Mrs. T. J. McGovern, of Omaha, sent word to us this morning that her brother, Michael McCarthy, died this morning at St. Joseph’s hospital. He was born on what is now the Fred Long farm in the McCarthy School district, which was so named from his parents. He was about 63 years of age. He had two sisters in Chicago, Kate and May, whose married names we do not know, and Mrs. Maggie Ryan, of Tennessee. He was on the police force in Omaha for thirty years and was retired on a pension.

#2-From Find A Grave # 99176517

Michael McCarthy was born November 25, 1864 in De Soto Township, Washington County, Nebraska, the son of Michael Charles and Johanna (Ryan) McCarthy.

He was appointed to the Omaha Police force April 30, 1894 and was made a Sergeant on July 1915. After 27 years of service he voluntarily resigned, in September 1921, to become chief of special police for the Cudahy Packing Company at Sioux City, Iowa.

In 1900 McCarthy as a patrolman was given a vote of thanks by the city council for extraordinary bravery displayed in the capture of two bandits who had held up and robbed a gambling house on Douglas Street. McCarthy engaged in a gun battle with one bandit and pursued a trail of gold coins into a dark hallway at Fourteenth and Douglas, where he captured the second highwayman.

He spent his final months at the home of his sister, Johanna (McCarthy) McGovern. Michael died November 24, 1926 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Omaha after a two-week illness. He was buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Omaha on November 27, 1926.

~~~Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clipping on file at the Blair Public Library.~~~