Oscar Harp

Death by Force

Oscar Harp, age 32, male, was a deputy sheriff in Sawyer County, Wisconsin when he was killed on October 8, 1910, during the final hours of a years-long standoff at Cameron Dam on the Thornapple River near the town of Winter. A large posse had surrounded the log home of John F. Dietz, who had been resisting arrests and court orders in a bitter dispute over logging tolls and flowage rights. As the deputies maneuvered into position around the Dietz cabin, gunfire broke out. Harp was shot and fell ...Read More

Deputy Sheriff Oscar Harp