Interesting article in Bangor Daily - looking for descendants of the sheriff Downes killed by the counterfeiter. Read the article and request for help at: http://www.bangordailynews.com/cgi-bin/article.cfm?storynumber=40510 Intro says: Police seeking family of lawman slain in 1811 By Diana Graettinger, Of the NEWS Staff BAILEYVILLE A sheriffs deputy who was trying to break up an illegal counterfeit minting scheme was murdered, and the man who killed him became the first man in Maine to be legally hanged. It all took place 190 years ago when Maine still was part of Massachusetts. Now two modern-day police officers are trying to locate the family of former Washington County Deputy Sheriff John Tilliston Downes of Calais, so they can hold a memorial service for him. from Tom Moffatt