Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-11-08
ATTEMPTED Bank Robbery.

shuIt thine since, the diwciur- ~ the
Village Bank at North naNrrs, Ma.,., rc-
cri,cj information which rendered II prnl,A-
blc that an aitcmp, would shortly h. made by
a d,nnr and expert gang ofIohhro- To- break
into and rrh ihr hank
They accorlnrl, narrowly inspected rhc
delrucr. IT ilrrir ale nr such an attack. and
having concluded that IL would resist pr.rly
,criou, siege. thew appointed a ci,rzrn n The
town. named ilron laicman. q lHuI watch.
man. TIL, latter f,ci was not known ~ he
town. aud the rohl,-r, themselves were pruhp.
blv nnt aware II IT,
4, iva o'clock "Wednesday mourning. VI.
lI,rcm5u h,--rl ihrrc ur fur persons approach.
inr The bank. They came Ia Tho door. (which
=. OF rla,s to within few f.ri Of the bottom,
,nd h1. M shutters, md h1rlcl To know vho
w., inside. tr which the waichnan replied
that hc was there ,nd 10 another curry - to
What b. ~, there for. b. replied. To- guard the
hanl Al that the rl,l'crs b.ran To pres
ar.in,, the duur. \, II with view Ia burt II
open. The waichmlu warned them In dr>,Ni.
saving that h. wls armed. and that II ihcy
entered. be- would shom them. They It'll
pcr.i,,ug. md he fearing th't their int,n-
ton VI, To- get in and ovrrPuvrr him. iooL
NJ Nj, run. and fired amongst them, Is they
,i,a-l upuu ihc outside ~ The door.
The hall from the gun. u WIS afterwards
ascruaind. passed through onc at the lower
plncs II rlas., earring away part Of 10"
sish immediately after the discharge. the
r-r~nn- outside wcrr sccu in run bat "nc "i
them who w, evidently wounded, "nly went
q few rode, When he staggered add fell. The
others r,cll~d IN a carriage. which they
brought with them To- thu hank.
The noisr ct the gun, awakcncd Mr John
Page, an aged and cStlmablc ciilDn "i The
village. who Tvs ~ the house nearest Ia the
hank, and only rod or t~" distant. lie
came out, but lid not motto ,lc body up"n the
ground and returned inio the h"us'. Shortly
after. however, hc again came out, and was
pr-culing along IN front OF his dwelling,
when be- stumbled over the prostratr bcdy
lie sipopcd down aud Discovered that II
wss has o,rH son. lie inmcdlstly returned
io the house. aud aroused his son-in law, Mr
Weston, who l. cashier OF the bank, and To-
grtler Il,,y carried him into the house. At
that time be- W.. breathing, hut scnsclcss aud
be- shortly aficr dad. Neither Mr. Weston
nor MIR Page then knew OF the affair a, the
bank. and they at first imagined that be- had
received a stab III some aiIny, but they soon
had information ofwhat had occurred.
The deceased was named John e. Page,
and Was unmarried. lie was about - ycars
old. Until Within ionr or five years, he has
carried on the brick making business to
large extent and sustained agood character.
losses in business arr said to have made
irregular in Ia. habits. lie returned to his
fathers house some time aimee, aud II was
generally hoped that he had reformed. His
father is said Ia have provided literally Tor
all his wants. This sad tragedy has caused
a great excitement in the regios round about
the scene Of its occurrence. A coroner's IN
quest is To be held upon the body, when the
matter will no doui be thoroughly in'esiiga-
ted. Mr. Baieman, the chief actor IN the all
air, bcar. good character among his towns
men