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Claude McDonald

Case from Chickasha, OK dated Mar 26, 1911

Victim Details

Claude McDonald

Male

Chickasha

OK

1911-03-26

30

Claude

McDonald

07/12/2026

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In the dusty railroad yards of Chickasha, Oklahoma, a dedicated lawman’s life was cut tragically short on the evening of March 26, 1911. Claude McDonald, a 30-year-old male and the Chief of Detectives for the Rock Island Railroad, was making his rounds, investigating a recent string of thefts from the boxcars that sat idle on the tracks. It was a duty he had performed countless times, but this night would be his last. A veteran of the U.S. military and a seasoned officer with nine years of ser ...
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