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Jack Mcarthur

Case from Antigo, WI dated Jun 24, 1905

Victim Details

Jack Mcarthur

Male

Antigo

WI

1905-06-24

40

Jack

Mcarthur

09/23/2026

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Jack McArthur, a 40-year-old man who served as chief of the Antigo Police Department, was killed in the line of duty on June 24, 1905. Historical records also identify him as John McArthur. The events that led to his death began after authorities learned that an escaped patient from the state psychiatric institution at Oshkosh was believed to be in the Antigo area. The fugitive was identified in a history of Langlade County as James Weipinger, although surviving newspaper indexing contains varia ...
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