The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-08-30

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1t is the New Hampshire way, the right
way, the way we all commend. But, some
times, when one thinks of the awful crime |
this man committed, of the torture and |
mutilation which proceeded the killing OF |
that poor girl, one feels tempted to wish |
that the southern way of hemp and bullet, |
or, perhaps, the Apache way of fagot and |
flame, would better beht the crime OF this |
fend in human shape.
COOL PROCEEDINGS.
The capture of Frank G. Amy, the muir
derer of Christie Warden, affords the sin |
cerest satisfaction to the people of this |
town. as well as to the entire population of
New England, whose righteous anger at
the unparalleled crime has been at fever |
heat since 1t was committed. The very re- |
mark able features OF the capture stand out
in bold relief-trst, the solemn resolution |
of the enraged populace when once their
prey was within their grasp not to anticl- |
pate the action of the legally constituted
authorities, and secondly, the highly SEN
sational fact that ever since the tragedy |
the murderer has been concealed in Mr. |
Warden's barn and has paid an almost
daily visit to his victims grave.
The people all over New England have
| been for the last month experimenting
strangers and hunting secluded spots in
the hope that they might find the murderer
while SO, 600 copies of his description have
been circulated throughout the civilized
world. Nevertheless all this time the as
sassin has been safely and comfortably
housed within 200 feet of the Warden's
homestead.
The scenes in Hanover to-day have been
like those at county fair, the whole pop
/ ulatlon of the surrounding country having
| filed in town on foot, on horseback and IN
wagons of all descriptions, eager to see the
execrated murderer and, if it was to be, to
assist in his summary execution. The
resolute action of ex-Sheriff Bridgman and
Solicitor Mitchell, coupled with the self
control of the multitude, alone prevented
an exhibition of lynch law which would
have terrified the country by its swiftness.
The prisoner is tonight guarded by armed
men. His broken leg will cause post
ponement of his arraignment, and after he
is sentenced year must elapse according
to the law of New Hampshire before he
can be hanged.
HOW He KILLED HER.
Almy's crime will ever be chronicled
among the monumental murders of modern
times. The murderer, who must continue
to be known as Frank c. Almy until his
correct name is ascertained, was farm
hand in the employ of Andrew Warden,
the father of the murdered girl
He first appeared in Hanover early in
July, 1890, and sought and obtained employ
ment on the place. Previous to this time
he had worked for a year or more in vari-
Gus towns in Massachusetts, everywhere
exciting suspicion because of his superiority
to the ordinary farm laborer and yelling
his past life in inscrutable mystery. His
extreme nervousness led people to infer
that he was a criminal hiding from justice,
while his evident cultivation of mind and
his attractive personality heightened the
interest with which the young ladies with
whom he was thrown in contact ever re-
garded him,
HARD LUCK
When he came to Farmer Warden's he
told of having had "hard luck,'' and said
that home was his deslre more than pay,
and the old gentleman's benevolent heart
: warmed toward him. When haying was
over Amy besought him to retain him
during the coming winter, and this ar
4 rangement was made. Christie Warden,
the farmers eldest daughter, won the re-
gard of the yong laborer, as she did that
, of every one else by her sweetness of dis
position aud her broad generosity But
his love was poisonous. Her bright eyes
had discerned lying between them q moral
s gulf, too deep and dark to be bridged.
3 With woman's Owning rod she had pene
= trated his guilty soul.
! Finally council of the family decided
that the presumptious farm hand must CO.
q The month or six weeks which followed
| his departure from Hanover were passed
/ by Almy in Massachusetts-so it has been
a learned since.
On June IA he made his way quietly
, back to this town, and making q hiding
place for himself underneath the hay in
Farmer Warden's barn, took up his resi-
dence there, biding the time when he should
fulfill his dreadful threat, "If Christie
Warden don't marry me she shall marry
I no one.n He had but three days to wait.
t 81 WANT YOU"
y On the evening of July IS his opportunity
: came. Mrs. Warden and her two daugh.
tiers, Christie and Fannie, and Miss Louise
4 Goodel, young friend of the family, had
spent the evening in the village and about
!, 10 o'clock started to walk home in the
: bright moonlight About midway between
4 the center of the village, where the Dart
g mouth college buildings are and the War
p den residence, the road is lined by
Y dense bushes and a small brook
!, crosses. When the party passed {
r. young man whom they recognized as Almy
Jumped from the bushes, where he had beer
n lying in ambush and selling Christie by
q the arm said II want you, I have come
n 900 miles to meet you and now our time i:
Il short"
IS Christie made no reply, but grasped Fan
" MES arm, and Amy, addressing himself tt
d her mother, said: "You know me, Mrs
Warden. am Frank Almy"
# YES replied Mrs. Warden, 81 know
1e you; don't trouble Christie" Amy had il
b the meantime seized Christie by the arm
f. ~ want to see Christie alone" he contin
N ued, and when Mrs Warden exclaimed
Ia 1--WE must not let him harm Christie" ht
I'd drew pistol from his pocket and pointed
is it at the mother. Christie, up to this time
he had been so overpowered by fear that sh
was scarcely able to move. She clung tena
ciously to her sister. bright young girl O
seventeen, who locked her in an embrace ths
Id was the desperate effort of loved ones no
OF to be parted. Amy, however, lost no tim
st in carrying out his design. He seize
a Christie by the left shoulder, and lockin
ut his left arm around her neck he placed tn
d cold muzzle Of his weapon against the breas
le of his victims young defender and Kissed
40 II have hated you, Fan, and unless you IL
goofChristie Twill blow you into eternity.
9u HEROINE OF FIFTEEN.
1t The young girl knew he meant all b
n said, but thinging only of her sister, sh
answered: Shoot, then. l will not Il
in her go''
ed Why the fiend disdained this heroic offe
ed may meyer be known.
,lf Grasping Christie around the wal.
ed Almy dragged her to the bars which /
ng had lowered, and pulled her over into tt
woodland beyond. At this point the groun
ID was cleared and, save for occasional lars
he rocks, was smooth. When once inside /
n threw his victim to the ground, and the
lie grasping her firmly by the feet ar
on skirt he began dragging her inland tt
en- ward small brook that was situated abol
'r- two hundred yards from the highway. A
90 he advanced with his burden he kept e.
in claiming, "Stand back or [ will shoot
lily This threat overawed the mother al
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