Captain John McClintock (1874–?) was the deputy

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Biography

John was born in 1874 to

Emory McClintock Emory McClintock (1840–1916), born John Emory McClintock was an American actuary, born in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Columbia University, where he was tutor in mathematics in 1859–1860. From 1863 to 1866 he served as United ...

of the Mutual Life Insurance Company. He attended Berkeley School and later

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and the

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. His

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service began in the

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. Frank Swett Black appointed him a major in the 203rd New York Volunteers. He was appointed by Douglas Imrie McKay as a First Deputy

on February 1, 1914. He resigned on December 15, 1914 in the aftermath of the killing of

Barnet Baff Barnet Baff (c. 1863 – November 24, 1914) was a poultry dealer in New York City who was murdered by organized crime that represented the "poultry trust" in New York that extorted $10 per truckload of poultry from merchants. His death led to an i ...

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