The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-05-23
THE TERRIBLE ALMY.

Fannie and friend, was slowly max
ing her way homeward along the de
serted country road.
Suddenly. like an apparition Gid
ingiout of the shadow of the roadside,
appeared the figure of a man and a.
he stood in the roadway and faced
them, a chill of terror stole over Their
hearts. He said:
Mrs. Warden you and Fannie may
move on with safety. l shall not harm
you unless you interfere with me, and
if you do will shoot you like dogs.
Then turning to the sisters behind he
exclaimed Christie l have come a
thousand miles to meet you and now
our time is short" Thereupon the
speaker drew from his breast q revOl-
yer which he cooked The man then
raised his left arm and covered the
aged woman with the army
revolver that he carried,
and threatening in a low sharp
voice the penalty of delay. Not a
muscle moved.
The mothers love was too strong to
be cowed down by such dangers. The
lady with her, Miss Louise GOOdell,
however, ran up the road as fast as she
could go for two hundred yards and
there waited. This made the mother
falter and when she saw Almy walk
up to Christie and seize her by the
arm, she FASTENED on, realizing her in
ability to protect her children from
the fiend. Christie by this time had
become overpowered by fear. She
chung to her sister, bright young
girl II years old who locked her in
an embrace that was the desperate
effort of loved ones not
to be parted. Almy placed
the muzzle of his weapon against the
breast of his victims young defender
and Missed between his teeth 81 have
hated you Fan and unless you let go
of Christie will blow you into
eternity"
The young girl knew that he meant
all he said, but thinking only of her
sister she answered, "Shoot then, We
will not let her 60" At this moment
Fannie stumbled on uneven ground
and fell. This was Almy's opportun-
ity and grasping Christie around the
waist he dragged her to the bars which
he lowered, and pulled her over into
woodland beyond. At this point the
ground was cleared and save occasion
al large rocks was smooth.
HIS POOR VICTIM.
When once inside he threw his vic
tim to the ground and then grasping
her firmly by the feet and skirts he
began dragging her inland towards a
brook that was situated about 200
yards from the highway. As he ad-
vanced with his burden he kept ex-
claiming "Stand back or | will
shoot" This overawed the mother
and friend but did not frighten
Fanny who telling her mother
to hurry on to Emma Marshall's farm,
about quarter of a mile away, the
young heroine climbed the fence and
dashed on towards her sister who now
shouted with desperation and despair,
''Oh, Fannie help me or he will kill
me-" Not a word escaped Almy. He
continued TO drag his burden towards
the underbrush which he p es-
emily gained, after Christie :
outer clothing had been lit
orally torn from her body.
Holding her in his embrace with a
background of darkness to shadow him
he turned and fired but the girl fall
te,el not. She heard the report ring
out. heard her sisters feeble wall and
her mothers pitifiul cry. Oh. God,
have mercy" bat facing death she
strobe on. Again the revolver spoke.
but still she was unterritied. Suddenly
thought struck her. perhaps if she
would remain quiet for little, Amy
would act on the defense and spare
her sister until help came to her aid.
SO concealing herself nearby she
paused.
Parhaps five minutes passed and
then far up the side of the hill were
heard footsteps. A man was hurry
ing down evidently in response to the
alarm for help. and Fanny thought
on Y of going to the place where her
sister lay PROSTATE now on the earth
from blows of her as>ailant.
A BRAVE GIRL.
Gathering her skirts tight around
her, the young girl rushed up grad
ual incline toward the road,
again coming in range OF
Almy's revolver, which hi
fired twice after her. Like a fright.
ened fawn she ran down the hill to a
brook where the water came up to her