Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-21
|TrBDERER'S CAPTURE
n tbe Scene of the Crime After a
FruitleSS Search
MANY WEEKS IN THE VICINITY.
V,ypdd Up in q Barn and the 0flcsrs Hays
,..,i DiEcnllJ in Saving Him From the
fury Of the PsOpls-A Story Of
Remarkable Arrest

Hter is again Wild with excitement. III
hpms almost certain that Frank c.
Inv. the murderer of Christie Warden,
soon be captured, and strange
sough there is little doubt that he will
j found in the large haymOw contained
the barns OF the Warden homestead.
xotwithstanping little has been said
Mblicly, vigilant search has been con-
4antly going on. Monday evening,
\ rs. Warden, while looking for chick
no the barn yard, discovered small
Aening at the underpinning Of the
hrn. which she thought might lead 10
A 4e chickens hiding place. removed
nall board and and found on the inside
empty jelly tumbler and further In
tseve cans which had recently con-
j med salmon, oysters, peaches ana
Al aher substantial eatabIeS. There were
so empty wine and beer bottles.
Wednesday morning +. w. Davidson
Id y. A. Frost made further invesu-
&ations. and this morning these were
6ntinued and the finding OF Almy was
be result.
4 A council of the besiegers was held
F, ,nd resulted In appointing the following
4 committee OF procedure: SheriifS
stevens, of Lancaster, and Clark, OF
j ,banOn, General c. O. Hurl6ut, OF
lebanon, and ex-Shcriff n. c. Bridge
kap. While many favored burning the
! lrn 10 drive Almy out, the majority ia
4ored entering the barn, and volunteers
rr this purpose were called for. Twen-
txo men Immediately responded. As
Ihe party went into the barn Almy'S
soice was heard. lie asked that John
Fuller be set 10 him as he wished TO talk
ith him.
Fuller and ex-Sheriff Bridgman went
mo the loft, and after some converse
Hon with Almy, Sheriff Bridgman re-
furned, mounted ladder leading
acainst the house and said 10 the
erowd;
"Fellow citizenS-Almy has been
found. Now, | call upon you In the
name OF the law and good order, 10 re-
strain your anger and let the law take
rs course with this foul murderer. l
sav this at the request Of the county
8ficialS, men whom we chose BTonR
Ience In Jnem. we have as good courts
b there are on the face of the earth"
i Then turning to the County Solicitor
be said: solicitor Mitchell, l think l
BAN assure you that these 1,50O people,
most of whom / know personally, will
consent 70 let the law take its course. "
These remarks were greeted with
|cricS Of yes, yes; let the law take its
course" Mr.. Bridgeman further said:
F'Almy Is at this moment concealed un-
der twenty feet of hay. He says il you
don't give me protection, will sell my
life dearly as possible and then kill my
self, but il you will guarantee my pro-
|tectiOn through John NJ. Fuller, l will
give up my arms and come out"
The law-abiding spirit of the people
was put TO severe test, but the feel
|ng soon became strong that Almy
should die decently after a veadict OF
guilty shall be brought in grom a regu-
larly constituted jury.
Mr.. Bridgeman, still perched on the
ladder said: Your assurance that Almy
shall be dealt with according TO law Is
IpromiSe that you shall
al haYe an opportunity to see him.
Form 10 line each side OF the road and
he shall pass along between these
lines"
Almy now refuses to come ont of the
barn as be promised to do If guaranteed
protection. He sent for Solicitor Mitch
eN who went up In the barn on the hay
where Almy was sitting. Mr.. Mitchell
reports as follows: 81 went up into the
barn in accordance with the request OF
Almy. He sat on the hay and said his
leg vas broken. He had large revol-
yer in each hand and flOurished them,
p0.ting them sometimes at me and
sometimes at his own head. He asked
me II would guarantee him fair
trial. / assured him that / 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 revolt
Yer al his own head he asked me II l
thought he had better shoot himself.
The result of the conference was that
he refused TO come out"
Although large part Of the crowd
agreed with Sheriff Bridgeman in his
appeal for protection for Almy, when
be should be brought out of the barn,
several pistol shots fred in the crowd
while Bridgeman was talking, showed
that there was a difference OF opinion
az that time. When Almy refused 10
Come out as he had agreed TO, the tenn
per Of all the people changed, and gem
eral cry was sent up, "Dont TOOL with
him any longer; bring him out dead or
alive, and do it quickly"
Those who had been in conference
with him having retired a force with
Winchester rifles was brought, and after
locating him as near as possible from the
outside firing was commenced oy the
flemen. Almy responded with his re-
Vo'yer, but the shooting resulted In
nothing except to bring another demand
from Almy for a second talk with Solic-
i'or Mitchell. Mr.. Mitchell, notwith-
standing the increased desperation
U the murderer, went up to the
nayioft. OF this second visit the
solicitor says: 'Almy was aourishing
NS shooting irons in manner even
more dangerous than before. AS he put
mem under my nose, the expression on
MS lace led me to think that my life
lung on very slender thread. He said
~ 'hose within hearing: Stand back,
sehtlemen; hold Mitchell's life in my
1Snu' and II you wink I'll shoot him.
eI1er sr some reference to our talk at the
nls' ,., meeting he again asked me II l
,. "Vuia guarantee protection and fair
bn 'Sl "a the courts. assured him that
so. 90 should have both. He then called
5asn VEN Tor John II. Fuller, who came up
s,rca rese we were. After going over the
ssvo; ssS saik again he handed one Of his
O''ers to me and the other TO Mr..