Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-16
ALuY IN FINE SPIRITS.

His Execution Will Take Place Soon
 After 10 o'clock This Morning-He
 Will Make no Statement on the Scaf-
 fold.
 CONCORD, N. Y., May 15.-The corridors of hotels this evening remind one of the night before convention on account of the number of prominent men here repre- senting all sections of New Hampshire. Some are in the city to attend the masonic meetings, but the greater number to at tend the execution of George H. Abbott, alias Frank Amy, the murderer of Chris tie Warden. No crime committed in this state ever began to awaken the interest this murder has created and Sheriff Hurl- burt of Grafton county, who will personal ly adjust the moose and touch the fatal spring tomorrow has been importuned for passes by persons living in nearly every state in the union. He has necessarily been obliged to refuse the greater number of requests on account of the law, which limits the number of spectators and the meagre accommodation at the prison for spectators.
 To-day the sheriff, with several deputies duu "Cub to GAO PlloOh had the scaffold taken to barn adjoining beams had became warped sincs it was used at the execution of James Palmer, the Portsmouth murderer, May 1, 1890, but this defect was easily remedied. The gsllows was then erected and the rope at tachsd, after which it was tested with sandbags weighing 160 pounds. The drop is six feet. There was some difficulty in the working of the fall the first time, but in the two subsequent trials everything | worked satisfactorily.
 The scaffold was then taken down and carried to the reception room, where Alny was first ushered into the prison. The rope was subjected to @ further "stretch- | ing process" and will remain undisturbed | until morning. The gallows can easily be l erected in an hour.
 l Almy's last day on earth has been no more eventful than many previous ones, he | having passed 8 greater part of 1t buried in some book. For breakfast he ate wheat | bread, molassas and coffee; at noon, meat, bread and fruit, and for supper, bread | coffee and fruit. He ate heartily of bsna- 1 mas, furnished him at noon in compliancs with his request.
 | Councillor Day paid @ brief visit this
 afternoon and found him reading @ msga-
 zine. This book was furnished him by
 the chaplain, whom he told he wanted to finish a story, which he had been reading.
 Amy did not talk with the chaplain on
 religious topics to day, neither did he ex.
 was taken to 6 cell which has been his
 home for more than two months, and re.
 moved to the matron's room in the main
 building of the prison, where he will re
 main until he Is turned over to Sherin
 Hurlburt by Warden Colbath tomorrow morning few minutes before the execu
 tion. Heis in charge of Messss. Pillsbury
 and Colby, who have been his desth-watct
 for several days.
 In conversation with the warden today he again expressed his desire for a decen
 burial, and his aversion to hsying hi
 body sent to Hanover for dissection
 While not designating the place h. wished to be buried in or neal
 this city His wishes will be com piled with. The warden notified
 Sheriff Hurlburt this evening tha , he must provide, at the expense O Grafton county, a suit of clothing ant coffin for Amy. This the sheriff has done
 having purchased neat black suit and ar ranged with local undertaken to provid ,. a cssket. Last week eI Deputy Sherif ! Foster of Hanover called on the wardel l, and asked him If man claiming to b | uuCio COuiu hAFc hho Doey-
 warden replied that he should want t think it over before deciding. He hs heard nothing more of the matter since.
 Almy is in fine spirits and physical cor
 dition tonight. Aweek ago last Ssturda :, he weighed 1881 pounds. The exeeutio . will take place soon after 10 o'clock te ! morrow morning. Amy will make n y statement on the scaffold and as soon a
 he appears on the gsllows arrangement ], for his execution will be begun and quicl l. ly completed. Several deputies will assii e the sheriff and ex Sheriff Brigham, Amy
 oaptor, will be present and assist at tt
 | execution.