Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-08-21
ALMY SURRENDERED
He Was Found Hiding in Mr.
WaldeH's Barn.
he MADE A DESPERATE FIGHT
The Murderer Gave Up the Battle 0nl..
When Crippled and Wounded

When Crippled and Wounded
For q While He Kept 800 Men ne Bay
Carried Under Strong Guard to
Hotel in Hanovsr-He Never Left ths
Scene OF the Crime - The HssassIn'I
Story.
HANOVER, N. H, Aug. 21.-Frank
Almy, the murderer of Christine War
den, Is now under arrest. Twenty citi
gems, under the leadership of Sheriff
Stevens, all armed with Winchester ri
hes. captured the criminal.
Almy was found concealed in Farmer
Warden's hay NOW. He fought desper-
ately for his life, and when taken had
two revolvers in his hands from which he
had discharged Is shots. The arresting
party surrounded him and kept the an
CRY mob of 500 people from lynchina
the murderer. He was locked up in the
Wheelock House, and band of citizens
and police officers are guarding him with
their rifles.
Mrs. warden's- Discovery.
1t il a strange coincidence that Mrs.
Warden, who was first accosted by Almy
on the night of the murder, proved to be
the first to discover his hiding place.
While searching for some stray chickens
Mrs. Warden noticed a hole under the
barn which excited her curiosity. Peep
ing through the dim light, she saw q
miscellaneous assortment Of empty cans
and bottles.
The cans and bottles were identified
as having been stolen, with their con-
tents, from the cellars of families in the
village. All night Professor Whit
cher and Sheriff Brown watched the
premises. At 2 a. m. they saw Almy
walking about the garden.
He was barefooted, ragged, pale and
thin.
trees, eating ravenously at the same
time.
He then walked back to tho barn, and
walked around to the other side of it.
The watchers returned to the village
and aroused about forty men, who soon
surrounded the building and search
| began.
Charles E. Stewart, a student of the
State College, was the first to locate
| Almy. He was prodding the hay with u
| shovel handle when he struck the body
| of the concealed man.
Instantly Alny fred through the hay.
The bullet missed Stewart. Almy fred
again and again, making his way up
ward through the hay at the same time.
|
barn was quickly deserted.
One of the shots struck and slightly
wounded AFRO Turner, of Norwich, Vt,
| a student there.
| A council was then held by the
men outside the barn, as to the best
means of continuing the attack upon
| the outlaw.
By this time hundreds of men had ar
rived to recruit the force already on the
| ADJ wit
guns, horse pistols, revolvers, pitchforks,
shovel handles. etc.
The Murderer surrenders.
| Almy asked for a conference with
| County Solicitor Mitchell and promised
to do him no harm, and Mr.. Mitchell as
sured him that his escape was tmpossi-
BILE and advised him to surrender peace
ably
Almy said he would think it over, and
told Mr.. Mitchell to retire. Even then
he was sorely wounded.
Later he called up John Fuller and
promised to surrender, but the desire for
freedom w. strong that he repented
at the last minute. After his capture
he said that he was glad the suspense
was over. He was followed to the town
by procession of about 100 carriages 8,
which had the appearance of a country
funeral.
Almy's revolvers were both Smith G.
Wessons six-shooters, A calibre, with
four-inch barrels, and were bought in
Palmer, Mass. He had on him when he
surrendered a belt filled with car tridge
He had in his pockets a large knife,
tooth brush and some matches 1t is
little short of a miracle that with all the
shooting that occurred no one was hit,
but Almy. Bullets whistled closely by
| h,, H. o = Lo, H.,
the side of the barn opposite the men
who were using Winchester rifles.
The Murderer Shot Three Times.
An examination of the murderer's
body showed that he had been shot three
times, twice in the left leg beIow the
knee, the lower shot breaking tho large
bone. The shot scooped q hole out of the
top of his head, but did not touch the
skull. This shot wassfred by some one
while Almy WAS talking with DR.. G. A.
Hoffman about surrendering. These
wounds were dressed by three physi-
clans. None of tho wounds are very
serious.
| Committed Another Crime.
After Almy had recovered from the ex-
element of being inspected by the crowd
ho consented to talk about his crime. he
| admitted that Almy was an assumed
| name, and confessed that he was hiding
to escape arrest for . similar crime for
which u price had been set upon his
head. He refused absolutely to tell his
real name or reveal the circumstances
which led him to take an assumed name.
Almy will be arraigned AZ soon rs his
wounds will permit his appearance in
| cour&
John NJ Fuller, who Almy called up
fer the conference, says: "Almy said he
had been here ever since June II, and
that he had been to her grave a. often as
twice q week. He expressed the deepest
| love for Christie.
| The town is wildly excited and there
are many threats Of lynohing.
The President Goes Fishing.
| MT. MoGREooR, N. Y, Aug. 31.-This
| morning the President went ON q fshin z
| excursion with Mr.. ArkeN on q private
| lake Returning to the hotol to din