The Portland daily press., 1897-04-17

ohu Aoor OF bne building on the front
side, but the rear of the. .bHnk is on a
level with the hill, by which there is sec.
ond OIL trance
lt is net known exactly what timo the
bank was entered but it was evidently
between aud LIS o'clock, MS two men.
suspicious looking strangers, were seen
going up the hill not very far from the
bank at ]. .G1 O'Clock One of the men car
ried q bag. As there was no witnesses but
the dead cashier and his n1urderers, it
IS not known exactly how the robbery
was conducted, but it is certain that tho
men lost very little time in the bank,
and their work accomplished, they fled
with all possible haste.
Inc 1rst suspicion that the hank had
neen robbed was at two minutes TO two.
when Mr.. Frank p Reed, a local mer
chant, went up the stair case of the bank
building and found that the thick plate
OF glass in tho front outside of the hall
door OF the bank, was com pleely Shattered
the fragments lying about the hall floor.
he had gone up for the purpose of COM
plotting Fome bU Usiness with MIR. Stick
ney but when he found the door shattered
be instinctively knew that something
was wrong. He was considerably alarmed
and without waiting to investigate, he
hurried from the building ard notified
city marshal Eaton. n
AS soon as he was told of Mr.. Rec IS
discovery. Both men went up stairs and
attempted to opeu the door but it was
securely looked. The city marshal called
the cashiers name several times but got
no answer. He then nroke in the door
and they found that desperate struggle
had tnken place. After some further
difficulty they opened the Inside door of
the bank which led from the outside
behind the counter. A terrible sight lay
tefors them. On the floor in a great pool
OF blood was the l1feless body of Ss1ck-
ney. His head had been nearly severed
from the trunk, the robbers having cut
his throat. The head Was marked with
several deep gashes made by heavy
black jack, and the skull was fractured.
The body was covered with blood and
the walls and furniture bore additional
evidence of the terrible deed.
The men were horrifiei ana did not
gain their composure for several min
utes. 1t could he seen at glance that
Stiokney had not died without lighting
desperately, for the hooks, chairs and
other furniturs were scattered oyer the
floor behind the counter. Among the
mass wss found black jack which had
been used to knock the cashier senselsss
and this WAS tnken by the city marshal
asa possible olew to the murderers. 1t
had been broken during the struggle.
An alarm WAS quickly given and all
the officsra available were notified. For
over an hour every telegraph and tele-
phone wire out Of the city was in use.
Ths authorities in all the nearby towns
were informed Of the fact and then the
news was dispatched to sherifs. marshals
and the police of Maine, New Hamp-
shire and Northern Massachusetts.
When the citizens ard of the affair
Market and Prospect streets and every
available space in the vicinity of the
bank was thronged. aud tho police kept
the crowd from entering tho bank,
though many were permitted to yiaw the
| intsrior from the door up stairs. The in
dignation was intense and for a time it
was noisy one indeed. The FL st clew
that the officers found was ottair ed
from Mrs Josiah Smith, who lives on
Prospect strset, ONLY short distaS CO
| from the bank. Her house is Just on
the hill, which ends almost IN the rear of
the bank.
As near as she can menle e!, it was
about 120 o'clock when she saw IA man.
rather tall, about 35 years of age, pass by
her house. He WAS Of dark complexion
and resomblsd an Indian. he carried