Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1882 — MURDER AND ROBBERY. [ARTICLE]

MURDER AND ROBBERY.

A Banker at Waupaca, AVis., Killed l»y Unknown Persons, and the Bank Vault Bobbed. H. C. Mead, an eccentric bachelor, who for thirty years has done a banking business at Waupaca, Wis., was shot dead at a roar window of his office a ; he sat writing at a table. His nose, eyes and part of his brain were torn away by the discharge. The murderers then cut the wire screen, entered the apartment and rifled the money-chest of several thousand dollars. A dispatch from Waupaca gives the following particulars of the tragedy: Mr. Mead had been in 'ho habit of sleeping near his treasures and taking his meals at the hotel, and when he did not come to either breakfast or dinner a messenger was sent to learn if he wa« sick. Repeated knocks on the bank door bro'.’ght no answer, and the b tek window was u -ed as a means of ingress. On the floor lay the remains of the banker, with blood spattered all over the walls, while a largo pool had gathered around his prostrate body. A jury was dnpaneled and an examination showed that Mr. Mead’s death was caused by a gun-shot. Tiieuun had evidently been placo 1 in the rear window of the buildinir, as toe wire screen was found torn off and the wiudo.v lowered. He had probably been sitting at a sm ii table in the back room writing, and, hearing a noise at the w ndo a-, ha 1 turne I around, only to receive the full charge from both barrels of tho Bhotgun in his f,ice. The nose, eyes and part of his head had been completely torn off. The assassins then seemingly went to the safe, which was still un ocked, and rifled the chest, taking away several thousand dollars in • urrency, goid and bonds. It is known that Mr. Mead was worth more than SIOO,000. The bank is a one-story wooden budding, the front room being used for business, while the rear room was the sleeping apartments of the murdered man. Not live feet from where his bed stands is a window without bars, and the sill is about five feet from t ie ground. In this room Mr. Mead had slope and almost lived for twenty-live years, having no children. His peril was often mentioned to him, and h s answer was that lie had never harmed any one in his life, and , that, if it was his money that was wanted, it would not be necessary to kill him. A iiOTKf, cook at Newport served a dinner in six courses, the other day, the material for each and every course being lobster,