Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-26
And Covered the Grave Of His
Love so Fair.
WHEN GRAVE-YARDS YAWNED.
u. Visited the Scene of a Crime That Angels
Wept for and Men Denounced.
:. III. Fury of a Moment, When Sstan's
Lightning Flashes Through the
Brain and Makes Man Demon
He Slew His Sweetheart.

Lar-el December l, 49,. Inc IFlal began
- TuasLay and the final chapter has been
ss35e3 to the most dramatic murder in the
-T;sr1rv Of tne New England states.
II is cow nearly three months since Almy
,.,rrsudersd his pistols on the afternoon of
.nrls- 20. after having held al bay for
~rer ten hours thousands of angry and
syrited citizens who would have shot him
az SIGHT. Since then his character has
Sesn studied and the story of his previous
Efs uut together bit by bit, and to-day he
stands more like figure which had stepped
mi of the misty pages of some old romance
nan nineteenth century New England
murderer.
Eugene Aram.
NJ criminal of modern times has illustra-
,a6 fn % Singular a manner the wierd faS-
Cra,ion which sometimes chains a muir
szrrr " the spot where his crime wa,
t5umit-ed That is the explanation of his
presence at the Wardens', given me by
FRANK Amy in Hanover the day after his
se.5a.iuua. capture, as he lay with d
iroxcu lcs aud bandaged head on q small
cor in q room Of the Wheelock hotel.
he could NOT leave the neighborhoOd, he
said and for five weeks after the murder
had lived il Mr.. Warden's barn because he
wanted 10 be near the spot which Christie
Warden had endeared to him, and where
lie. had wandered hand-in-hand and made
l,.e together but few months before.
He KNEW ALL ABOUT II.
Alay knew that $4,000 reward was offered
for his capture, dead or alive, and that
some Of the best detectives in the United
States were working on the case.
And yet lie staid right there in Andrew
Warden 5 barn for five weeks. At night he
would venture out in search of food and
,sa,s d mile along a moOnlit road to visit
CnrIstie Wardens grave III the village cent
ersrg He was fully aware Of the danger
he .ras in, and he was armed TO the teeth
Airy told L story of his experience dur
ing this period, which seemed to afford him
some amusement. One day, a week or two
after tie murder, as he lay among the hay
surgcyIGVthe Warden home through Il knot
hole in the wall, he saw two Of the officers
drive UP for consultation with the family.
They were Deputy Sheriff Corning who
had Just returned from chasing man in
Canada, whom lie supposed to be Almy, and
Detective Hanson, one of Pinkerton'S men.
They niiched the horse, and after long
talk with Andrew Warden, one OF them
sal Let Us walk out here so we can talk
about the case alone
WITHIN TWO FEET OF HIM.
They walked into the barn and sat down
less than two fest from where Almy lay
concealed.
Il could have put out my hand" said
touched Corning on the shoulder without
moving my body, and all the while l had
them both covered with two Al smith "
Nelson's. heard them discuss the different
cews they bought they had as TO my move
reG's. and they regretted very much that
photograph of me was nowhere to be OBJ
tanned. Then Corning got up within two
Zee Of NE and stretched his legs and said:
We'll. I'd shoot the scoundrel dead if | got
NV eyes upon him. ~
He had 4 number of cleverly devised re-
treats ~ the Warden barns. His larder
was amply supplied with luxuries, includ-
ing canned oysters, salmon, SardineS, and
bottles G. Angelica wine and Medford rum,
which he had stolen from houses IN Han
over during foraging expeditions at night.
A shady spot they much frequented was
the Male temple, little dip in the Hanover
rOdd, half way between home and the vii
lage and where Daniel Webster had gone
10 practice oratory when he was Dart
oatAcc.ege student. This was the place
where Amy had subsequently killed
Carlstic Warden after dragging her from
ta5 moJulit road, when she and her mother
sEu Slslcr and Louise Goodell were return
!nE from the meeting of the Grafton Star
Grange
More thaa dozen times had Amy stolen
ol!t al night ana visited Christie Warden's
grave. To do this he had to walk mile
mo the very heart of Hanover, passing the
spot where the murder WAS committed and
going through some of the village streets.
II LAG been noticed casually that some per-
son had placed flowers upon the grave. and
members of the Warden household had
wondered who it might he. Nothing was
thought about the matter, however, for peo-
PIE IN Hanover in the widest flights of i'm
agnauoES had never conceived it possible
tHat Amy would do such foolhardy thing.
These poor little wild flowers he had picked
along the road, and after he was captured
i gave him ineXpressible satisfaction to
BLOW that they had been put upon the
right grave, for he had no means of know
ias where Christie had been buried, as
tombstone had not Yet been erected.
now THE MURDER WAS COMMITTED.
such WAS Almy'S life III Andrew War
acAs barn for five weeks. During that
TINE h. WAS but name in Hanover On
Inc evening Of the Eth of July he had APP
learta ia she town after an absence of
more than two months, and suddenly jump
Ls out rom the shadow of a big tree, had
'"'H,.d Christie in the moonlit road,
saying:
-la.-st see YOU alone"
A. tile same time Amy drew one of his
FeEoTerS. Turning to the girls mother, he
,4'1' Now, Mrs. Warden, l don't want TO
S-r~ You or anybody; You walk on with
.~.a'a and Louise, and let me talk with
Chrs,e''
Seso.ute. determined Fannie Warden,
.aWe'tr. was not going to desert her sister
j. Ills hour of danger. While everybody
csc Was uaralyzed with fear at this dread
Il. appar.t!On and the horrible suspicion of
'L4l might be in store for Christie, Fam
NE stood her ground and tried to aid her
SN'er. L was of no avail, however. Amy
.'AE.'a his victim across vacant space in
'.' MI" vale to i small clump or willows
S'0G' three hundred feet from the road,
pfand!Shug his revolver as ne went But
faAa,e logged his footsteps at every inch
W NE way after endeavering to arouse the
-' ghoorS, and while poor Christie could
V-s cry. Fannie, don't desert me now!''
amy, foi'ed in his design To have Chris
:, ~ done, opened fire on Fannie Warden.
n powerful 44-caliber revolver rang out
ssttgeAg and clear upon the evening air and
.tv Hash Of the powder threw luriG
s.eGe uqon the scene But his aim was
.aa. The bullets whizzed by the ear of
'ae trembling but reSolute girl. who was
sanding about forty feet away from where
We murderer had dragged his victim, and
VIZ 81 them struck the ground at her feet
~ ouc long, deep furrow in the earth.
..t.-i had meanwhile come across the top of
rt Al! IN response to the appeal for aid
nsA'h Fannie had sent out as soon as Almy
ASC seized her sister in the road.
hlt the sight of the now desperate man
"no had drawn another pistol from his belt
su was standing III q streak of sunlight
TT,er his victim, was enough TO deter young
,--.ilett Marshall, especially when he heard
lae hill.
Keep back, or you're dead man."
" nat Is what Amy cried, and Emmett
'ldrShail uru6ently dipped behind the brow