Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-08-27
Almy Found and Captured.

HANOVER, \ II Aug 2n-Frank G.
Almy, the murderer 81 Christie Warden.
wa. discovered IN Mr.. Wardcn- barn thi~
morning Monday evening Mrs Warden
the mother Of the murdered girl. whjie
looking for some chickens IN the harvard
discovered a small opening In the under
piuplng # the barn. which She thought
mi. ht leAi TO the chickens hiding place
Removed . small b ari and found On the
Inside ail empty jelly tumt rr aud furtA her
in. twelve cans which had recently CON
tanned salmon, oysters. praDl"~ AMI other
substantial es'ahlv. There wcrcaI~u wine
ami beer bottles. "Wednesday morning. f.
", Davidson and y A. Frost msdc furth
cr Investigations under the barn dndiag
more bottles. Knowing that the cellars OF
several private families IN the village Ia
been robbed OF such material, they visited
these people and found beyond all qne-
zion that the goods came from there. and
further that some had hccu taken a. r..
Gently a. August ION, "Wednesday mig
Prof q. II. Whitchrr and Sheriff II C.
Brown watched the premises 4 about
O'Clock while they We're hid IN some corn
In the garden, man came toward them to
some apples, and within ten feet Of " here
they stood Prof. WhItcher says As
he came nearer | thought | recognized
Almy's walk. He vas barefoot.A. clothes
torn, and he looked pale and thin, Tie had
bag with him aud filled it while he ate
ravenou,ly. ft-r little while lie leisure
y and unsuspcctlngly walked back TO the
barn and passed around the eastern side
This was the last we saw 81 him" These
men Immediately gave the alarm and the
crowd rapidly grew in number About
> 4. NJ. the barn was completely surround
t'i. and systematic search wa begun I'M
der The supervision Of DEPUTY Sheriff
Stevens About 80 while pitching over
the hay { +. Hewett run pitchfork into
Amy, who fired upon him liewett re-
turned the dre and the barn WAS vacated.
4 second attempt was repnlsed by the
murderer. circle Of $50 armed IN IN
formed around the barn. Amy called for
John Fuller, telling him he would surrend
er If guaranteed protection. The crowd
agreed 10 let the law take it, course but
4 lmy changed hi> mind and refused 10
come ont. After much parley he gave up
hi rryolver> aud SURF, ndered himself Ia
the officers Of the law. \ carriage driven
hy Sheriff A. II Randall was called for,
and was driven ~. The crowd Was great
~ excited. but after some talk and as-ur-
ance> from the officers they agreed to let
the law take its course Almy WAS taken
To W heeloCk Hotel in advance OF al pur-
sucrs and was taken into the class dining
room. An examination Of the murderer :
body showed that he had been shot three
times. twice in the left leg below the knee,
the lower shot breaking the large bone. A
shot scooped hole out of the top of his
head, but did not touch the skull. This
shot was fired by some one while Almy was
talking With DR.. q. NJ Hoffman about sur
rendering. These wounds were dressed bv
Prois. c. 7. Frost and W l. Smith Of Han
over, p. of =. $. Connor Of Cincinnati and
a corps of assistants.
HANOVER. y. H, Aug. 2l.-Judge Cobb.
accompanied by Attorney General Barnard,
Solicitor Mitchell and citizens repaired TO
Amy's room in the Wheelock House at s
o'clock this morning. The complaint,
which WAS Of the customary form. was
read I" Amy As he lay on his cot. When
asked 10 plead he hestated and said; Il
don't know what to do" Turning to
Sheriff Foster. near neighbor of the
Wardens. with whom he was well acQuaint-
ed, be inquired, What would YOU do,
Henry Foster replied, IL don't know,
Frank" Attorney General Barn I'd then
suggested that it was always sal way to
plead mot guilty" and in that way his
plea stands recorded. He waived examna-
ton and was committed TO jail without
bail