as-sumed office in January, 189, upon the admission of 1'tah to statehood. He was reelected to the Sixth district bench In 1900 and had -served but two years of hla second term when chosen to ait on the supreme bench of the stale. He was reelected m the mi-preme mi-preme court in 10 and 114. the letter let-ter term being for aix years. Justice McCartv studied Isw wl.tle engaged in driving freight teams between be-tween I'tah towns and tha Nevada mines tn the early daya. seizing the opportunity offered for study tn the halts along the trail at nlghta. He he-fgan he-fgan his official career In the territorial I days nf I'tah. a assistant Cniled judge M'Ciimr mm 10 PHEUMflillA 1 1 William Murdoch McCxrty, justlre i of the supreme court of I'tah, died S late yesterday afternoon at hla home, ' lOil Third avenue, after an Illness ef j several weeks of bronchial pneumonia. Funeral services will not ba arranged ar-ranged until after the arrival of Roy ' S. McCarty, a son, wite la expected at l o'clock tomorrow morning from New York, having recently been discharged dis-charged from the navy. Services will be under auspices of,the Kike lodge, j tr.RN IN UTAH. t William Murdock MtCartv was a na- tre of ltah. born Mj 15. 18:. at Al-i Al-i pine, Vth county. He was tha son i of a Kentucklan, James Hard wick Mc- Carty, who grew to manhood in Indiana In-diana and was one of the hardy pioneers pio-neers who came tn I'tah In 1854. His mother. Kydia Margaret Cragun Me-i Me-i Carty, waa born In N'auvoo, 11 If and c:tm to Ltah in 1855. I William M McCartr received hla education n the public schools of I'tiih county and at - tha Rrfgham I Young academy, which ha attended In , 1881 and Hhortly after leaving : school ha began the practice of lawr ' In which profession he rose steadily In position and prominence until his election to tha supreme bench of the ' slate. 1 A Republican in politics. Justice Me- ( Carty waa prominent in the councils of his party and took an active inter- ; r est in all matters looking to the better- j I ment of his state. He was maxrle! to ' I Miss lujvlna l. Murray and Is sur- vlved by her and the following end-j I dren: Murray W Roy S.t Margaret ' Uevina, Kfank H. E. McCarty and Mrs. I Donald M. Major, all residing in Salt ' Justice MoOirfv was a member of, .It I-ake lodge No. S5, B P. O. Klka. the Kn.ahts ikf Fythiaa and the Loyal i j Order of, MOose. j Justice McCarty had hern on the an- , pre ma bench since 1902 and at tha |