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wisconsin's saddest tragedy m m quaife in a display case of the state historical museum at madison may be seen a handsomely-flowered vest of a pattern favored by gentlemen three generations ago looking at it closely the curious visitor will detect a small hole through the left front of the garment a short distance below the armhole the tiny aperture affords mute yet eloquent evidence of the saddest tragedy in the political annals of wisconsin for through it sped the bullet which found the heart and terminated the life of charles c p arndt in the council chamber of the territory of wisconsin on the morning of february 11 1842 the flight of eighty years has stilled the passions of that early day as completely as the fatal bullet stilled the heart of charles arndt the obscurity of the grave shrouds the memory alike of slayer and slain and all the actors who took part in this once-celebrated drama have long since passed from the stage of life it is at length possible therefore to review the story free from passion or prejudice and from such a review something of interest and instruction may be derived charles c p arndt the victim was the son of judge arndt an old and prominent citizen of green bay the younger man was born at wilkesbarre pennsylvania october 31 1811 and came to green bay with his parents in 1824 * several years later he returned east to complete his education graduating from rutgers college in 1832 he subsequently studied law at easton pennsylvania where he was admitted to the bar in april 1835 returning to his home at green bay he was there admitted to practice 1 biographical sketch of arndt in wisconsin state bar association proceedings i 172-173
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| Title | The Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 5, number 3, March 1922 |
| Article Title | The Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 5, number 3, March 1922 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | State Historical Society of Wisconsin |
| Series | Wisconsin Magazine of History ; v. 5, no .3 |
| Format-Digital | xml |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| ISSN | 1943-7366 |
| Identifier-Digital | vol05no030000 |
| Description | This issue contains part of the memoir of Charles King, an appreciation of Lyman Copeland Draper, and an account of the murder of Charles C.P. Arndt in the state capitol. |
| Volume | 005 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year | 1921-1922 |
Description
| Title | 264 |
| Page Number | 264 |
| Article Title | Wisconsin's saddest tragedy |
| Author | Quaife, Milo Milton, 1880-1959 |
| Page type | Article home |
| Format-Digital | jpeg |
| Publisher-Electronic | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | © Copyright 2006 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Publication Date-Electronic | 2006 |
| ISSN | 1943-7366 |
| Identifier-Digital | vol05no030058 |
| Description | Wisconsin's Saddest Tragedy: This article recounts the murder in the state capitol of Charles C.P. Arndt (1811-1842) by fellow-legislator James R. Vineyard (1804-1863). It details the circumstances of the assault, Vineyard's trial and acquittal, and the reaction of citizens and the press. Based on many newspaper accounts and a transcript of the inquest, it places the crime in its political context (Arndt was a Whig Yankee from the lakeshore, and Vineyard a Democrat Southerner from the Lead Region) and its cultural context (which tolerated gun-carrying and dueling). (19 pages) |
| Volume | 005 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year | 1921-1922 |
| State/Province | Wisconsin |
| County | Dane County |
| Community | Madison |
| Decade | 1840-1849; |
| Personal Name | Arndt, Charles, 1811-1842; Vineyard, James Russell, 1804-1863; |
| Subject | Crime; Trials; Newspapers; Legislators; Politics; |
| Full Text | wisconsin's saddest tragedy m m quaife in a display case of the state historical museum at madison may be seen a handsomely-flowered vest of a pattern favored by gentlemen three generations ago looking at it closely the curious visitor will detect a small hole through the left front of the garment a short distance below the armhole the tiny aperture affords mute yet eloquent evidence of the saddest tragedy in the political annals of wisconsin for through it sped the bullet which found the heart and terminated the life of charles c p arndt in the council chamber of the territory of wisconsin on the morning of february 11 1842 the flight of eighty years has stilled the passions of that early day as completely as the fatal bullet stilled the heart of charles arndt the obscurity of the grave shrouds the memory alike of slayer and slain and all the actors who took part in this once-celebrated drama have long since passed from the stage of life it is at length possible therefore to review the story free from passion or prejudice and from such a review something of interest and instruction may be derived charles c p arndt the victim was the son of judge arndt an old and prominent citizen of green bay the younger man was born at wilkesbarre pennsylvania october 31 1811 and came to green bay with his parents in 1824 * several years later he returned east to complete his education graduating from rutgers college in 1832 he subsequently studied law at easton pennsylvania where he was admitted to the bar in april 1835 returning to his home at green bay he was there admitted to practice 1 biographical sketch of arndt in wisconsin state bar association proceedings i 172-173 |