The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-26

dered. Almy was seen running up the hill,
and from that time he succeeded in lodging
all pursuers. Nearly thirty men had been
arrested in all parts of New England, while
the murderer remained in hiding in the
barn Of his victims mother, from which he
had seen the sad funeral ceremonies.
The discovery had its inception on last
week Monday evening, when Mrs. Warden
found a small opening in the underpinnng
of the barn, and on removing "A small board
she found an empty jelly tumber and twelve
cans which had contained salmon, oysters
and other eatables. Wednesday morning
f. w. Davidson and n. A. Frost invest-
gated still farther and found empty wine
and beer bottles and "A heavy budgeOn,
about the size of a polceman's club, with
"a handle which had been freshly whitfield.
Sheriff ii, G.. Brown and Professor G.. H.
Whitcher were informed, and Wednesday
night they watched the premises, conceal
ing themselves in some corn. About two
o'clock Thursday morning, a man whom
they at first supposed to he Warden came
toward them, and stopped under some APP
ple-trees about ten feet away AS he ap-
preached them, Professor Whitcher recog-
nized Almy's walk. He was bareiooted,
his clothes were torn, and he looked pale
and thin. He had a bag with him, and ate
ravenOusly, and after IA little while he leis-
urely walked back to the barn and passed
around to its eastern side. Professor
the village and aroused about forty men,
who surrounded the barn, and with the ar
rival of Sheriff Stevens and Solicitor Mitchell
the search of the building began. Atabout
half-past eight o clock the pitchfork of G, f..
Hewett came in contact with man, who at
once rose mp and fired three shots at him,
one of the bullets slightly wounding AFRO
| Turner of Norwich. Soon another advance
was made on the barn, when Almy was
heard asking for John Fuller, who, with
eX-Sheriif Brigham, advanced, and had a
conversation with him a lmy agre to
| surrender if protection was guaranteed him,
| but he tlen changed his mind and refused
| to come out. There seemed to be nothing
| to do but To resort to force, and force with
| Winchester rifles was brought up, and after
| locating Almy as nearly AS possible from
! the outside, firing was commenced by the
rihelnen. Almy responded with his revolt
vers, but the shooting resulted in nothing
| except to bring another demand from Amy
| for "A talk. Solicitor Mitchell and afterwards
! John Fuller talked with him again, when
he surrendered his revolvers, one to each.
| Then he was placed in carriage, although
! the rush of the crowd nearly upset it. The
! horses were whipped into rapid pace, and
| the prisoner was taken to the Wheelock
! hotel and placed in one of the small ban
| quet rooms. The crowd followed in quick
| time and AT once demanded a sight OF the
! murderer. The officers concluded that their
only course was to comply with the request,
! and accordingly a great stream of men
swept through the room until Almy tainted
| An examination of the murderer's body
| showed that he had been shot three times
twice in the left leg below the knee,
! the lower shot breaking the large bone
| The other shot scooped out IA hole in the TOP
| of his head, hut did not touch the skull
| The prisoner is very weak, but is improv-
| ing. He claims that he shot Christie acct.
dentally, and that the second shot was &c
end her pain.
A preliminary examination was held nj
| Almy's bedside Friday morning. After
some hesitation, he pleaded not guilty
waived examination, and was committed
without bail. Siuce the capture the theory
that Almy is none other than George IL.
Abbott the noted desperate who escaped
from the Windsor prison about six years
ago, has been revived, and evidence has
been adduced which seems to concusively
prove That the theory is correct. Warden
| Oakes and two superintendents from Wind.
sOr positively identified him on Saturday,
| x-Sherin Scion X Berry of Thetford, who
arrested Abbott in 1880, aud Ephraim II
| WilmOnt of Olcutt, an uncle OF Abbott
also identify him positively. Abbott was
the ringleader of gang of burglars who
operated in the towns up and down the
Connecticut river from Barnet on the north
TO Lyme, n H.. on the south. He made his
home during most of the time at the house