When a bank robber gets stuck in a chimney on April Fools Day, nobody believes a 12 year old boy trying to save him..

On the cold and moonless night in the winter of 1848, the only ever attempted robbery of the Bank of New Brunswick in Saint John took place.

It was not the least bit successful, and turned into quite the bizarre -but true- night long incident.

https://backyardhistory.ca/f/bungling-bank-burglar-gets-stuck-in-chimney