The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-08-21
ALM LAID Low.
Since July 18th He Has Been Hiding
in Farmer WardeR's Barn,
Within a Stones Throw Of The House
Of Those He WrOnged.
Surrounded by d Determined and
Angry Crowd Of Men,
After a Long Farley He Surrendered and
Is Now in the Sheriff's Hands.

hung over the country to the time Of his sur
render the crowd rapidly grew In numbers.
| Opposite the Warden homestead is tract of
| grass land 20 acres or more In extent This
| Is almost completely covered with teams,
many of which had come 10 to IS miles. The
roads for half mile are literally crowded
with carriages, all heavily laden with men,
women and children. In the early morning
after the preliminary search failed to dis
| close Almy's retreat the old college bell was
| set going.
Solicitor Mitchell sent messenger
to Lyme and Lebanon, N. H., and Nor
wich and Hartford, Vt, to set in motion the
machinery perfected during the last week
under the direction of High Sheriff Geo. M.
Stevens Of Lancaster for the local search in
the towns named. They were directed to
form their lines and move rapidly as was
consistent with careful search in the direc-
tion Of Hanover. At that time it was not
absolutely certain that Almy was in the
barn. Pref G. Fl. Whitcher and Sheriff
Brown, the men who discerned Almy in the
night as he came into the garden to replenish
his stock of food with apples, did not see
him reenter the barn but pass around the
east end Of it. They thought it possible that
he might have taken to the woods and If so
parties coming in from thse towns would
find him.
At about a. IN. the barn was completely
surrounded and systematic search begun
under the supervision Of Deputy Sheriff
Stevens. At about $50 which pitching over
hay G. Z. Hewitt ran pitchfork into Almy
who fired upon him. He returned the fire
and the barn was vacated. A second at
tempt was repulsed by the murderer. A
circle Of 250 armed men was formed around
the bard.
When Almy refused to come out as he
agreed the temper Of all the people changed
and general cry was set up, "Don't fool
with him any longer, bring him out dead or
alive and do 1t quickly" Those who had
been in conference with him having retired
by force, with Winchester rifles, and after
locating him as nearly as possible from the
outside, commenced firing. Almy responded
with his revolvers. The shooting resulted in
nothing except to bring another demand
from Almy for second talk with Solicitor
Mitchell Mr.. Mitchell went again into the
nay. nay. VI the second visit the Solicitor says:
"Almy was iourishing his shooting irons in
manner even more dangerous than before
AS he put them under my nose the express
sion of his face led me to think my life hung
on very slender thread. He said to those
within hearing. stand back gentlemen, 1
hold MI ; Mitehelps Stet eI life IN my hand If you
after some reference r 10 Mitchell Itch lias a5s
the first meeting he again asked me
If would guarantee protection and
fair tril in the courts. assured him he
would have both. He then called again for
John Nj. Fuller, who came up where we
were. After going over the same talk again
he handed one of his revolvers to me and the
other to Fuller. have since learned that
Sheriff Bridgeham, who had secured position
unknown to Almy, had a gun levelled on
the parleying murderer and was at one time
at the point of pressing the trigger.
A carriage driven by Sheriff A. o. Randall
was called for and driven up with the cur
tains down.
The crowd became furious at the prospect
of losing the chance to see Almy as he was
driven away. They demanded view in
tonesl which Enthusiastically meant that they
would take the affair into their own hands
recognizing the spirit of the almost violent
crowd, removed the curtains. Sheriff Bridge
man and other officers brought down the
murderer and he was soon placed in the
carriage, but the people massed in front of
the barn doors long time before they
could be induced to move sufficiently to al
low the team to pass out. Four officers
with drawn revolvers were in the wagon
and shouted to the people to stand back.
Aim was SO surrounded by officers that he
the carriage which promised for mingte to
Overturn 1t. The officers finally got the
wagon clear and the horses were whipped
into rapid pace. Almy was taken swiftly
to the Wheelock hotel in advance of all pur-
surers. Amid the grand rush Of several
hundred teams which soon arrived in the
village Almy was taken into the class dining
room at the head of the stairs on the first
floor: The office instantly filled with people
still loudly calling for sight of Almy.
Five officers with drawn revolyers were
stationed at the foot Of the stairs ard pre-
vented any passage. The streets about the
hotel were packed solid with the crowd
pressing towards Almy's retreat The Off
meant business. Sheriff Bridgman an
nounced from the steps that Almy could be
seen tomorrow, when he would be arragned
at a preliminary hearing. This plan was
not satisfactory and a cry went up, "We
want to see Almy today; we are going to do
it." They were soon assured that they
could do SO as soon as his wounds were
dressed. When this was completed the rec
pie were allowed to file through the room.
The stream kept up till 1900 passed, when
Almy tainted and the doors were closed.
An examination Of the murderer's body
SHOWED that he had been shot three times,
twice in the left leg below the knee, the
lower shot breaking the large bone. A shot
did not touch the skull. This shot was fired
by someone while Almy. was talking with
DIR. G. NJ. Hoffman about surrenderipg.
THESE wounds were dressed by Professor c.
b. Frost and Q. W. Smith of Hanover and
Professor p, s. Connor of Cincinnati. None
OF the wounds are very serious.
Almy says nothing In his past career Is
bad, except that he has gambled some. He
will be arraigned before Judge Cobb tomor-
row on warrants sworn out by N. A Frost.
IL annQarc that tho Wnundc in A 10
were made by Charles Z. Hewitt, the plucky
State College student who stood his ground
and emptied his revolver into the hay NOW
while Almy was firing up out of 1t. Neither
party was visible to the other during the
shooting. Hewitt escaped unharmed.
AT 10 p. m. Almy was sleeping guarded by
Sheriff BrldgemaD and Deputy Clark. Al
my's revolvers are both Smith & Wesson's
slx,shot, 44-calibre, four-inch barrels. He
had on when he surrendered a belt filled
large knife, tooth brush and some matches
1t was little short of miracle that with ali
the shooting that occurred today no one was
hit but Almy. 0"0 was
hoW Almy Was Found.
HANOVER, N. H., August 2O-IO a. M
Frank G. AlWy, the murderer of Christie
Warden, was found in warden's barn this
morning.
Cnarles H. stewart, student at the State
college, located Almy in the hay by proddinv
with the long handle of a shovel. When ne
punched the hidden man a bullet was fred
up at him through the hay on which he
stood. The concealed man firing, at the
same time digging himself out of the hay.
He fired at least 10 shots at the searchers
driving them from the barn.
Turner was only slightly injured.
Although nothing has been said about It,
1t has been thought for several days that
Almy was within reach.
Monday evening. Mrs. Warden, while
looking for some chickens in the barn yard.
discovered small opening in the under.
pinning of the barn which she thought might
lead to the chickens hiding place. She re-
moved small board and found on the in
side an empty jelly tumbler and further IN
II cans which had recently contained salmon,
oysters, peaches and other substantial eat
ables: There, were also empty wine and
beer bottles.
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