The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-07-20
A LOVERS CRIME.
BE FOULLY MURDERS A MISS
WHO REJECTED HIM.
sRITIClSING POWDERLY'S ACTIONS
A Scranton Paper Thinks He is
Not Averse to Political Favors.
Great Influx of Huns IN the
Luzerne Region.

Hanover, N. H., July 2O.-Miss
Christie Watdon was shot to death
about Que mile from home late last
Friday night by Frank Almy, a re.
jected suitor.
Few of the citizens of Hanover knew
until this morning of the murder.
The high cbaracter aud social position
Of the victim, together with the bold.
ness and desperation of the deed have
helped to raise excitement to a high
pitch,
kilograms giving description of the
murderer were sent out within one
hour after the shooting to deputy
sheriffs along the line of all the rail-
roads in this section and to conductors
ON all the trains at White River juno
tion, Wells River and Woodsville.
That he could have escaped by train
seems almost impossible, and he is
thought to be hiding in, or making
his way through the woods. Business
IS practically suspended, and large
numbers OF armed men, among them
htAllg al VI tue lfdA NlllhNANh IhblNEHOlE :
who are spending their vacations at
home, are stouring'the country.
One theory is that suicide was the
second act in the tragedy, and that
the OOdy of the murderer will be found
within few hours not far from where
his fiendish work was done. Another
theory is that having long premedi-
| tRted the act, he planned such speedy
and effective means of escape that he
is already a considerable distance
away.
The victim, Miss Christie Warden,
with her mother, her sister Fannie
and Louise Go0dell, We're going home
on foot from meeting of Grafton Stal
Grange, in which Miss Warden has
held for several years the Office OF
| "lecturer.n At about eleven O'Clock
they had reached PoJRsh Hollow
half mile outside of tue village, wheI
Almy appeared fl0m side road anC
said:
"I am Frank Almy. L don't wan
anything of you, MIS-. Warden, o.
Fannie. Go right along. L wan
Christie"
At the same time he took hole
and pushed her to an opening in thu
fence.
All three tried to resist him, whel
he drew revolver, threatening thei
lives. Mrs. Warden cried for help au(
ran back to meet some neighbOTs wbt
were returning from the Grange meet
ing. After Chr's,ie had been foICet
into the field she called TO Fannie,
"Oh, Fannie, come and help me
He is tearing my clothes all Off"
, In the meantime the brute was draw
ing his victim nearer to clump 0
? willows. Ia response to her sister
renewed cry for help, Fannie rushe
forward, when Almy said;
Fannie, l hate you and will kill yo
for interfering"
/, At the same time he fired. The bu
let passed so near her face that she fel
its VIII ~. The fiand then dragged th
girl, whom La had professed to love
under the willows, and mercilessl
shot her through the head and body
| The revolver used was of Al calibrC
One of the bullets passed through TN
p head of the victim, tearing the left ey
out, and death must have been instan
taneous.
Help arrived in few minutes, bu
/ the murderer had fed. Almy al
peared here about year ago, elaine
to have come from the employ of tn
Brown Lumber Company of Wen
worth, and that Savannah, Ga, wa
S his home. He engaged as n farl
laborer with Mr.. Warden was gentl
, manly in appearance and deporlmeI
aud well educated.
He soon began paying markedattei
ton to Miss Christie, VINO discourage
D his advances and plainly told him tai
his suit could not be considered. HI
f parents, who were Of the same mint
had been investigating at Wentworth
a aud had found that Almy had workC
there, he had been known by anothl
name. Mr.. Warden discharged hi
, last April. Siuce then his wher
!, abouts have been unknown.