This Maine-born gold tycoon’s murder is still a scandal

This Maine-born gold tycoon’s murder is still a scandal

This story was originally published in April 2020. Harry Oakes started life as a shy, small town kid, growing up in the 1870s and 80s in the Piscataquis County towns of Sangerville and, later, Dover-Foxcroft, the third of five children. His life ended in 1943, as one of the wealthiest men in North America, and as the victim of a mysterious, violent murder that remains unsolved. Who was this remarkable self-made man — and how did he go from Pisca…