Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27


murdered woman's father, was finally
captured, after desperate resistance.
Hanover became wild with excite
ment on learning that Almy was con-
cealed in the barn, and the structure
was soon surrounded by over / 500 peo-
pie. A council Of war was held as to
the best means of dislodging the MUIR
, derer. The council resulted In appoint
= ing as committee Of procedure Sheriffs
Stevens of Lancaster and Clark of Leb-
T anon, General @. o. Hurlbut of Leba-
4 non, and ex-Sheriff N. @. Bridgman.
'l1Nhile many favored burning the barn
NJ to drive Almy out, the majority favored
N entering the barn, and volunteers for
,thls purpose were called for. Twenty
two men Immediately responded.
NJ As the party went into the barn
y Almy's voice was heard. lie asked that
Z John Fuller be sent to him, as he wished
= to talk with him. Fuller and ex-Sheriff
tBridgeman went into tha loft, and, after
X some conversation with Almy, Sheriff
4 Bridgeman returned, mounted a ladder
r leaning against the house, and said TO
fhe crowd:
Ii* "Fellow citizens: Almy has been
found. Now call upon you in the
.6your anger and let the law take its
Z course with this foul murderer. say
1this at the request of the county ofii-
cials, men whom we chose by our votes
10 act for us. We have confidence in
y Them. We have as good courts as there
'nre on the face of the earth"
M Then turning to the county solicitor,
he said: solicitor Mitchell, think,
4. .+rnp oec1ra rf,a that fbacn hnO ,a,,I,
most of whom | know personally, will
consent to let the law take its course"
IN These remarks were greeted with cries
of Eyes, yes! Let the law take its
course"
WOULD SELL HIS LIFE DEARLY.
Mr.. Bridgeman further said; "Almy
is at this moment concealed under 20
feet of hay. He says, If you don't
give me protection, will sell my life as
dearly as possible and then kill myself
but If you will give me protection
through John M. Fuller | will give up
my arms and come out"
The law-abiding spirit of the people
was put to severe test, but the feeling
soon became strong that Almy should
die decently after verdict of guilty shall
be brought in from regularly consti-
tuted jury.
Mr.. Bridgeman, still perched on the
ladder, said "Your assurance that
Almy shall be dealt with according to
law is satisfactory. | promise that you
shall all have an opportunity to see him.
Form in lines each side of the road and
he shall pass along between the lines"
The situation was rendered still more
exciting Immediately following this
truce, however, by Alny's refusal to
emerge from his hiding place, even
under the assurance Of safety. He sent
for Solicitor Mitchell, who went up In
ihe barn on the hay where Almy was
sitting. Mr.. Mitchell reported as fol-
lows:
THE LAST FUTILE FARLEY.
~ went up INTO the barn in accord
ance with the request of Almy. He sat
on the hay and said his leg was broken.
He had a large revolver in each hand
and fourished them, pointing them
sometimes at me and sometimes at his
own head. He asked me If ! would
guarantee him a fair trial assured him
that would most certainly do so He
wanted to know how much of his past
history | had found out | told him
esat we would not discuss that now.
F. "Pointing the revolver at his own
read, he asked me if | thought he had
peter shoot himself. The result of the
conference was that he refused to come
but"
II A. A. Smith, medical student, also
had conference with Almy. He says
IAlmy told him he did not mean to kill
Ehristie; he said he fired the iirst shot
accidentally, which threw him into
Frenzy; then he shot her again. If Mrs.
, ,FWarden, he said, had invited him into
tthe house he should have gone right
along and there would have been no
trouble. He then said TO Smith, as he
pointed his pistol at him; "You get
right down now; I will see you later"
At O'Clock decision was reached by
the citizens committee to catch Almy
unawares and shoot him, and thus put
an end to what is becoming grim
farce. When this conclusion was made
known it was greeted with yells Of de-
light by the people, who, though
istrongly inclined to let the law take its
course, had lost patience.
The officers attacked the barn with
Winchester rifles, and Almy retaliated
ms best he could with shot after shot
from his brace of revolvers
DelOIe q CLOCK tne luSlllVe Iau Deen
oyerpowered and taken to the Wheelock
4 House, where he was confined upstairs.
, Half q dozen officers with drawn re-
'volvers stood at the foot of the stairs
and held back the excited crowd.
As the sheriff came down from the
hay NOV with Almy the multitude in
sisted in unmistakable terms on seeing
the prisoner. He was soon placed in
the sheriff's carriage, but the people
chased the carriage at dead run to the
Wheelock Hotel. There they shouted:
"We want to see Almy to day, and
we are going TO do it,"
They were soon assured that they
could do SO as soon as his slight wounds
were dressed. When this had been
completed the people were allowed to
file through the room. The stream was
kept up until 1900 had passed, when
Almy tainted and the doors were closed.
Almy says he laid in the barn just
after Christie's murder, and from there
viewed her funeral and visited her grave
frequently by night
ALMY's FIENDIsH CRIME.
No more cruel murder, no capture
more difficult. eventful or dramatic, is
recorded in the annals Of New Hamp-
shire crimes. Almy is the young man
who, persisting in his attention to the
,ClarInipo cchnnl faarhar altar she had