Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-28
ALMYS ACCOMPLISH.
TIE PEOPLE OF HANOVER TRNK HE HAD
SOM ASSISTANCE
Both Before and Ihsr Bis Murder Of Christie
Wsrdsn-NO O,hsr Hypothesis Will *
plain the Indiana Lsttsr-Hs is
Undoubtedly AbbOtk

HANOVER, N. H., August 27.-The
State officials, who had charge OF the
capture and removal Of Amy from Han
over, have all along been convinced,
from suspicious circumstances which
have developed in the case, that some
accomplice has been assisting him to
evade capture and supplying him with
food and news Of the pursuit.
Hitherto the presence OF Amy IN the
Wheelock Hotel, and the consequent ex,
cited state of the citizens have occupied
the entire attention of the ottcers'
Last night armed men surrounded the
hotel in order to prevent any attempt at
lvnchinR. But now that Almy Is saieiy
removed to a strong Jail sixty miles
away police attention is turned 10 the
question of whether he had an accom-
plice or not.
It will be remembered that last Thurs
day, when Almy was made prisoner az
the Warden barn, the Sheriff ordered
the arrest of Leverett Gorham, a Sweoe
who worked about the place. ms was
done because the State officials were
convinced that an accomplish OF the
murderer was somewhere in the neigh
borhood. Gorham was released the FOL-
lowing day, there being no evidence on
which to hold him. Now, however, an
effort will be made to find who assisted
Almy.
Deputy Sheriff Corning said to the
World correspondent to-day that there
was no doubt in his mind that Almy mad
received assistance, and that there was
somebody in the neighborhood upon
whom suspicion rested. DE decilheu'
however, to name the person. Corning
was out West when Almy was captured
He had gone to small village In inol-
ana to hunt for him.
What sent Corning upon this quest
was a letter signed Frank G. Amy"
which arrived here early in August. IL
was addressed to Sheriff Foster, OF Han
over, made fun of his efforts to find the
/ murderer, and threatened him Win
death in case the writer came across
him. This missive and two similar let
tiers which had arrived from places IN
New England were submitted to experts
in Boston and New York, together Win
specimens of Almy's handwriting. Inc
experts all agreed that the letters were
unouestionably written by Almy. The
question then was, who had assisted
| him in having these letters mailed at
such distance from Hanover?
Again it is known that Almy, when
secreted in Farmer Warden's barn, was
kept thoroughly posted about the ef-
forts which were being made to capture
him. He was enabled to closely follow
! the movements of the detectives, and In
some mysterious way learned exactly
when it was safe for him to venture
forth from his hiding place. He was
supplied with all the newspapers. Since
his capture copies Of New York and
New England newspapers have been
found in his hiding place in the barn
for nearly every day since the murder
was committed. These he could not
have obtained without assistance.
1t was utterly impossible for him to
have been the author OF the three
threatening letters to Sheriff Foster un-
less he was cooperating with an out
slider.
Who is this outsider? Various views
] are entertained on this subject, and the
name of more than one official has been
mentioned, but as yet no positive evil
dence has been secured upon which to
warrant an arrest.
p. II. Whitcomb, publisher OF the
weekly newspaper in Hanover, said to a
correspondent: "Those mysterious let
tiers look as though some one was an ac-
complete of Almy, although not directly
connected with the murder itself Many
circumstances can be explained in no
other way"
Lawrence B. Currier, of Hanover,
lately member of the State Legislature,
said "Almy's having been posted re-
garding the movements of the officers
through the newspapers may not be so
suspicious, for he might have stolen
the newspapers from the houses which
he entered in search Of food. That let
ter from Indiana, however, points very
strongly to his having had confeder-
ate on the outside"
D. B. Russell, of the United States
and Canada Express here, said: "The
letters were sent to some one well known
to Almy, or Abbott, and then returned
to the desired address by that party.
So far as 1 know, the general opinion Ia
Hanover is that he received outside aid
from some source.
G. w. Rand, one Of the leading mer-,
chants OF the town, believes that in no
other way than by the aid Of an accom-
plice could Almy have accomplished his
plans so successfully.
Mr.. Weston, af the firm of Storrs &
Weston, said: "If the prisoner be Alb
bott, as now seems certain, there are
without doubt some of his old pals left
who would assist If in their power the
man who was their leader years ago.
Almy's statement that he regularly re-
ceived the daily papers is almost an ad-
mission that he had an accomplish"
Henry Sanborn, proprietor of the
billiard-room which Almy freQuented,
said: THE letter received by Sheriff
Foster from Indiana was, without
doubt, in Almy's handwriting. Surely
he did not go West to mail it and then
return to Hanover? You mark my
words, some one mailed that letter for
him. As to the newspapers, however,
think he stole them when he went out
on his foraging expeditions.
Prof. Parker was inclined to believe
from the evidence that Amy had an ac-
complete. F. w. Dawson, whose lad
der Almy borrowed unknown to the
owner when he entered the room Christie
Warden had occupied in Prof. Pettrie's
house, said that ever sluce Amy had
been captured, he felt that some one
had kept the murderer posted.
John Fuller, the man whom Amy
called for when he found himself dis
covered, believes that Amy must have
had an accOmplice.