The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1891-11-27

MOOSE WAITS FOR ALMY
WILL BE HANGED THE FIRST TUES
DAY IN DECEMBER, 1892.

Murder in the First Degree is the Do
cision Arrived at by the Court-Th.
Murderer Sent 10 the State Prison
Citizens of Concord Give Him a Hot
Reception-Is Ignorant of His Fate.
PLYMOUTH, N. H., Nov. 1s.-Almy ha.
pleaded "guilty''to the indictment charging
him with the murder of Christie Warden
In open court Monday afternoon, Almy
retracted his plea Of mot guilty" made
for him at the time of his arraignment al
Woodville, and by SO doing has placed
his case in the hands of the judges instead
of the hands of jury
1t was just 2:40 o'clock when the big
double doors in the rear of the court room
opened and Almy and the officers guard
ing him entered Judge Allen was upor
the bench, and had just been in consulta
tion with Attorney General Barnard and
the counsel for the defense, Hon. Alvin
Burleigh and Joseph G. Story, and thest
gentlemen had just taken seats in the bar
County Solicitor Mitchell was also present
and Clerk Griswold and Sheriff Brigham
were at their respective desks.
Moments of Suspense.
The prisoner was given a place within
the bar and exactly facing the judges
bench, and as he took his seat Clerk Girls.
void arose and said:
Crank G. Almy, you have pleaded not
guilty to the Indictment found against
you for the murder of Christie G. Warden.
Do you now wish to change that plea"
"I do SIR" came the immediate reply.
"What do you now say?" continued the
clerk; ''are you guilty or not guilty."
The silence in the court room was before
impressive, but became doubly SO in the
pause that followed the clerks question.
Every one looked at the prisoner, whose
pale face grew even paler as he realized
the full import of the answer he must
make.
Something seemed to rise in his throat
and stop his utterance. Twice he essayed
to speak and twice he failed, glancing aside
as he did so, as if for external help.
1t seemed for an instant as though the
man, who up to this time had appeared to
have almost an iron nerve, might break
down. Tt was only for an instant, how.
ever, for by an effort he recovered himself,
and, looking steadily at the clerk, pro
nounced the word, Guilty"
1uc pTlSOHoT was ONcu WIeAuIdWA lIO1u
the court room in the same way that he
had been brought in and the drama of the
afternoon was finished.
Day of Sensations.
PLYMOUTH, N. H., Nov. 18.-Yesterday
was day of sensations in the trial of
Frank G. Almy, the self-confessed slayer
Of pure and innocent girl. Thrice the
murderer burst into tears. Once it was
when Mrs. Warden was telling of the
present Christie gave him on happy
Christmas morning. Again it was when
Fanny, the sister, was narrating the
incidents near the willows where the
murdered girl was found weltering in her
own blood and still again when she de-
scribed the friendly courtesies, only
friendly, which Christie showed to the
brute who sent her out of this life
DR.. Frost of Hanover was called, and
testified to an examination of the body of
the murdered girl while it lay in the
bushes just after death, In considerable
detail he described the CHASTITY wound in
Christie's head. The revolver had been
held so closely to the head, he said, as to
burn the skin. Near the body was pool
of blood.
DR.. Fro testified further as to the re-
suit of his examination, his testimony
going to show that, after firing the shot
which killed Christie, Almy perpetrated
q brutal indignity upon her body, using
his revolver.
The wound must have been made by
placing the muzzle of the pistol within the
genital organs. The ball could not have
gone in at the back and come out at the
front without making an external injury,
Of which there was no sign.
To question as to the wound in the
body, DR.. Foster said that in his opinion
the wound could only have been made
when the girl was unconscious. No blood
was found outside of the body from this !
wound so that he judged that the hearts
action must have ceased when it was in
flicted. Nothing new was found on further
questioning