The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-07-28
SHOT HER DEAD.
Frank Almy Murders Mss Chris.
tie Warden Near Han.
over, N. H.

AouONcis ~. 49, uuAN .N' AAS
Miss Christie Warden, accompanied
by her m bther. her sister Fannie AID
Louise Goodell, was returning on foot
to their home, located one mile from
the vilisge. at late hour last nj bit,
Frank Amy, about thirty years OF
sge. jumped in the road in front Of
them and Selling Christie by the arm,
said; 81 want YOU"
The mother aud sister attempted to
defend her and Amy fred at them,
but missed. They ran for assistance.
Then Almy dragged bis victim into the
bushes from the road and shot her
twice through the head, one shot tear
ing out her left eye. When help Ar
ris ed the girl was dead, and her body
was stripped Of nearly every article
Of clothing. Aluy had fled.
Miss Warden was a beautiful and
a most estimatable young woman,
about twenty-five years old, a gradu-
ate of the State Normal School and q
popular teacher. Amy was former
employee of her father. and his atten.
ton to Miss Christie had been repuls-
ed. She was the daughter of Andrew
A. Warden, a wealthy farmer and
leading citizen.
The greatest excitment exists
throughout this section over the muir
der. Scores of armed men are guard
ing the bridges and highways tor
forty miles around and The telegraph
is hurrying to every town and village
within hundred miles an accurate
description of Frank c. AImv, for
whose appreheg sion a reward of
81 900 is offered.
Posses are securing The country and
college professors and students have
joined the search. The murderer
personal de :cription is as follows
Age, tsenty-rinp; height, ) feet 10
inche.; weight, $50 pounds; complex
ION sandy. mustache and small
growth of beard dyed black when
last seen, hazel eyes, regular features
even AMI well preserved teeth, large
,nds with nails closely filed aud
hacks heavily covered with hair, scar
of cut on left wrist, walks with a
shrug Of the shoulders. We'll edu.
Gated, and when last seen dressed in
a black shir; coat, light trousers, and
wore a straw hat. Claims to be a
Georgian by birth, and to have lived
in the sonih for many years.
Everything that human power can
do is being done to bring the most
brutal murderer to Justice. The New
Hampshire authorities have entered
upon the search with an unusual vigor
and it is hoped that before another
twenty four hours pass the fugitive
will be under arrest.
No melodrsma ever staged, presents
a more thrilling realistic scene than
that of the death of Christie Warden.
A pen-picture could do no justice to
the awful experience of the i'll fated
girl before death released her from
suffering, nor to the anguish Of the
mother end sister, who braved death
to save their loved one, only to see
her murdered aud to hear her death
cry ring out on the ill air of night.
One theory is that suicide was the Sec
ond act in the tragedy, and that
Almy's body will be found within a
few hours. Another is that, having
long premeditsted the act, he planned
such speedy and effective means of es.
cape that he is already considerable
distance away:
Amy first came here about q year
ago, claiming that Savannah, Ga,
was his home. He worked at Vent
worth a while under another name.
1t is pretty certain that Amy had
been lurking around tor several weeks
watching for an opportunity to do his
deviIish work. Twice within three
weeks members of the Warden house
hold had been startled by discovering
q man looking ia at the windows after
dark.
Ga the night Of the commencement
concert, June "a, a man was seen
sulking around the residence Of Prof.
c. H. Peties, whose guest Miss War
den was at the time. He undoubt-
edly intended to Kill her as she re-
turned from the entertainment. and
would have done 80 had he not been
by a neighbor, who saw
him about the dwelling.
Several young women resembling
Miss Warden have been followed by
a man of Almy's appearance, which
shows that he has been in hiding du.
ring the daytime, coming out at night
to search for bis victim.
The ringing Of the llege bell at
3 o'clock this afternoon called out an
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