LIFE, TRIAL AND CONFESSION OF FRANK C. ALMY

Hardback. c.1892. Almy, a rejected suitor, murdered Christie Warden on July 17, 1891, at Hanover, New Hampshire. He lived for a month in the Warden family barn while posses were searching for him, and when he was captured, it was discovered that he was the George Abbott who had escaped over the wall of the New Hampshire State Prison while serving a 15yr. term for burglary. Illus. 32pp. 8vo. h/back/paper wraps. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Bound-in. Paper wraps fragile, foxed and browned pp. F. black cloth covers, contents G. (McDade 6).