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[1775] Augusta, Maine’s First Murder
September 24, 1775 – a time when Augusta was little more than Fort Western and its military inhabitants – right here near the Eastern bank of the Kennebec River occurred…
[1884] The Murder at Fort Western
In the dark of night, November 1884, Harry Burns shot Officer Rufus Lishness at point blank range…
[1883] Maine’s Last Execution
Synopsis In the dead of night on September 3, 1883, a daring burglary attempt at the D.C. Gould Ship Chandlery and Provisions Store in Bath, Maine ended in tragedy when…