Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-19
FIENDTSH CRIME.
A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN HRu'
TALLY MURDERED.
citcment-The Country Being Secured
for tho Murderer.
rBy telegraph to the pIsps,cn.l


HANOVER. N. H.. July 1s.-As Miss Chris
tie Warden, accompanied by her mother
her sister Fannie, and Louise Goodell. was
returning on foot 10 their homo. located
one mile from the village. at late hour
last night, Frank Amy. about thirty years
OF age, jumped into the road in front OF
them and. seiz,ng Christie bv the arm,
saidi II want YOU" The mother and sis
ter attempted to defend her. Amy fred
at them, but missed. They ran for assist
ance. Then Almy dragged his victim into
the bushes from the road and shot her
twice through the head, one shot tearing
out her left eye. When help arrived the
| girl was dead and'her body was stripped OF
nearly every article of clothing. Almy
had fed.
THE VICTIM.
Miss Warden was beautiful and most
estimable young woman about twenty-five
years old. graduate of the State Normal
School and a popular teacher. Amy was
former employee of her father. and his at
tentions TO Miss Christie had been re-
pulsed. She was the daughter of Andrew
A. Warden, wealthy farmer aud leading
| citizen.
TIE TOWN EXCITED.
The town is In great state of excite
ment. No trace Of the murderer has yet
been found. Business in town is practi-
cally suspended to-day. and large num-
Der Of armed men, among them nearly all
| OF the Dartmouth professors, who are
spending their vacations here. are scour-
ing the country.
DID TEE MURDERER COMMIT SUICIDE!
One theory isthat suicide was the second
act in the tragedy, and that his body will
| be found within few hours. Another is
that having long premeditated the act, he
planned such speedy and effective means
OF escape that he is already considerable
distance away
Amy first came hero about year ago,
| claiming that Savannah, Ca. was his home.
He worked ct Wentworth for some time
under another name.
sEULKISG AFTER DARK.
II is pretty certain that Amy has been
| lurking around for several weeks watching
! for favorable opportunity to do his devil
ish work. Twice within three weeks men,
bers of the Warden household have been
startled by discovering man looking in
at the windows after dark. On the night
OF the commencement concert, June oath.
n man was seen skulking around the resi-
dence of Professor @. IL. Pettee. whose
| guest Miss Warden was at that time. he
undoubtedly intended to kill her as she
returned from tho entertainment. and
would have done so had he not been fright
ened 10y neIghboi who saw him about the
dwelling.
| OTHER YOUNG LADIES FOLLOWED.
Several young ladies resembling Miss
Warden have been followed by man OF
| Almys appearance. which shows that he
has been in hiding during the daytime,
coming out at night TO search for his vic.
! tim.
The ringing of tho college bell at
| o'clock this afternoon called out an
additional force for extending the
search. The lectures in the medical
college have been suspended, and
many OF the students have joined in tho
hunt. Up to o'clock no very promising
clues have been found, unless at White
River Junction. where Frank Osmer, who
lives on tho Playground, was awakened
| by man said TO answer Aimy's descrip
ton, much fatigued end who anxiousll
inquired the way out of the talr-srounc
enclosure.
| REWARDS OFFERED.
The town of Hanover offers $500 reward
and Miss Warden's father $500. An eX
animation made by Professor Frost Dean
of the yarmouth Medical College, anc
! Professor Z. j. Bartlett shows that one
bullet entered the girls brain and the
the other severed her spinal cord. Her
funeral will take place Monday afternoon