Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-05-12
.ALMY COMMUNICATIVE
Tells Chaplain wilkins
ThatHe Has No Friends.
INDUCES IN PROFANITY
And Thinks Congressman Morse's
Letter An Insult to the Chaplain.

CONCORD, y. H., May i2-Yesterday,
for the first ne in his conversations with
Chaplain w ,kins, Frank c. Almy, the
Hanover murderer, made allusion to the
disposition of his remains after his execu-
ton next Tuesday
II have no friends" said Almy, in an
swer to he chaplain's question as to what
he b d determined with reference To the
matter. Whatever becomes Of my body,
don't want the people of Hanover to get
1t, as understand they may do under the
law"
Almy emphasized the latter declaration
with
Hit of Mid Profanity,
but such wicked indulgences are not alto
gether unusual with him now. Once he
was scrupulously careful about the use Of
sxpletives in conversation, but latterly,
and especially after the death watch was
placed over HIM, he has grown ugly, and,
with the development Of this trait, has ap.
peared the tendency to become profane.
The chaplain omitted his visit to the cell
Oh Wednesday, but was with AL my yester-
day, and will call on him twice today and
perhaps as frequently during the days pre-
ceding the execution.
When the chaplain reached the cell he
was received with more than usual
warmth by the murderer
II am very glad to see YOU" said Almy,
''for | want someone to talk to-"
The chaplain denies emphatically
rumors that have been current to the effect
that
Almy's Religious Views
have undergone a change. He calls him
self an agnostic, and is fond Of arguing
theological doctrines with reference to The
theories of Darwin, Huxley and Spencer,
but as he never admits that points are
made clear to him, the chaplain has con-
cluded that such discussions are profitless
and says what he has to say without
permitting controversy.
81 am pretty well convinced of two
things concerning Almy," said the chap
lain last night, land they are that he will
persist In clinging unyieldingly to his pc
culiar notions of religious matters, and
that he will continue to be silent as to his
real identity
Yesterday he made some talk about
probation after death, and the possibilities
of a man going directly from life on earth
to life in heaven, and asked my views. 1
explained rs clearly and decidedly as I
could my belief but it did not agree with
his, and the subject was not pursued to
any length.
"Almy is perfectly well aware that
know he Is George II. Abbott" said the
chaplain, "but yet he has never admitted,
nor, in fact, denied, his identity to me- His
persistent silence upon this point, which
has been made clear by researches and by
his confession TO counsel, is, perhaps, sim
gular, but yet il Is not so strange after all,
as can see that the reason for IL is that
he is dssirous not to be obliged to shoulder
any more disgrace than he is absolutely
obliged to.
"He fancies that there are many people
who are ignorant of, or disbelieve, the tes-
timony which fixes upon him the person.
ality of Abbott, and he Is more than will
ing they should continue in doubt.
The letter which Congressman Morse
sent as an accompaniment to the volume,
THE Cross in the Cell" which he pre-
sented to Almy recently, was given to the
latter this week by the chaplain. Almy,
however, did not evince any gratitude for
the attention thus bestowed upon him.
He Read the Communication
through carefully from beginning to end,
and when he had finished, handed it back
to the chaplain.
81 consider that letter an insult to you,
chaplain, " he said, with manifestation
of indignation In tone Of voice and ex-
preston Of face 1T seems to be assumed
by the writer that there Is nobody con-
nected with the prison who Is competent
to care for the spiritual welfare Of the in
mates" ...
Then, with burst of anger, he exclaimed
with an oath, "They seem to be very much
concerned about my soul, but they don't
care - about my bodyp'
He then proceeded to lament the mis-
fortunes which, he said, had followed him
from childhood all through life.
Everybody hates me-" he declared, "and
have not friend on earth. All seem
snxiously awaiting the time when shall
be no more"
He then drifted TO the subjet Of suicide.
but what he said was not disclosed. It
may be. hov ,ver, that his remarks i'm
pressed the chaplain, for II Is unquestion-
ably fact that he favored and advised the
placing of death watch over Almy and
his removal to another cell, which was
done on Saturday last.