The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-05-16


diately sesn by Almy, who peremptorily
ordered him to halt.
Marshall started for assistance, and Inn
mediately after two more reports OF the
revolver were heard, preceded by sound
as II blows had been Atruck. Then Almy
broke from cover aud ran over a hill on
the west aide Of the ravine.
Fanny went to the willows and found
her sister
Lying ON Her Back, Dead,
her body stripped, except a waist and
some underclothing. People who had
been alarmed arrived at the scene, and
the murdered girl was removed to her
home.
The story Of tho sufferings endured by
he victim Of tho terrible murder was
mutely told by her remains. The face and
forehead were covered with abrasions,
caused probably by blows from the stock
OF a revolver. Directly under the left eye
was q wound made by q bullet, which
passed down and out Of the neck. The
face about the wound was nowder hnrnad
to an extent which indicated that the pls-
tol must have been held very close to it IL
not in actual contact with the flesh. The
other bullet entered the body in the small
of the back, passed downward through
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was practically instantaneous is probable,
because Of the terrible wound DIS and from
the fact that there were no signs of life
when her sister reached the body. That
there was a struggle and q severe one Is
clearly evidenced by her hands, both Of
which were cruelty torn and bruised.
Almy's Escape and Capture.
II the earth had swallowed him up
Almy's disappearance after committing
the awful crime could not have been more
mysterious. Every nook and corner In
the United States and Canada, figuratively
speaking, had been thoroughly searched
for the murderer.
Finally on Aug. IS, more than a month
after the crime was committed, Mrs. War
den, while looking for some chickens in
the barnyard, discovered a small opening
I'm the underpinning of the barn, which she
thought might lead to the chickens hid
ing place. She removed a small board,
and found ON the inside an empty jelly
tumbler, and further in l2 cans which had
recently contained salmon, oysters, peaches
and other substantial eatables. There
were also empty wine and beer bottles.
There were IL cans in one place. as well as
an old moustache that had been shaved
of, dry lather, etc.
What the Watchers Saw.
Knowing that the cellars of several pri-
vate families in the village had been
robbed of such materials. they visited
these people ANA loulu beyond all ques-
tion that the goods came from there, and,
further, that some had been taken as re-
Gently as Aug. 10. The following Wednes-
day night Professor Whitaker and Sheriff
Brown watched the premises. At about 2
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in the garden, a man whom they supposed
TO be Mr.. Warden came toward them to
some apple tree to within 10 feets of where
they stood.
Professor Whitaker says: IT thought it
was Warden, but as he came nearer i
thought l recognized Almy's walk. He
was barefooted, his pants were torn, and
he looked pale and thin. He had a bag
with him, and filled it while he ate raven
ously. After a little while he leisurely
and unsuspectingly walked back to the
barn, and passed around the eastern side.
That was the last we saw of him."
They returned to the village, aroused
about 40 men, who proceeded to and sur
rounded the building. Sheriff Stevens
snd Solicitor Mitchell were on the ground,
and the search of the barn began.
His Hiding Place.
The barn In itself was an immense
structure, besides being directly connected
with many outbuildings. 1t Is in one Of
these that the murderer Almy had his hid
ing place during all these weeks, while
officers had been securing the distant
country. His retreat was SO located In the
new mown hay that through a crack he
commanded a complete view Of all the
movements Of the Warden household. A
more neatly situated place could not be
imagined. A crew was Immediately
formed, armed with pitchforks, and the
complete handling over Of the hay was
begun. Nothing was discovered till about
$50 o'clock, when the fork of c.. Il. Hewitt,
who was poking some loose hay, came in
contact with a man, who Immediately
rose up and fired three shots with presum-
ably the same revolver that killed Chris
lie. Fortunately his aim was uncertain
and he did no harm.
A council. vas then held to decide On
means for taking Amy. A committee was
appointed. A majority of the people IA
vored entering the barn, while others
thought IL best to burn the structure and
thus drive him out. Volunteers were
called for aud % brave men promptly re-
sporded and the barn was again entered.
Ex-Sheritf Bridgman, Solicitor Mitchell,
A. X. Smith, a medical student, and John
NJ. Fuller had conferences with the MUIR
derer, but he refused to come out from his
hiding place.
Captured ut Last.
After this the decision was made to
catch him unawares and shoot him and
put an end to what was becoming q grim
farce. When tsiis conclusion was made
known it was greeted With yells Of de-
light by the people, who, though strongly
inclined to let the law take It's course,
were fast getting out of patience with the
parleying with the assassin, and an attack
was made upon the BARR by officers with
Winchester rifles, Amy answering back
with revolver shots, but at last a rush was
made and he was captured and conveyed
to the Wheelock House, where he was
guarded by half a dozen officers with
drawn reyolvers, holding back an angry
crowd.
One of Almy's legs was helpless. A bull
let had broken 1t below the knee, while
another had lodged in the thigh. Blood