Evening journal., 1891-11-17
ALMY PLEADED GUILTY
Christie Warden's Murderer
Now at a Judges Mercy.
HANGED IN EFFIaY AT PLYMOUTH.

The Citizens Assert That They WIN
Take the Original Ne1t-New Hamp-
shire People Fear abe Geld FLOODED
Assassin May Yet Escape the Rope.
PLYMOUTH, N. H., Nov I7.-"Frank C.
Almy, you pleaded not guilty to the indict-
ment for the murder Of Christie Warden.
DO you wish now to retract that pleap'
II do, sir
What do you now sayt Are you guilty
OF the crime with which you stand charged.
or not guiltyfn
"Guiltyri
The man who murdered Christie Warden
at Hanover, N. H., was seated in the dock
Of the Plymouth court room, his disabled
leg resting iu an arm chair as be answered
the questions of Court Clerk Griswold.
The murderer was as cool as ice until he
tried to say that ominous word guilty
His Nerve Failed Him.
Even his nerve was then shaken. His
clasped fingers twitched He swallowed
big lump In his throat. Then out it came
-"guiltyw and loud
Notwithstanding the plea Of guilty, evil
dence in proof of Almy's guilt will be
taken, and within two or three days Almy
will know his fate. The impression here
is that he has saved his neck, and that he
will be sentenced to not over thirty years
imprisonment This impression is caus-
ing much excitement among the natur-
ally quiet citizens OF the New Hampshire
hills. They want TO see Almy hanged
No Evidence Of Another crime
A a. y. n = n.
directed that the eighty special iurymen
be dismissed. Attorney General Barnard
says that all the evidence 80 far accumu-
lated by the state will, unless the court de-
cides to pass sentence without hearing il,
be put ia. I'VE have a CASE he said,
most complete in every detail, and we
shall show that the man, whom we now
know beyond any possibility Of doubt to
be Abbott, committed deliberate and pre-
medltated murder, which calls for death
sentence. The state has no evidence that
an additional crime was committed.n
abbott Is one OF the most desperate
criminals alive and would stop az nothing
TO accomplish his ends, either in perpe-
tratinR crimes or attempting to escape
their consequences TO HIMSELF but the re-
cent extra orders to the jail authorities
were not given, as many suppose, because
we have been afraid that he would escape
from custody, but that extra precautions
might be taken 10 prevent him from doing
himself personal injury in order TO delay
his trial. lie has at times Since his con
fnement IN Jail torn the bandages from
his leg and attempted to break the plaster
cast, SO that he might refracture the bone
and then get back into a condition Of be-
ing unable to stand upon his feet
He May Escape the Rope.
The law Of New Hampshire says that in
case man who pleads guilty shall be
found 10 have committed murder Ia the
first degree he shall be hanged n, how
ever, be be convicted OF murder in the sec
ond degree, he may be sentenced 20 inn
prisonmeqt for not over thirty years. In
the judges hands rests Almy's case en-
tirely. II the prosecution can show mur-
der in the first degree, Almy will be hang
ed. II the defense can convince Judge
Doe that the murder was Of the second dez
gree he will escape the rope ~
Hanged In Enigy.
At midnight Almy was hanged in efiey
by the citizens from a rope stretched across
the principal street The murderer may
today, II it is not removed, gaze from the
windows Of the temporary cell at the
stuffed imitation OF himself dangling In