The morning call., 1891-11-20
The Murderer Of Christie War
den to Be Hanged.
A Crime That Caused a Sensation
Throughout New England.
The Assassination Of Young Girl by a
Rejected SuitOr-IItenSe Public Feel
Ing Against the Prisoner.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

PLYMOUTH IN. H., Nov. 1e.-Couusei for
Almy. on trial for murder, began his argu-
ment when the court opened to-day. He
ond degree.
The prisoners counsel closed his plea at
1880 o'clock. A recess then followed, after
which Attorney-General Barbara spoke for
the prosecution. He closed about noon.
The court then adjourned. AT o'clock the
Judges handed down verdict OF guilty Of
murder in the first degree. and sentenced
Almy to hang the first Tuesday in Decem-
Der. 1892.
CONCORD On. H., Nov. 19.-Several hun
dred people met the train on which Almy
arrived from Plymouth. The prisoner was
surrounded by Sheriffs and members of the
police force, who escorted him to a barge
which was to take him to prison. AS he
approached the barge, cries Of Hang him, +"
Lynch him, "String him up with ropes"
ETC., were heard, but the officers finally
lodged Almy in prison, where he was as
signed to the murderer's cell.
SCENE OF THE MURDER.
A shady spot much frequented, the
Male Temple, little dip in the Hanover
road, half way between the Warden farm
and the village. and where Daniel Webster
had gone to practice oratory when he was a
Dartmouth College student, was the place
where Almy killed Christie Warden after
dragging her from the mOnnlit road, when
she and her mother and sister and Louise
Goodell were returning from a meeting Of
the Grafton Star Grange.
Frank Almy, who is disreputable fellow,
was engaged by Andrew NJ. Warden,
Christie's father. to help on the farm. He
had the assurance 10 love his employers S
daughter, but she refused to listen to his
overtures. He finally left Mr. Warden's
employ and disappeared from the neighbor-
hood. On the evening of the 17th Of July
he appeared in the town after an absence
of more than two months, and suddenly
jumping out from the shadow of big tree.
confronted Christie in the moon!it road,
saying:
81 must see you alone.'
At the same time Almy drew one of his
revolyers. Tuning to the girls mother, he
said: "Now. Mrs. Warden, l don't want to
harm you or anybody; YOU walk on with
Fannie and Louise. and let me talk with
Christie"
APPEALS FOR HELP.
Resolute, determined Fannie Warden,
however, was not going to desert her sister
in this hour of danger. While everybody
else was paralyzed with fear at this dread
full apparition and the horrible suspicion Of
what might be in store for Christie Fannie
stood her ground and tried to aid her sister,
1t was of no avail, however. Almy dragged
his victim across a vacant space in the little
vale to small clump of willows about 300
feet from the road, brandishng his revol-
vers as he went But Fannie dogged his
footsteps at every inch of the way after en-
deavoring to arouse the nelghOOrs, and
while poor Christie could only cry, Fannie :,
don't desert me nOw!'
Almy, foled in his design to have Christie
alone, opened fire on Fannie Warden. His
powerful 44-caliber revolver rang out strong
and clear upon the evening air, and the
flash of the powder threw lurid glare upon
the Scene. But his aim was bad. The Dul-
lets whiZZed by the ear of the trembling but
resolute girl. and one OF them struck the
ground at her feet and dug Deep long
furrow in the earth. Help had meanwhile
come across the top OF the hill in response to
! the appeal for aid which Fannie had sent
out as soon as Almy has seized her sister in
the road.
But the sight of the now desperate man,
who had drawn another pistol from his
belt and was standing in streak of moon
| light over his victim, was enough to deter
| young Emmett Marshall, especially when
| he heard ball whiZZ by him as lie rounded
| The top of the hil
| Keep back, or you're a dead man!'
That Is what Alny cried, and Emmett
| Marshall prudently dipped behind the brow
| of knoll.
THE FATAL SHOTS.
How the first shot was fired has never
been definitely settled. 1t entered the
| lower part OF the body. cutting through the
| abdomen ana coming out near the spine
Almy says this was fired accidentally as he
| was dragging his victim across the field, that
| the revolver, which was held in the hand
| that grasped the girl. suddenly went off.
And then" says he, Il killed her in order
| to put an end 10 her terrible sufferings"
He killed her by two shots in the left
temple. which completely tore away the
skull Oh that side OF the head and laid the
| brain open The theory of accidental
| shooting in the first instance is, however,
ridiculed by Professor Frost and the other
! physicians who examined the body and
who say that the muzzle of the pistol was
| held close to the flesh, and that the clothing
| was burned by the powder.
The report of the Two shots that were fired
| into the head of poor Christie Warden rang
| out clear and sharp. Instantly the MUIR
| derer was seen to rise up from where he had
bent over the PROSTATE body in the shadow
| OF the willows. He dashed across a space
OF clear moonlight, ran along rail fence
leading up the side OF a hill and disappeared
in the darkness In the direction of Hanover.
The police and reporters, urged on by
large rewards offered by the town and State
for tie murderer's capture, dead or alive,
cl ased false clews all over New England
and Canada. The finding under Warden's
barn Of a lot OF empty vegetable cans, known
to have been stolen from houses in the vicin-
ity, led to suspicions that tramps were max
ing the barn their headquarters. This led
to the barn being watched at night, and the
observers were thunderstruck on discover
ing the robber to be Almy. The entire town
was quickly aroused by knocking at each
individual door. Over 100 armed men sur
rounded the barn and for hours were held
at bay by the murderer, who finally surren-
dered alter receiving what was at tile time
supposed to be fatal wound.
DECISION REVERSED.