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June 27: Marlborough's First Chief of Police Dies

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June 27, 1911: Last Summons for Chas. G. Whitman: Marlboro's First Chief of Police, Later Deputy Sheriff and Court Officer Succumbs to Heart Disease

Charles C. Whitman, Marlboro's first city marshal, a former deputy sheriff, and more recently a court officer of Middlesex County, died at his home, 92 Shawmut Ave., Monday evening at 10:20, after an illness caused from heart disease since January. Heart disease was the cause of death and for some time his life has been despaired of, so that the end was not unexpected. 

Mr. Whitman was born in Marblehead, August 22, 1850, his parents being Murdock and Eunice Whitman. With his family he lived successively in Chelsea and Gloucester and came to Marlboro 35 years ago. He worked as a nailer in the John A. Frye and Boyd Corey factories. 

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