The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-05-18
FRANK ALMl II! 'NG,
Bungling Execution of the Fiend
Who Murdered Pretty
Christie Warden.
Thief at 10. i;urgIar ~ ~. Gon.j,, at l.:
II Life That Enils,, On the
e.aIlOW..

Concord. \. H.. May IG. George H.
Abbott. alias Frank {. Amy. was
hanged here this morning for the m,,r-
der OF Christie Warden The crime for
which Abbott. better known under his
alias Of Amy. was hanged. WAS one
! which stirred New England 10 its DEPTHS
! he story Of the mans life is one IF law
! lessness from childhood. He came
I pi an old. wcil known family on bnth
SIDES of tte house. but hcreiits seemed
| HegatNcG III his ease. He wasa thief as
d sch"lar IN school al 10 Years. in Salem.
where ne was born ht T. he WAS a
burglar. with 4 cave in which To store
ms plunder. At II ne was scnteic Il 10
| state prison FOR burglary his disgrace
hfiFihg ms father to suicide After
serving his term he appeared 10 reform.
bat vas III realty til" director Of n,rr-
atlohs OF large gang Of burglars and
highwaymen. who created a reign Of Ter
fpr III North Thrctforci.
He was caught after 1t tight. sentenced
/" fifteen years IN the peniteniar, but
managed IL escape. Then he went
south for a while. but returned and nm
der the name uf Amy. engaged in work
as a farmland ON the farm Of Andrew
Nar,len. near Hanover Here h. mel
AMI became infatuated with Warden's
eldest daughter. Christie. who did no,
recIpiocate his affections. His tim. .y
pired April !, 1891. and he Was moi re- Ell
gagged. Unable 10 get other work. he
finally went in hiding in War,.cns barn.
On the night of July Is. isgl. as Mrs
Warden. her two daughters. aud a neigh
Dor woman were returning home
along lonely road Aim, appeared sud
denl. before them with i cooked reyoI
yer. seized Christie. terrified the others
with the weapon. except the younger. sis
ter. who risked her life and stood her
ground. though shot at several times.
Amy finally managed to drag his vie
tim into the woods. where he shot her
10 death. Then he hid in the barn and
remained there for IA month before dis
covery. Then posse surrounded the
barn and after seigc of ten hours. dur
ing which he was wounded. he surren
dered. After trial sentence and the |
laws delay. he finally paid the penalt,
to-day.
Nhen the straps We're put on .Almss |
limbs he asked the sheriff If ne co,,ld |
speak. The sheriff shook his head:
Alms even then appeared 10 want to |
speak. but the cap Was hastily put over
hls head and he said nothing. Sheriff ,
Hurlburt. after the cap was fixed. placed
Il Knot under his left ear and at lo:lG |
touched the spring. The drop fell hea,
Il. and Almys body went through the
trap 10 the horror of the spectafors
his feet struck the floor below his knees
bending under him. The rope evidently
was too long. as il did not stretch any
The body bent To the right and slightly
forward. Inside of minute the officers
IN the platform swung the rope and
pulled the body up several feet.
Another feature of the execution that
:ansed the witness to sbudder was the
1osltion OF the rope and knot The for.
ner pulled over the left ear while the
inot was fully one foot above the neck
I was evident the condemned man was
trangled to death. However only one or
Wo twltching motions could be seen
md then an entire absense of struggling. /
II io:'io Amy was pronounced dead.