Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-05-26
A HORRIBLE HANGING.
But the Victim Desc we'd the Punish ent-
Christie Warden's Murder Expiated

But the Victim Desc we'd the Punishment
Christie warden's Murder Expiated.
Frank Almy, the murderer of
Christie Warden and recently identified
as the famous criminal, George IL.
Abbott, was hanged at Concord, N. Ii.
The execution was 5ungling job.
Almy's feet touched the floor when he
went through the drop and he was
strangled to death. The knot had
slipped above the criminals neck and
ne slowly strangled with his feet just
touching the ground until the sheriff
and his assistants pulled the body up
several feet.
George ii. Abbott. alias Frank Amy,
began n career of crime at the age of
12 years and the most of his life since
then was spent in state prisons III New
England. He created reign of terror
about North Thelford, Vt, in 1880 by
his numerous robberies and threats
and was sent to prison for Is years.
He escaped before serving half his time
and went south. In 1890 he returned
to New England and in June applied
for work on the farm of Andrew
Warden, of Hanover, n. IL. Amy be-
came infatuated with Warden's pretty
daughter Christie, but she did not re
turn the feeling, and when Almys
time expired in April, 1891, the family
were glad to have him leave as he had
developed a very violent temper.
Almy obtained work about the neigh
borhood and on every occasion would
speak of Christie Us my Christie" and
missed no opportunity to meet her.
About $3.50 o'clock on the evening of
I'll, al
her two daughters and friend was
slowly making her way homeward
along a deserted road. a stump fence
at this point separated recently cut
woodland from the street. Amy
waited for them in the shadow OF this
fence, and appearing suddenly before
them, wrested Christie from her sister,
who vainly sought to save her. Threat
ening the remaining three women with
his revolver, Almy dragged his victim
through gateway in the fence and
into the woodland beyond. He dragged
her by the feet and skirts toward a
small brook about 200 yards from the
highway. The sister followed and
three times the villain shot ut her, but
missed. Meantime the other women
ran for help, but as the rescuers stole
toward the place where Almy was To-
Gated, two shots resounded in quick
succession, and n death cry followed.
Then all was still and they saw that
all was over with the victim. Christie
lay on her left side, her white skirts
covered with blood from wound in
the back and another in the head.
Amy found "a secure hiding place in
the Warden barn and was there look
ing out between the boards when the
lifeless body OF his victim was being
carried into the sorrow-stricken home.
There he remained in concealment for
more than month, foraging about the
country at night for his means of sus-
tenance and often visiting the grave of
Christie. Aug. Is Mrs. Warden, the
mother, found some empty cans under
the barn and notified the authorities,
Sheriff Brown watched the Warden
premises, and AT 1880 in the morning
was rewarded by seeing Almy come
around the corner of the barn and go
To an apple tree for fruit. The
alarm was given, the barn
was surrounded and after a siege of
ten hours, and after having his leg
broken by bullet, Almy surrendered
on the assurance that he 81 ould not be
lynched. He was Unidentified as George
II. Abbott by his relatives, by boyhood
friends. Almy was given two trials
and was found guilty both times.