The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1864-01-01
THE Maiden BANK MURDER.
Full Particulars Of the Assassination
and Robbery $500 Reward 0ffsr.
ed f9r the Arrest Of the Perpetrators.
From tae Ros'on Courier, December Is.

rom lGI Coy Oh tOLIiCF, DScpinbcr
Tn orr Yesterdays afternoon editions We
gave some sccounts of he daring robbery
of tn. Walden .i4ut, and tho assassina ion
Of ne of the a~eis' ANTS in the establish
"en,, including srch details - could be
obtained IN season for publication then
"" now give al the particulars ef the
| tragedy. so far a hav have been icv-lop-
/ e. Oh 'aj5c! from the propnr scnrr"s hv
! our spectral repnrtets. Who wore early on
the spot The bsul, Is located p; 4'ien
| Center, in the heart oF the village sur
!, rounded oy stores anl residences The
and vet. up to the present time. there Is
no, clue o. anv kind to the perpetrators.
| The whole aTa,- seems to be shronHec in
connlete mystery and altogether the
murder was ore Of the most cool and dar-
inc, shat las ever cnme 20 our kno"'ed@e
The bark b,;ildi"g is a small, onr-story
h,irk struc;nre tS,on'ing on a prominent
.,roof With small Card around It l..
q Converse ESQ. a weS'thv citizen OF
"ala-n j. ureidrnt Of the bat>G, and his
son. Frnnk Converse. seventeen years Oh
age a promising young ",sn. vas me VIC
tim Of the murder FIe has been for
about eight months .rnplaved at the n-nk
as an assistant to he cashier Mr. Charles
Merrill, remaining in the office during
| bank hours, in M'. MerriI's absence 1t
/ appears that ii has haen the custom Of the
| cashier to vielt Boston several times week
| ". for the purpose Of exchanging his for
| eign money g the Bauk Of Mutual Re-
| 6emption. lie has usually left Maiden in
the half pas: 10 o'clock train, leaving the
bank ct little past lG o'clock, nnG return
ing 10 the half past IL o'cleck train
| Tiis was unioub, ndly known 10 the psr-
ties no planned the robbery. and that,
I during the times Of Mr. Msrri's absence,
the bank was left in the cole charge Of
Young Converse: and the probability is
that close watch was kept on the prem
ises by those engaged in the vllainy from
the time OF the departure o: the cashier 10
the commission of the crime Yesterday
morning the cnshier visited Boston in the
half past ten train as usual, and left the
deceased alone in tie bank, giving him,
p'ior to his departure fve thousand dol
lars ia bills, three Thousand Of which were
Of lsrge denominations and the balance ia
small votes The other funds Of the bank
were in the safe and this Mr. Merrill icck-
al up, taking the KEY with him.
\ about twenty-five ,ninu'es past eley-
en- o'clock Mr.. Georce T, Bailey gentle
man doing hu>iraS. IN The village, called
at the bank 20 ct & check ca@he,i lie
found Converse seated in an armchair
outside the bank counter reading news
paper, On ascertaiuing Mr.. Bsiley's bu.
siness he went behind the counter, paid
him $.TI. the amount of the check, trArn
the cash draa er in The center at the bank
desk desp0sting the check in the same
drawer When Mr.. Bailey left fha bark
he had sat down At a writing-desk inside
the counter. with his back toward the cash
drawer. and resumed reading tha nssSra
per. The next person kno~n TO have en-
tered the building, with the exception o'
the sa5slns, was u son OF Mr.. Merrill, the
cashier. thirteen years Of age. who was ex
cnssd from school on account Of llness. Al
twenty roirutes before IL O'Clock The
bank. and he vent Immediately there. ex.
necting 10 tind his father there. Not sa,-
ing any one outside The counter, he passed
inside, and ,here found Frank Converse
lying upon his back on the finor. gr0aaiug
"a if in great pain. iIs un,;ced some
blood running from hie head and sunpo.
ing he had fallen in fs, b ran out in
search of meiic&! I'D. and not finding
alher at three physicians residing near ia
heir utiis.es, IA called in the assistance 81
several Of ths store kee psra En heir AZ
ri"hl Converse was sg''l alive. and appAr
entty consc,oua, hn' YnahIa 10 -pesk. srd
in fe:v mimi - af,eI he was raised from
the floor he expired without having been
able to gfticulate q word, or IN any way
Co'nnunlcate information ia regard to the
perpetrati0a Of the double cri,aa. Whtr
taken up his head was b.scding. but not
proi.S2iy aud as t!le:a gas bet little blood
on the floor, aud that ali IN one place. !;
was supposed b. those present phvsi-
clan not having arrived that death had
teen caused b. fit, and that the blood
came from = wouud cause bv the fall. -
Subsequently, DR.. J. r. Rurpee arrived
and ;aent on examination that the deceas
eA had been ehoi through ,he head, the
hnjlo: entering the left temple, passing
throu,h tue heal. and coming out below
the right ear IN close inFpertion i
was found that The hair and ANin around
! the temple Which the ball had entered was
singei sHd backened by powder, showing
that the pistol must have been held with
iG fsw inches ef ths voung mans head
when discharged 10 further traca could
be found Of the bullet. although close
search was made OF the premises. Mr
Converse, father Of the deceased, was in
Boston AZ the time Of the murder. and
Mrs Converse WAS therefore Informed hat
her sou bad been shot. She was not able.
however, 10 reach him in time TO sce him
alive OF cou-ss her feeling. on finding
him corpse cannot be described. A me-
ssncer va. a. once dispatched to Mr.. Con
verse, in Boston. and he returned home by
the train at hsIf-pas! twelve O'Clock. H.
did not iesrn that his sons Injuries a.
proved fatal until bis arrival q: the basE