Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-11-19
ALMY'S TRIAL OYER
Judge Doe. Will Pronounce
Sentence To-day.
THE PRISONERS TESTIMONY.
His Story of the Shooting of Christie
Warden and His Subsequent Actions

He Said That when.GOing Over the Bars
with Christie They Stumbled, and in
the Confusion the Revolver Was Dis
charged-C Could Not Tell How 1t Hap
pened, But He Did Not Mean to XIII
the Girl, Whom He Loved Better Than
Life, Etc.
PLYMOUTH, N. H., Nov. 19.-This
morning the addresses of the counsel for
Almy and for the State are being made.
They are expected to be brief, and then
Judge Doe will announce the degree of
murder and sentence the prisoner.
Yesterday Almy was put on the stand,
and his evidence was breathlessly fol-
lowed by the tremendous crowd present.
He said he loved Christie with all his
heart, and thought that if he could have
had her she would have led him to a
| better life. They talked it over, and
she advised MIN to get a better educa-
| tion but lack of funds compelled him to
reach to the conclusion to make a short
cut to professional life.
Witness said that Christie kissed him
when they parted. She aroused pas
sions in his breast, and had Mrs. War
den spoken only one pleasant word to
| him he would not have been
| here to-day. He then gave an account
of his travels after leaving Hanover,
saying that he bought his revolver in
| Springfield. for the purpose of taking it
with him to Texas. He had shown it
| TO several persons, and had made no at
tempt to conceal it.
He finally came to Hanover for the
purpose of seeing Christie alone, to get
| her approval and encouragement. He
| did not write while he was away because
he was afraid she would not get the
| letters. His expectations were high,
and as he had no doubt her parents
were against him, he must see Chris tie
alone He arrived in Hanover on the
midnight train, and went into the War
den barn, from which he could command
q view of the kitchen and parlor. He
| thought he could see her when she went
to the Grange
| About a week later he went through
the house one night. He went four
| times in all. The last time he decided
| to open her door and speak to her. He
did so, but her brother was lying on the
| bed. He did not stay all the time in
| the barn, but wandered about the fields,
| waiting nearly a month to see Christie.
He told of entering the room at Mr..
Pettee's, occupied by Christie, but was
Mortified to find it occupied by another
woman. AS the latter rose in bed he
caught her by the throat and pushed
/
and his desire to see Christie, but she
said Christie was not there.
compact was made to keep the
matter of the visit a secret. When he
heard Christie was going to the Grange,
he went to the pasture, changed his
clothes, and after supper, went down
back of A. Flint's house and waited for
Christie.
Soon she came along with others Of
the family. Almy then described the
meeting with the Warden party, as had
been related by several witnesses, and
said in going over the bars with his arm
about Christie's waist they stumbled.
Fannie was screaming and he fired his
revolver to keep her back.
His fall stunned him. His thought
was that he must have Christie; there
were sounds of voices coming nearer,
and Christie was on the ground uncon =
scious. In some way his revolver was
fired, he did not know how. Then,
when he saw Christie was shot, he ex-
claimed: "My God, Christie is dead p
He was dazed. He went to the river,
and returned to the Warden barn, and
watched the men who brought the body
to the house. He told of visiting Chris
ties grave on several occasions. He
could not realize that she was dead. He
never thought of being captured, and
the feeling that he could not leave hel
chained him to the locality.
Almy told his story in trembling
tones, and frequently stopped to brush
away the tears
l AImy was subjected to a sharp eros s
examination, and admitted that his
stat ement that he had relatives in Sa
vannah was false. No evidence was al
lowed to prove that Almy is George r.
Abbott, although the matter was onct
preached by the Attorney General,
At the concl usion of Almy's testimony
both sides rested.