The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-17

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them. he said:
Mrs. Warden, you and Fannie may move
on with safety. i shall not harm you. un-
less you interfere with me. IL you do. l
will shoot you like dogs"
Then. turning to the sisters behind. the
younger OF whom he apparently did not
recognize. be exclaimed:
Christie. l have come q thousand miles
10 meet you, and now our time 10 short"
Thereupon the speaker drew from his
breast a revolver. which he cooked. As the
weapon clicked. the frightened women saw
the barrel shining in the moonlight. III
was q moment OF horrible suspense. The
four women stood petrihed. and the still
ness was only broken by the stranger say
Ing. In q harsh, cold voice:
Mrs. Warden you know me, / believe. 1
am Frank Almy and you have never
known me 90 break my word. Move on or
i will shoot. Move on. l say"
The man then raised has left arm and
covered the aged woman with his revolver.
again threatening in q low sharp voice the
penalty Of delay. Christie mp TO this time
had been so o-verpowered by fear that she
was scarcely able to move. She chung TO
her sister. a bright young girl seven teen
years old. who. locked her IN an embrace
that was the desperate effort OF loved ones
not To be parted. Amy. however. lost no
time IN carrying out his desiRn. he seized
Christie by the left shoulder. and looking
| his left arm around her neck, no placed the
muZZls of his weapon against the breast or
his victims young defender and Kissed be-
tween his teeth:
81 have hated you. Fan. and unless you
let go of ChrIntie. L will blow you into
eternity"
The young girl knew he meant all he said.
but thinking only of her sister. she
answered:
"Shoot, then. will not Let her Go."
What inspired the murderer not TO fire
his revolver into the body of his young OPP
pOnent can only be explained by the fact
that her foot struck uneven ground at this
moment and she fell. nearly carrying her
sister with her. This was Aimy's opDor-
tunIty, and grasDing Christie around the
waist he dragged her TO the bars. which he
lowered and then pulled her into the wood
land beyond. At this point the ground
was cleared. and save occasional largo
rocks. was smooth. When once inside no
threw his victim TO the ground, AMI then.
grasDing her firmly by the foot and skirts
he began dragging her towards q small
brook that was situated about w
hundred yards from the highway. As he
advanced with his burden he kept exclalm-
ing: stand back or / will shoot" This
threat oyerawed the mother and friend.
but did not frIghten Fannie. Telling her
mother TO hurry on TO Emmett MarshalPs
farm. about q quarter of a mile away. and
summon help. the young heroine climbed
the fence and dashed on towards her sister.
who now shouted with desperation and de-
spair:
"Oh. Fannie, help, or he will kill me-"
a COURAGEOUS SISTER.
Not q word now escaped Almy. He con-
tinued TO drag his burden toward the IN
derbrush, which he presently gained after
Christie's outer clothing had been literally
torn from her body. Holding her there In
his embrace. with o background OF dark
ness. he turned and saw the oncominR els
ter who was now but o few rods away.
Taking deliberate aim, he fired. but the
girl fslrered not. She heard the report rim
out. heard her sisters enfeebled moan and
her mothers Ditiful cry. "Ohi God. have
mercy" but facing death she strobe on.
Again the revolver spoke. and she felt a
strange whizzing NOISE et her shoulder.
She knew the ball had almost singed her
dress, but still she was unterrltieu. Sud-
denly q new thought struck her. Perhaps
If she should remain quiet for q time Almy
would act on the defensive and spare her
sister until help could come to hand. So.
The minutes passed like hours. Suddenly
another shot was fired. Almy evidently
had noticed that she had moved and was
still firing IN the direction where he had
last seen her.
Perhaps five minutes passed, and then,
far mp the side of a distant hill. were
heard footsteps. A man was hurrySnR
down. evidently In response Co the alarm
for help. and Fannie thought of guiding
him TO the place where her sister lay pros
trate now on the earth from blows from
her assailant. Gathering her skirts tight
around her, the Young girl rushed up q
gradual incline toward the road. again
coming in range of Almy's revolver, which
he fired twice after her. Like a frightened
fawn she ran down the hill. through a
brook, where the water was MP TO heI
knees, and breathlsssly intercepted the
new recruit. The man was Emanuel Mar.
shall. but on leaving home he brought nc
weaDoDs. and, on learning the recklessnesl
with which Almy used his, he displayed @
unnnE HAAl aaa ~ ar. nor N
ing TO the attack than had the young
girl at his side. "a they stole on the place
where Almy was located. which was now
situated at O point about two hundred
yards further up the brook TO the left,
where the shots resounded in quick success
sion and n death cry followed. The fiDa
event In the great tragedy was over. ant
in an instant the two saw the young mar
rush mp the hill far back in the Enclosure
and evidently making In the direction of
the town. Then all was still. Christie lay
on her lett side. her white skirts covered
with blood from a wound in the back anC
another IN the head. As Fannie looked
upon her dead sister her hIghly-struDg sys
TEN collapsed. and. with a cry. she sank OF
the ground by the dead girls side.
The cruel sssailant. with smoking revolv
er IN hand. returned TO his hiding plac,
in the Warden barn. where he remained II
concealnlent for more than u month, forag
ing about the country st night for hi
Imesns of ~sustenaDce. and often visiting tn
the mother. found some empty cans uDde
the barn. and notified the authorities
Wednesday night. Aug. 10, Prof. George II
Whitcher and Deputy Sheriff BrowI
watched the Warden premises. and. at IL
In the morning. were rewarded by seem,
Amy come around the corner of the BARI
and go to an appls-tree for fruit. Tn,
alarm was given. the barn WAS surrounded
and after q sIege of ten hours. and afte
having his leg broken by q bnllet fired b,
Charles Hewitt. Almy surrendered. on nh
assurance by John NJ. Fuller that he shouI,
not be- lyncbed. He was taken to tn
Wheelock houss. where was Identified a
George III. Abbott by his relatives. by boy
hood friends. by officers who had previ
ously arrested him and by the authorize
from the state prison at Windsor, VT. II,
WAS committed to Jail. and after TWO trial
he was sentenced TO death.