Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-05-18

and her means are limited. And when
last wrote to her about dou & 80 she seemed
to have become averss to
The idaa of Seeking Hi m In Prison,
or, indeed, to seeing him again. She is
now in st. Johnsbury, Vt, but | cannot
tell whom she works for. direct letters
to Mrs. Walter Abbott, St Johnsbury, VT. 4,
and | suppose that abe calls for them. "
The woman who tells this story could not
fix tho dates OF tho appearance OF Abbott in
Holland, or his marrags to her niece ex-
cept that her own marriage occurred in
November, 1886, and she thinks that her
niece was married perhaps a month later.
Abbott lived with his wife perhaps year
and half.
She aud her family firmly believe that
when George II. Abbott escaped from the
Windsor state prison he hid in the woods
for a while and then appeared in Holland
under the name of Walter Abbott; that af-
ter his career there be deserted his young
wife as the elimination of his brutal treat.
men:; and, after working a short time in
the mills near Lisbon or Whitefieid, appear
ed at Hanover to enact the career of Frank
c. Almy.
"I was personally acquainted with Wal
ter Abbott" she SAID, land familiar with
his appearance and his maunor, and have
read all the published descriptions OF Frank
C. Almy carefully. The two are identical
in every detail, aud con vinced me that my
neice's unworthy husband is the man who
paid the penalty of his crime at Concord,
N. II.
story Of the Crime.
Andrew II. Warden was a prosperous
farmer living ne ar Hanover, n. H., the To-
cation OF Dartmouth college. His family
was noted for its intelligence His
daughters ranked high as scholars
Christie, 2r Of about 26, was especially
noted. and was a beautiful specimen Of the
blonde type Frank c. Almy was nys-
terry lie appeared suddenly in the neigh
borho and worked for Mr.. Warden dur
ing the winter. He was a man of refine
ment and good education, but had vio
lent temper, and the family became con
WINGED that Amy was not his true name.
Early in tho season of 1901 he was dis
charged after he had in vain implored
Christie to marry him and threatened her
with death if she refused. His threat was
speedily fulfilled.
The narrative Of the TRACED Y, as related
by Fannie, Christie's sister, is in substance
that her mother and a friend, Miss Goodell
aent ont iD the afternoon of July II, 1891,
30 make some calls, having arranged with
Fannie and Christie to meet them in the
evening This was carried out. They
started for home at 930 clock, Fannie
walking beside Christie, directly behind
Mrs Warden and Miss Goodell. When
they reached the foot of hill in "A ravine,
Alny sprang from the shadow of ii tree,
Eud, stepping up beside Christie said
II have come thousand miles to see
you"
Christie made no reply, but grasped
Fannies arm, and Amy, addressing Mrs
Warden, said: "Iou know me, Mrs.
Warden. am Frank Almy."
Yes replied Mrs Warden, 81 know
you; don't trouble Christie,
Amy had in the meantime seized Chris
tie by the arm. Il want to see Christie
alone, he continued, and when Mrs War
den exclaimed, We must not let him
harm Christie he
Drew Pistol From His Pocket
and pointed it at the mother. He finally
succeeded in pulling Christie away from
her sisters grasp and dragged her through
bars into Il pasture Running up the road
short distai Fannie told Miss Goodell
70 Le.:1G Ger help Faaric hurried back
aud followed her sister into the pasture.
When Any saw her following he shouted:
Go back, or | will shoot you. =" and at
that moment Christie cried, Help, Fan,
lie is pulling my clothes Off"
Fanny kept on. despite thc warning and
Almy shot at her. She lelt the wind of
the bullet as it whistled by her ear She
stopped only for moment, when he fire d
again, and Il third shot was directed at
her, when she essayed 10 go on. BY this
time Amy had reached the clump of will
lows with his burden, and almost stimuli
taneOuslv young man named Emmett
Marshall appeared on knoll on the op-
pOsite side OF the ravine. lie was imme-
diately seen by Almy, who peremptorily
ordered him to halt
Marshall started for assistance, and i'm
mediately after two morCsysports of the
revolver We're heard, preceded by sounds
as if blows had been struck Then Almy
broke from cover and ran over a hill on
the west side of the ravine.
Fanny went to the willows and found
her sister
Lying on Her Back, Dead,
her body stripped, except waist and
some underclothing. People who had
been alarmed arrived at the scene, and
the murdered girl was removed to her
home.
The story Of the sufferings endured by
the victim Of the terrible murder was
mutely told by her remains. The face and
forehead We're covered with abrasions,
caused probably by blows from the stock
of II revolver. Directly under the left eye
was "A wound made by bullet, which
passed down and out Of the neck. The
lace e5out the wound was powder burned
~ an eN;ent whlch indicated that the pis-
tol must have been held very close to it if
not III actual contact with the flesh The
other bullet entered the body in the small
of the back, passed downward through
the abdomen and came out. That death
was practically instantaneous is probable,
because Of the terrible wounds and from
the fact that there We're no signs of life
when her sister reached the body That
there was struggle and a severe one il.
clearly evidenced By her hands, both Of
which We're cruelty torn and bruised
Aln,y's Escape and Captcre.
If the earth had swallowed him up
Almy's disappearance after committing
the awful crime could not have been more
my sterious. Every nook and corner in
the uited STATES and Canada, figurativcly