Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-11-19
ALhY 1Es1lFlEs
As 10 His Connection With The
Warden Family.
The Line Of Dsielcs to ba Murder not
Prm.dltaied.
Immense Crowd Attending the. Trial Of
this Human Monster.

PLrMoUrH, n. H., Nov. 1s-rhe fai,
skies snd braeing atmosphere is = suddr
change from the suItry, vet and gloomy
atmosphere Of yesterday.
Almy came into court promptly At nine
o'clock looking some .hsr d dsiscted.
Argument for the Defense.
j. C. Story. Esq opened the seumen,
for the defense, stating that the responder
vas 8 man Ct 3 good deal OF passion ard
high feelings. He vent to Wardsn's, be-
came acquainted with Christie Warden and
became infatuated By her AID ste returns 6
bis love. Togzther they read and beside
he piano they we're associated in muse
Christie also merded hi. clothes, gave him
pic u,es and ID. chamois necktie on wtish
she painted his favofite flwers.
Continuing the counsel gave detailed
account of their association With each other
50 given 10 the evid nee. Amy Vas always
paying especial attention 10 Christie. l.
vas marked more on Almy's part than by
her attention to him. He parents were
oppes q to this interchange Of love, aud
Almy uied to have Christie arrange belt 7
understand z between ihe family ard him.
.elf At NJ, nchester Christie wrote tiers
to him, in cne Of which was an intims,inu
that their intimacy was TO be b'oken Of
On her return he purchased t,sers for her
~hich she vote in her bosom. At the
Grsn.g meeting he bid OF box sold At
auction for her. Tlis night IS they returned
Christie seemed TO br offended because
Alny had attended the grange meeting
l. ,ter they had covefsstion relative to his
~ Thia ba n At
trouble and after mutual combustion he
LIFT her. He loved Christie. She was tue
onls grl he ever loved sDd when he weLt
to Massachusetts he continued to love her
as heretofore Up to the time he left
Wsrden's no;hirg had happened to embn-
ter him toward her. The family during
ibis time we're dti ever5 thing to break
up this muual understanding between
these persons at Dsnvers he saw Mr.
wilkins in April and went over ranch life
in T-xas regarding frontier life. Mr.
Wilkins gave Almy to understand that he
could get work in Tsxis. Frcm this
p,iut A my went to Springfield, Mass puf
chased the rsvolvers en in court with the
intention Of aoirg to Texas part OF his
outfit. Al Dorchester and elsewhere he
showed his revolvers At Mrs Quinn's be
paid his bills apd went back to Wilkins to
see il the boys from Texas bad not arrived.
|. was found they hsd not. He decided to
20 to Hanover 10 see Christie. He desired
10 see her alone, go he sscreted himself
His desire to zee Christie alone was on &C
count of ,hs opposition Of her parents
Thus passed SO days without meeting her
Ia The mesnume Christie had gone TO MIR.
Ps,tees. Thus il happened he went to grange
mt e,ing expecting TO see Christie there
He walked up ard dosn the road, mat The
Ks llogg girl, thinking her Christie Dis
appointed he continued on to the Willows
or the Vale Of Tempe. = He waited until
Christie came along, then followed his re-
marks as alresdy stated. He was in half
Starved CONDITION with an uusccountabIe
turn Of mind, opposed by father and mother
ard committed The fatal act and the girl be
loved best Of all others was dead He
wandered to Warden's barn where be re
msinsd visiting Ch'is les grave, scatterio 9
flowers on her remains.
Storey's openir 9 for defense was listens d
to amid deathlke Stiffness. The defense
proposlr to chow want of deliberstion ar d
meditation on the part Of the prisoner in
commit ing the off nee with which he 8
ch,rged
Witnesses for the respondent were swora
by Clerk Griswold, and their testimony
taken.