Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-08-22
STILL UNDER GUARD
Murderer Amy Too Weak to
be Taken to Jail.
He TELLS A PATHETIC STORY.
Says That Christie Warden Caused the
First Shot

To Put Her Out OF Misery He Fired
Again and Again-He Intended to XIII
Himself but Something Restrained
iim-Mrs. Warden Will Probably Claim
tbs Reward for His Capture.
hanover N. H, Aug. 22.-Frank A1my,
the murderer of Christie Warden, is
still very weak, and has been removed to
an upper story of the hotel, where better
and more commodious quarters have
been secured. 1t is not likely that he
will be removed to the Jail in Grafton
for some time, rs the Jail is not consid-
cree safe and lacks necessary accommo-
dations for the wounded murderer.
There is probably no more interesting
feature connected with the Almy capture
than the statements made by the prison
Ell himself. His story of the affair, in his
own words, is as follows:
AImy's Story of the Murder.
:In the beginning Christie Warden
and l were the best of friends. / loved
her, and, although she never told me she
reciprocated the feeling, l have always
felt that she did. After had been on
the Warden farm a month or six week
we began to visit various places together,
and, though she appeared shocked at
SOME Oh Gno bGOFl0S GOlu nSr OIL my pASU
life, she, nevertheless, talked to me in q
friendly manner regarding the future,
and told me 1 could make of it what /
chose.
"There was familiarity between us, the
familiarity of accepted lovers, and /
shall always >tick to this part of my
story. 1t is true that she never prom
ised to be my wife, but she gave me oc-
casion to believe that the day was not
Co. iyfo han, oI, har
family interfered. 1 was practically re-
jected and went away to forget her, if
l could, among other sc enes. 1t was a
hard thing to do, but the on ly thing that
remained.
81 left the Warden farm and drifted
about here and there, always thinking of
her aud longing to be near her. / could
not rest unless 1 cams back, and SO re-
turned. When the night of the killing
came | saw her mother and Fannie de-
part and l waited for them by the brook,
guessing at the time they would return.
When they came back from the grange
meeting 1 was in readiness, and when
the party reached my hiding place I
stepped out, announced who I was and
told Mrs. Warden that I wanted to speak
with Christie.
The Scene in the Road.
"Mrs. Warden at once few at me, called
me everything that she could think of,
and Fannie and the lady with them
Joined in. Christie alone remained silent.
Such a raking over as 1 got for few
moments from those two females was
enough to make a man completely lose
his head. / could stand it no longer,
pulled out my revolver and told them to
move on. Then Christie began to get
frightened and to struggle.
I'm the excitement which followed my
only thought was to keep Fanny away.
Contrary to my expectations this had no
effect on Chri >tie and she struggled to
free herself The weapon was a self
cooking one, and the pressure was great
enough to discharge it. The girl fell,
and when l saw the blood pouring from
her abdomen, an insane horror came
over me and l believed that she was
dead.
''Then the thought that perhaps she
was not dead but mortally wounded, and
rather than have her know in her mo-
ments of semf-consciousness that l had
shot her, fired at her again and then
again Then 1 thought would end m y
own existence, but something, l know
not what, restrained me, and 80 l hur-
r1ed from the scene and secreted myself
in the barn"
Mrs. Warden VIII Claim the Reward.
Since Almy's arrest much discussion
has been caused as to who will get the
reward. Governor Tuttle on August
issued proclamation calling for all citi-
| zens to assist in the capture of the MUIR
| derer.
He also stated in the proclamation tina
he would recommend the passage of a
bill at the next session of the Legisla-
ture, giving to the person making the
arrest $4,000. The town of Hanover also
offered $1,000 reward, making in all
81, 900 for the arrest of the murderer.
Some people think that Prof. Witchell
and H. @. Brown are entitled to it, for
they watched him in the garden on the
night before his capture.
1t is stated on good authority now that
Mrs. Warden herself will claim the re-
ward, she being first to find trace of his
presence in the barn. Others Of the party
who went into the barn and made the
arrest are likely to claim the money.