George Abbott was born in 1857 in Salem, Massachusetts, and moved with his foster parents to North Thetford, Vermont, at age 10.

[2] After his release in 1878, he returned to his hometown of Salem, but by 1879 was back in the Connecticut River area of Vermont and New Hampshire, where he was involved in more burglaries.

[2] He was eventually caught, and sentenced to 15 years in prison in Vermont, entering in June 1881, aged 23.

[7] Eventually, Almy was captured on August 20 in Hanover, having hid himself in the barn of the Warden family for 33 days.

[8] After being discovered in the barn, Almy exchanged gunfire with his pursuers, and ultimately surrendered after being shot in the leg and becoming weak due to the loss of blood.