The morning call., 1893-05-17
CHOKED HIM TO DEATH
Frank 5. Amy Pays the Penalty
of His Crime.
His Feet Touched and His Knees
Bent Under Him as He
Was Hanged.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

CONCORD, N H.. May 16-George H
Abbott, alias Frank S. AImy, was hanged
here this morning for the murder Of Chris.
tie Worden.
The crime for which Abbott. better
known under his alias Of Almy, wa:
hanged was one which stirred New Eng.
land to its depths. The story of the mans
life was one OF lawlessness from hi;
childhood.
He came OF old. well-known families on
both sides. but heredity seemed negatiVed
in his case.
Abbott was thief when a boy while
In school at 10 years of age. in Salem
where he was born. At u years he was
burglar, with cave III which to store his
plunder. AT II he was sentenced to tht
State Prison for burglary, his disgrace
driving his father TO suicide. After serv.
ing term he appeared to reform, bat wa:
in reality the director CT he operations OF
large band OF burglars and highwaymen
who created reign of terror in North
! ThetfoTd. He was caught after a fight
and sentenced to fifteen years in the peui.
tentiary, but managed to escape.
Then he went South for a while. but re-
turned, and. under the name Of Almy, en-.
gagged TO work as n farmland on the farm
OF Andrew Warden, near Hanover. Here
he met AMI became infatuated with War
denis elder daughter, Christie, who did not
reciDrorate his affection.
His time expired April l, 1891, and he.
not, re-eDgaged, was unable to get other
work. He finally went in hiding in
Warden's barn. On the night of July IS,
-ls91. as Mrs. Maiden, ber !Me d2fag htsrs
and Tifighbor, woman, were returning
home along a lonely road, Amy appeared
suddenly before them with O cooked re-
yolyer, seizNd Christie, terrified the others
with the weapon, except the younger
sister, who risked her life and stood her
ground, though shot at several times, but
Almy finally managed to draw his victim
into the woods, where lie shot her to death.
Then he hid in the barn and remained
there a month before discovery. A posse
surrounded the barn, and after ten-hour
siege, during which he was wounded, he
surrendered. After trial, sentence and
the laws delays, he has finally paid the
penalty for his crime.
When the straps were put on Almy's
limbs he asked the Sheriff if he could
speak. The Sheriff shook his head, but
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speak. But the cap was hastily put over
his face and he said nothing. Sheriff
Hurlburt, after the cap was fixed, placed
the knot under the mans left ear and at
10;16 touched the spring.
The drop fell heavily and Almy's body
went through the trap. To. the horror of
the spectators his fee; struck the floor be-
low, his knees bending under him. The
rope was evidently too long. as it did not
stretch any. His body bent to the right
and slightly forward.
Inside of minute the officers on the
platform swung the rope and pulled the
body up several feet.
Another feature of the execution that
caused the witnesses to it to shudder was
the position Of the rope and knot The for
mer was pulled over the left ear, while the
knot was fully one foot above the neck.
II was evident that the condemned man
had been strangled to death, but only one
or two twitching motions could be seen
and then there was an entire absence of
struggling. At 1880 Almy was pro-
nOuuced dead