St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-19
Thus Does Frank Amy Offer
Excuse for His Cruel
Crime.
Christie Warden's Murderer
Tells Of His Efforts to
Win Her,
Haunted Her Home a Month
Before He Could See the
Dead Girl
Six People Crushed to Death
by Collision Of Express
Trains,

PLYMOUTH. n. H., Nov. 1s.-A surg
ing crowd again besieged the doors of
the little court house this morning long
before they were opened. and the court
room was packed as yesterday. Almy,
who passed a sleepless night, was
brOug ht into court at O'clock, showing
every evidence of the strain through
which he is passing, and looking de-
jected.
Mr.. Storey opened the. argument for
the defense. He said the respondent
was man of a good deal of passion
and high feeling. He became infatuated
with Christie Warden; she returned his
love; they read and sang together;
Christie mended his clothes, gave him
pictures and the necktie on which
she painted his favOrite flowers.
Christie became offended at him and
after mutual consultation, he left her,
still loving her. Afterward he desired
to see her alone, so he secreted himself.
Then passed thirty days without meet
ing her. On the fatal night, disap-
pointed. he went to the willows, where
he waited till Christie came. lie was in
a half-starved condition, with an unac-
cOuntable turn of mind; was opposed
by Fannie and her mother and commit
ted the fatal act, xii ling the girl he
loved best of all of others. He wan
dered back towards the barn where he
remained, visiting Christie's grave by
night and placing flowers thereon.
Army Tells HIS Story.
Amy. the prisoner, was then sworn
amid much excitement. In reply to
questions of the attorney general he
told of his first coming to the Warden
farm and making a contract with War
den to work on his farm. The witness,
trembling and weeping, affirmed his
love for the Warden girls and said:
Christie waSsa very quiet girl. l loved
her and thought the world of her."
Almy detailed at great length his rela-
tons with Christie, giving the impress
sion that they were of the most friendly
character and of a reciprocal nature.
He said he loved Christie with all his
heart, and thought if he could have had
her she would have led him to better
life.
Almy described the meeting with the
Warden party, after trying unSucceSS-
fully for month to see Christie alone,
and said that in going over the bars,
with his arm about Christie'S waist,
they stumbled. Th9n he heard noises
around them. FanNy was screaming
and he fired his revolver to keep her
back, not thinking to shoot her. His
fall stunned him; his thought was that
he must have Christie; there were
sounds of voices coming nearer and
nearer and Christie was lying
on the ground unconscious. In
some way his revolver was fired,
he did not know how. Then
when he saw that Christie was shot he
exclaimed: My God, Christie is dead"
He was daZed. He immediately left her
and went to the river. then returned to
theWarden barn, from W hich he watched
the men who brought the body Of Chris
tie to the house. He told of visiting
Christie'S grave on different occasions.
He could not realize that she was dead,
and he never thought of being captured,
and the feeling that he could not leave
her chained him to that locality.
At the conclusion of Almy's testim0-
ny both sides rested. Arguments will
be made by Attorney General Barnard
and Counsel Burleigh tomorrow, Begin
ming at 9 O'clock, and they are expected
to be brief. Then 1t will remain for tie
court 10 announce the degree of murder
and sentence the prisoner.