Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-21
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| Barn-His Pursuers Fired Upor
 From His Hiding.Place-,rerms O
 Surrender Dictated to the Sheriff. Fl Finally Overpowered.
 HANOVER, N. H., Aug. 2O.-Frank f Almy, the murderer of Christie Waraen
 was discovered in Mr. warden,s barn tb;.
 morning. Amy fired fifteen shots at hi,
 pursuers and wounded Azro Turner of Nor.
 wich, Vt. Charles F. Stewart, student
 at the state college, located Almy in fine
 hay by prodding with the long handle of a
 shovel. When he punched the hidden
 man, bullet was fired up at him through
 the hay on which he stood. The concealed
 man continued firing, at the same time
 digging himself out of the hay and fired at
 least fifteen shots at the searchers. drivino
 them rom the barn. A council of WAT
 was held as to the best means of dislodg- ing the murderer.
 Hanover was wild with excitement. It
 was certain that Frank 0. Amy, the mur-
 derer of Christie Warden, would soon be 1 captured, and, strange enough, that he would be found in the large haymow con l tained in the barns of the Warden home- l stead.
 Notwithstanding little has been said publicly, ,vigilant search has been constant l ly going on. Monday evening Mrs. Warden while looking for some chickens in the ! barnyard discovered a small opening in the underpinning of the barn which she thought | might lead to the chickens hiding place. She removed a small board and found on the inside an empty jelly tumbler and, fur ther in, twelve cans which had recently contained salmon, oysters, peaches and other substantial eatables. There were | also empty wine and beer bottles. Wed nesday morning F. W. Davidson and N. der the barn, finding more bottles and
 bludgeon about the shape, but somewhat
 larger, than 8 policeman's club. The | handle was nicely whittled and quite fresh. Knowing that the cellars of sey- eral private families in the village had been robbed of such material, they visited these people and found beyond all ques- ton that the goods came from there, and further, that some had been taken as re- gently as August 10.
 Last night Professor G. H. Whitcher and Sheriff H. c. Brown watched the premises. At about o'clock, while they were hid in some corn in the garden, s man whom they first supposed to be War den came toward them to some apple trees within ten feet of where they stood. Pro- lessor Whitcher says: '1 thought it was Warden, but as he came nearer thought I recognized Almy's walk. He was bare footed, his pants were torn and he looked pale and thin. He had bag with him and filled 1t while he ate ravenously. After little while he leisurely and unsuspecting- ly walked back to the barn and passed around the eastern side. That was the last we saw of him."
 The watchers returned to the village and aroused about forty men, who proceeded to and surrounded the building. Sheriff Ste vens and Solicitor Mitchell were on the ground and the search of the barn com menced. A council resulted in the ap- poiptment of the following as committee of procedure: Sheriffs Stevens of Lancaster and Clark of Lebanon, General c. O. Hurl-
 burt of Lebanon and ex-Sheriff N. C. Bridg-
 man.
 While many favored burning the barn to
 drive Amy out the majority favored enter ing the barn, and volunteers for this pur-
 pose were called for. Twenty-two men immediately responded As the party went into the barn Almy's voice was heard He
 asked that John Fuller be sent to him, as he wished to talk with him.
 Fuller and ex-Sheriff Bridgman went into the loft and, after some conversation with Amy, Sheriff Bridgman returned, mount ed ladder leaning against the house and eaid to the crowd: "fFellow citizens Amy has been found. Now I call upon you, in the name of law and good order,
 to restrain your anger and let the law take l it's course with this foul murderer. say this at the request of the county officials. men whom we chose by our votes to act for us. We all have confidence in them. We have as good courts as there are on the face of the earthn
 Then turning to the county solicitor he | said: "Solicitor Mitchell, I think I can
 assure you that these l, 300 people, most of | whom I know personally, will consent to \ let the law take it's course"
 These remarks were greeted with cries l of "Yes, yes; let the law take its course D MT. Bridgman further said that Almy is at this moment concealed under twenty | feet of hay. He says: 'If you don't give me protection I will sell my life as dearly | as possible and then kill myself, but if you will guarantee me protection through John 1 M. Fuller, will give up my arms and come out. The law abiding spirit of the | people was put to a severe test, but the feeling soon became strong that Amy
 should die only after a verdict of guilty should be brought in from a regularly con- | stituted jury. MT. Bridgeman, still perched on the ladder, said: "Your assuran ce that | Amy shall be dealt with according to law
 is satisfactory. I promise that you shall
 all have an opportunity to see him. Form in line side of the road and be shall pass along between the lines"
 Amy then refused to come out of the
 barn as he promised to do if guaranteed | protection. He sent for Solicitor Mitchell,
 who went up in the barn on the hay where Amy was sitting.
 MT. Mitchell reported as follows: 'I | went up in to the barn in accordance with
 the request of Amy. He sat on the hay
 and said his leg was broken. He had a
 large revolver in each hand and fiourished l them, pointing them sometimes at me and
 sometimes at his own head. He asked me l if would guarantee him a fair trial. I
 assured him that I would most certainly
 do so. He wanted to know how much of
 his past history had found out. told
 him we would not discuss that now.
 Pointing the revolver at his own head he
 asked me if I thought he had better shoot
 himself. The result of the conference was
 tha he refused to come out.
 "Mr. A. R. Smith, medical student,
 had conference with Amy. He says
 Amy told him he did not mean to kill
 Christie. lie said he fired the first shot
 accidentally, which threw him into a
 frenzy, then he shot her again. If Mrs.
 Warden, he said, had invited him to the
 house he should have gone right along and | there would nad been no trouble. he
 then said to Smith, as he pointed his pistol
 at him: You get right down now. I will
 see you later."
 John M. Fuller, who called up for the
 conference says: "Almy said he had been here ever since July F, and that he had been to the grave as often as twice a week l He expressed the deepest love for Christie. , He gave me a roll of papers and s ring. , have not examined the papers yet. Almy said when they found the empty fruit cans , Monday. he took it into his head to leave !, and went in the night down beyond Hart ford, Vermont, @ village little way, but 1, he felt as if he couldn't leave the place and came back again. While I was talking with him I could at times almost persuade ' him to surrender; then he would ask som, question about the Warden family, aftel which he would say that he would not giv,
 himself up. He was smooth shayen ex , l cept heavy moustache and he looked pale and thin"
 At 1 o'clock the decision was reached bI the citizens committee to catch Amy un - aware and shoot him, and thus put an ent ,, to what is becoming grim farce. Wher this conclusion was made krown 1t wa !, greeted with yells of delight by the people U | -ha tbouph sfr ;no1;naJ l.. Al.