St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-21

shots struck and slightly wounded AFRO
Turner, of Norwich, Vt, student
here. A council of war was held by the
men outside the barn as to the best
means of continuing the attack
upon the outlaw. While many
favored burning the barn to drive
AlmY out, the majority favored
entering the barn, and volunteers for
this purpose were called for. Twenty
two men Immediately responded. AS
the party went into the barn Almy's
voice was heard. He asked that John
Fuller be sent to him, as he wished to
talk with him. Fuller and eX-SherlH
Bridgman went into the loft. and. after
some conversation with Almy, SherlH
Bridgman returned, mounted ladder
leaning against the house, and said to
the crowd: "Almy has been found.
Now call upon you in the name OF law
and good order to restrain your anger
and let the law take It's course with THIS
foul murderer. l say this at the request
of the county officials, men whom we
chose by our votes to act for us. we
have confidence in them. We have as
good courts as there are on the face OF
the earth.' Then turning to the coun-
ty solicitor he said: II think L can as
sure you that these !, 800 people, most OF
whom | know personally, will consent
to let the law take its course" These
remarks were greeted with cries of
eyes, yes, yes; let the law take It's
course" Mr.. Bridgman further said:
"Almy is at this moment under twenty
feet of hay. He says: If you don't
give me protection, | will sell my
life as dearly as possible, and then
kill myself, but if you will guarantee
TOion Nj
| will give up my arms and come out.
The law-abiding spirit of the people
was put to severe test, but the feeling
soon became strong that Almy should
die decently, after a verdict OF guilty
shall be brought in by regularly COLI
stituted jury.
Almy refused to come out of the barn
as he had promised, however. He sent
for Solicitor Mitchell, who went to the
barn, where Almy was sitting on top OF
follows: 81 went up in the barn
i'm accordance with the request of
AlmY. He sat on the hay and said his
leg was broken. He had revolver i'll
each hand and flourished them. point
ing them some times at me and some
times at his own head. He asked If L
would guarantee him a fair trial. L as
sured him l would most certainly do so.
He wanted to know how much OF his
past history l had found out. L told
him we would not discuss that now. He
asked me if | thought he had better
shoot himself. The result of the con-
ference was that he refused to come
Out.'' A. A. Smith, a medical student,
had a conference with Amy. He
says Almy told him he did not
mean to kill Christie. He said
he fired the first shot accidentally,
which threw him into frenzy; then he
shot her again. If Mrs. Warden, he
said, had invited him to the house, he
should have gone right along, and there
would have been no trouble. lie then
said to Smith, as he pointed his pistol
at him: You go right down now. l
will see you later"
John NJ. Fuller, whom Almy called up
for the conference, said: "Almy has
been here ever since June IA, and he
has been to the grove as Often as twice
a week. He expressed the deepest love
for Christie. He gave me a roll OF pa
pers and a ring. l have not examined
the papers vet. Almy said that when
they found the empty fruit cans
Monday he took it into his head to
leave. and went in the night down be-
yOnd Hartford, a Vermont village a
little way, but he felt as if he could not
have the place, and came back. Whlle
/ was talking with him." continued Mr..
Fuller, II could at times almost per-
suade HIM to surrender, then he would
ask me some question about the War
den family, after which he would say
that he would not give himself up. He
was smooth shaven, except heavy
mOustache, and he looked pale and
thin.'
The decision was reached at l o'clock
bv the citizens committee to take Almy
unawareS and shoot him, and so put an
end to what was becoming grim farce.
When this conclusion was made known
it was greeted with yells OF delight by
the people. The crowd lost patience
parleying with the assassin and the
officers attacked the barn with Win
chesters, Almy retaliating with shot
after shot from his revolver. At 1:50
o. m. Almv was overpOwered and taken
to the Wheelock house, where he is
confined up stairs. Half a dozen
officials with drawn revOlvers stand
at the foot of the stairs
holding back the excited crowd.
In an interview this evening Almy says
he killed Christie Warden, but that he
had no idea of committing rape. He
went direct to Mr.. Warden's barn after
killing the girl, and was there when the
body was brought into the house. He
had full view of the house from his
hiding place in the barn at the time of
Christie funeral. He says he had not
been off the premises since, moving
around for food to keep him alive, and
frequently visiting the dead girls grave
at night. Almy is lying on cot in the
Wheelock house. His thin, pale face
shows the effect of his hiding. He has
been shot twice in the left leg and ply
sicians are attending to his wounds.
In the afternoon the streets about the
hotel were packed solid with turbulent
crowd. The officers soon became con-
yinced that the crowd meant business
and Sheriff Brigham came out and an
nounced from the steps that Almy
could be seen tomorrow, when
he would be arraigned for
preliminary hearing. This plan
was not satisfactory and the cry went
up, 1--WE want to see Almy to-day, and
we are going to do it." They were soon
assured that they could do so as soon
| as his wounds were dressed. When
this had been completed the peo-
pie were allowed to walk through
| the room. The stream was not
let up until 1,5O0 had passed, when
AImv 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
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