Information about the incarceration of Jean Philippe Soquet for murder.
Information about the incarceration of Jean Philippe Soquet. This is the information that I could find out about the incarceration of Jean Philippe Soquet for the poisoning of his wife, Esperance Hannon Soquet, (My great-great- grandmother). Some the info are jpg’s from ancestry.com advertisments. The death certificate is of John Raino who died in 1910 in Oregon. This is actually Jean Philippe Soquet.
Link to Waupun Prison in Wisconsin where Jean Philippe Soquet escaped.
Link to the Jesmer family history page. Link to Jean Philippe Soquet’s page
Link to Jesmer Mysteries page.
Link to article in the buffalo Express May 22, 1890 the typed article
Link to article about a 500 dollar reward the typed article
link to another newspaper artcle about Jean P Soquet’s threat and escape. the typed article
Link to another newspaper article Articles in the Oconto Lumberman Paper 1887
Concerning Jean Soquet, a descendant wrote and told me that there is some family lore involved with Jean.
Some think that Jean got arsenic from a drug store that was in the family. He fed it to his wife, Esperance while she was recovering from delivering their child. He then married the woman he was having an affair with, from the next farm. He husband had also died from mysterious causes.
A few years later, an investigation into the murders began. The investigation with the mistress and her husband.
Apparently, the son, Jewel helped to move the body of Esperance, Jean’s murdered wife. (and my g-g-grandmother) in the night, after the investigations over the deaths began. The body of the husband of Jean’s mistress was being exhumed and tested for traces of poison. Before Esperance could be exhumed, Jean and his son Jule, dug up the body of Esperance, wrapped it up and carried her away. When doing so the arm fell off. In the following years, her hand was found with a wedding ring on when the fields were plowed. Jule would do such a thing, because many family members thought that Jean was innocent. That would explain why he could make some trips home.
Apparently Jean made several trips back to Green Bay WI and visited with family. He always had to visit incognito for he was an escaped convict from Waupun Prison in Wisconsin. His grandchildren would learn that “the old man” was visiting and they would be scared. One child hid behind the full length drapes listening to his voice, knowing who he was and being very scared. The family later stopped believing in Jean’s innocence.
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