The evening world., 1891-08-22
ALMY is ABBOTT.
Christie Warden'S Murderer Is an ES-
capped Expert Burglar.
Identified To-Day by Officers from
the Vermont State Prison.
He Sings of "Her Grave" and
Jokes About Hanging.
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HANOVER N H. Aug. 2".-lt has been es-
taohsned beyond doubt that Frank c. Almy
~ none other than george IL. Aobott, who es-
caped from windsor (Vt.) state prison about
SIX years ago.
warden oaSes ana Two superintendents
from windsor positively Identified him as the
man sentenced.
Aooott Is known as an expert burglar ana
desperate criminal. His age to-day would be
JUST ABOUT that OF Almy.
"hen ne escaped from the state Prison AZ
Wlndsor' W.T. a reward OF s4oO was onered
Tor his capture but he was never again ar
resteu'
Al Che time OF MS escape nc was serving
out sentence OF ntteen years. having been
convicted on nine diherent indictments lor
breaking and entering, TO which he pleaded
guilty IN january, 1881
Ahother strong point In the lochtincatloh
N Che Iact that ADbott was from salem'
Mass Amy Is SAID 10 nave come from that
CITY.
AoDott Is son OF Harris h. Aooott, OF
salem. The father has been dead several
years.
when Abbott was arrested In 1881 he was
the ringleader OF gang Of burglars who oper-
ated In the towns up and down the Connec'l-
cut River from Barnet W. on the north, TO
Lyme n. H. on the south
ADoott mace MS nome most OF the time the
depredailons were occurring at the mousse OF
MS uncle al ELY station
In December, 1880, he was captured In the
woods near ELY station by posse OF citizens
under the leadership OF Deputy Sherin Berry
stored In the woods were found over 300
different articles which the gang had stolen,
and among them was rife which he had
stolen from his captor, Deputy sheriff Berry.
Abbott had also taken $500 from him.
At the time OF his capture he made des-
perate and determinedr resist ante ana received
twenty different bullet wounds before he sur
rendered
Four days after he escaped from his captors
and ran over mile and a half with nothing
on but his nightshirt and a bedspread thrown
around him. He concealed himself In a rail-
road culvert. but was soon found.
A prominent citizen OF Thetford, vt, who
lives not far from where Abbott's home was
in that town, saws that Abbott came to Thet-
ford when about fifteen years old, to live with
his uncle, Israel Abbott.
He was q bright, auick-witted boy, but
showed a marked propensity for stealing.
He at one time stole a stove and st up n
blacksmith shop on the bank OF the Connecti-
cut River.
As he grew older he showed a fondness for
girls and was a great favorite and was always
very Rentlemanly In his conduct towards
them.
In 1875 he was arrested for breaking into
Hale,s tewelry store at oxford, and sentenced
tn four wears in the State prison Mt Concord.
HIS term was shortened nv good behavior.
He returned TO Tbetford and lived. so far as
known. a most exemplary life until 1850.
During the early part OF that year the towns
M Thettorn Foirlea and ortord were ran.
socked generally nv some midniuht marauder.
who later was round IN he Abhott. He was
shot in the hin while making his escape from
7 X Carr,s house in orrord.
SALEM, Mass, Aug. 22.-George H. Abbott,
alias Frank C. Almy, was born here and lived
in Salem until some ten years OF age.
His father committed suicide and his mother
is dead.
The lady who brought him up lives in
Salem, as does his stepmother.
Almy was guarded last night in his room
in the Wheelock House by onicers, who re-
ueyed each other at intervals. He rested
quietly until IL O'clock when he fell into a
delirious condition, and talked Of love, poetry,
natural history, &C
He sang with firm, strong voice several
verses OF "The Mocking Bird" and when he
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