Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27

ahi euheliHB very great pdln To-
day." he added as his face gave an in
voluntary twftch and his right hand
pressed the side of his hip in which the
shot entered. In moment, however,
he was more composed and then he
said:
"Now it is not remarkable that they
did not find me, as | was carefully
secreted and was always well under
cover until far into the night" This is
his story Of the whole affair in his own
| words:
THE MuRDERER's STORY.
"In the beginning Christie Warden
and | were the best Of friends. | loved
her, and, although she had never told
me she reciprocated the feeling, have
always felt that see did. After | had
been in the Warden family month or
six weeks we began to go about to vari-
Gus places together, and though she ap-
| peared shocked at some of the stories |
told her of my past my life she never
theless talked to me in a friendly man
ner regarding the future and told me |
could make Of it what l chose. There
was familiarity between us, the famili-
arity of accepted lovers, and | shall
always stick to this part of my story.
1t is true that she never promised to be
my wife, but she gave me reason to
believe the day was not far distant
when she would. Then her family in
terferred. l was practically rejected
and went away to forget her, if could,
among other scenes. II was ahard thing
to do, but the only thing that remained.
| left the Warden farm and drifted
about here and there, always thinking
of her and longing to be near her. |
could not rest unless l came back, and
SO | returned.
HIDING BEFORE THE MURDER.
~ slept in the Warden barn for a con-
siderable time and saw Christie again and
again from my place of concealment,
but never saw her unaccompanied and
so | waited, hoping for an opportunity.
When the night of the killing came !
saw her mother and Fannie depart, and
waited for them by the brook, guessing
at the time they would return. When
they came back from the grange meet
ing | was in readiness, and when the
party reached my hiding place stepped
out and announced who was, and told
Mrs. Warden that | wanted to speak
with Christie. Mrs. Warden at once
flew at me, called me everything that
she could think of, and Fannie and the
lady with them joined in, Christie alone
remaining silent.
COULD NOT STAND THEIR TONGUES.
"Such a raking over as | got for few
moments from those two females was
enough to make man completely lose
his head. l could stand it no longer, SO
pulled out my revolver and told them
to move on. | told them that intended
to see Christie alone and if they insisted
upon standing in the road / would go
over into the field. | took Christie by
the arm and asked her to go with me
over into the enclosure as | had some-
thing to tell her which | wished her to
take time in considering.
"She was perfectly willing to go with
me, and intended to take her out of
the hearing range of the others. But no
sooner had we reached the field than
Fannie interfered, and so furiously in
sisted upon following her that | was
compelled to tell her to stand back or l
would shoot
THE STRUGGLING GIRL KILLED.
"Then Christie began to get fright
ened and to struggle. In the excitement
which followed and the violence used
and the first shot my only thought was
to keep Fannie away. Contrary to my
expectations, this had no effect on
Christie and she struggled to free her.
self. In the midst of her struggles in
one of her wild thrusts she grabbed my
right hand, in which held my revolver.
In some way she pressed the hammer,
or rather my finger, which held it. The
weapon was self-cocking one, and the
pressure was great enough to discharge
it. The girl fell and when ] saw the
blood pouring from her body an insane
horror came over me and | believed
that she was dead
"Ihen | thought that perhaps she was
not dead, but mortally wounded, and
rather than think of her as d sufferer
longer and know in her moments of
semi consciousness that had shot her,
! fired at her again and then again.
Then | thought that l would end my
own existence, but something, / know
not what, restrained me, and so | hur-
ried from the scene and secreted myself
in the barn, where have been through
all this excitement, seeing all that had
taken place-Christies S sad home coming,
the funeral and the resumption of the
everyday life"
HANOVER, N. H., Aug. 22.-It has
been established beyond doubt that
Frank @. Almy is none other than
George II. Abbott, who escaped from
the Windsor, Vt, state prison about six
years ago. Warden 0akes and two
superintendents from Windsor this
morning positively identified him.
Abbott is known as an expert burglar
and desperate criminal. His age to-
day would be just about that of Almy.
When he escaped from the state prison
ut Windsor a reward OF $400 was offered
for his capture, but he has never been
again arrested. At the time of his es-
cape he was serving a sentence of Is
years, having been convicted on nine
different accounts for burglary and
entering, to which he pleaded guilty in
January, 1881.
Another strong point in the identifi-
cation is the fact that Abbott was from
Salem, Mass, and Almy is said to have
come from that city. Abbott is the son
of Harris h. Abbott of Salem The
father has been dead several years.
When Abbott was arrested, in 1881, |
he was the ring-leader of gang of bur-
glars, who operated in the towns up and
down the Connecticut river, from Bar
net, VT, on the north, to Lyme, N. H.,
on the SOUTH Abbott made his home,
most of the time the depredations were
occurring, at the home Of his uncle at
Ely Station. In December, 1880, he
was captured in the woods near Ely |
Station, by posse of citizens, under
the leadership of Deputy-sheriir Berry.
Stored in the woods were found over
300 kinds Of articles which the gang had