The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-19
ALMY TELLS HIS STORY.
TREMBLING AND IN TEARS HE TEST
FIEs IN ms OWN DEFENCE

oeu ano tnnt Sne 1eclpfocnteo hts Ahec-
tion-ror = Month Re fingered About
the Place waiting to SEQ Her Tho
Shooting He Describes a. Accidental
PLYMOUTH. N. H., Nov. 1a.-A surgine crowd
again besieaed the doors Of the little Court
House this morning long before they were
opened. and the court room was packed.
Judge Doe ordered the windows opened. and
the chilly atmosphere rendered many OF the
audience uncomfortable. but did not abate
their interest Almy who passed a sleepless
night was brought into court at O'Clock.
showing every evidence OF the strain through
which he is passing. and looking detected.
Mr.. Storey opened the argument for the de-
fence. He said that the respondent was q man
Of great deal OF passion and high feeling He
became infatuated with Christie Warden. and
she returned his love They read and sang
together. Christie mended his clothes. gave
him pictures and the necktie. on which she
painted his favorite flowers. Almy was always
paying especial attentions to Christie. They
were marked more on Almy's part than was
her attentions to him. Christie became Offend
ed at him because he had attended the Grange
meeting. and aftor o mutual consultation
he left her. still loving her. In. April.
at Danvers. Mass. Almy talked with
Mr.. wilkins about ranch life in
Texas. went to Springfield and purchased the
reviewers with the intention Of goingto Texas,
At Dorchester and elsewhere he showed his re-
volyers. as part OF his Texas outfit He then
went back to wilkins to see II the men from
Texas had arrived. They had not. 80 he de-
cided to 60 and see Christie. He desired to see
her alone on account Of the opposition Of her
thirty-three days without meeting her On the
fatal night he went to the meeting
where Christie was. expecting to see
her there. Disappointed. no went to the
Willows, where he waited till Christie came.
Then followed his remarks already recorded.
He was In q half starved condition with an I'M
accountable turn Of mind; was opposed by
Fannie and her mother. and committed the
fetal act killing the Firl he l9yed best Of all
sns 70
by night and placing flowers thereon.
ST the then
operate ranch In Texas, testified to the con-
Nth AT sGoSf ss tSa e H sa
work on ranch. and told him that employees
again in June to see i witnesss sons. who
not come. and Almy decided to await their
Almys reyolvers and to his telling them that
he was going to Texas
Frank Z. Amy. the prisoner. was then sworn.
and. after recess OF five minutes. took the
In reply. to questions; he told Of his. first
work on the farm. When his contract expired
BE- sRd made sog
asns There he saw fIS s aau Warden, 70 whe@
s nr %s sss s sssn
4aao=anotneE contract with Warden. which
Until Myra ana Alice Separtsd to Tie West, the
saa any ehose chPsts t. d iii not st.snS
eietSIng. Pqt Se hsa very pleasant tunes. to
Hs then toid o. ths Performance o, hIs duties
sirs. and said: Alter Myra and A. Alice Vent
FI ss nd f how tfRS1ss.
sisted Christie in household duties: and Almy
Christie. giving the Impression that they were
OF the mSss friendly ehsrase5 and Of
i sud s s s ss'a' were
He said h I9yed ChTstis with al his heart
You'd They sEe shs
cation and recommended Hanoyer. but lack Of
WeS to 9hs paed s
sssss s SsS Sokdn in his
pleasant word to him he would not have been
. He then gave an account Of his travels after
Soiys;s 4, n sPrnsasid ior ths pargoss ., tafins
70 conceal them. He finally came back to
i5an tor the purpose Of seeing Christie
ment He did not write while, he was away
because he was afraid she would not get the
must see Christie alone. he arrived In Hanover
On q, the The midnight train apd went into the
he could see ,her, when she went to the Orange
one night looking at the iamiiis ar pIaees and at
tho objects he and Christie had used together.
P Pss dd az The ef tim
I'D Ses S0ssf Mas he on ns HSa
waiting nearly month to see Christie. ''ufe'
:, He then told Of entering the room ut Mr..
ID iS Ghrss
The throat and body and pushed her back.
bss sh aa %ss
there. Then compact was made to keep the
Fl tes yss &ssn h
to the pasture, changed his clothes. and after
supper went down back OF Flints house aud |
waited fer her; soon she came along. with
.as d@ 3nd h sfns sae ss
Warden party as had been related by several |
With his arm about chTisties waist they STUN
hled. Then he heard noises around them
Fanny was screaming. and he Aired his re:
yo!ver 70 keep her back; not thinking to shoot |
That he must have Christie. There were
sounds Of voices coming nearer and Christie |
was lying on the ground unconscious; In |
some way his revolver was fired, he did not |
know bow: Then. when he saw that Christie |
was shot, he exclaimed, MY God. Christie is |
and went to the river; then returned to the
who brought the body Of Christie to the house,
He told Of visiting Christie's grave on different
dead, and he never thought Of being captured.
chained him to that locality.
A New York Broker Thosskt He Was
RobbeA In New Haven. |
NEW HAVEN. Nov. 1a-A New York broker |
named Sands complained at Police Headauar- |