Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-06
MIDDLETOWN MYSTERY
Little Is Known About Those
 Two Murders.
THE VICTIMS YET UNIDENTIFIED.
Mrs. Halliday Raved When She Was Ar
 rested-BIood and Bones Found In the
 House The Husband Is Missing, and His Wife l. Suspected of Having Killed Him.

MInpI EruwN. N. Y. Sept. G.-The cor oner commrnCed an inquest on the ho,l:es of the two women supposed To have been murdered here. Before adjournimg Mrs Halliday was taken tu the courtroom, where she raved and tore her clothing to shrr'is- Previously an attempt tu photo graph her was made but she prevented the phutugi pher getting a negative ut her hy moving her head. arms and feet Crowds are gatheTiuE and threats nf lyuchiug are frequently hrarl
 The identity of the victims remains un known. When found their feet were tied and hands crossed and tied The post mortem examination revealed eight bullets in the woman and seven in the girl in the region uf the heart. The woman had been dead a N eek. but the girl not over x hours. The bodies have been given to Undertaken Van Twegen of HuominghurE. who will have the features photographed before burial.
 Men who were detailed tn watch the premises on Sunday night state that Mrs, Halliday was up all night washing. The terror of the ueighhurs WAS that she would set fire to the harm that night. but she knew she was being watched and did not leave the house.
 Two shuvel> and a crow hnr in the house had fresh earth upon them. which gave rise lO tue lhlt~SlOil that ltallltllN bbSlN hlN been buried
 Another theory k that Mr.. Halliday killed hrr husband and burned his hody ill the kitchen stove, There were found pieces uf charrcd bones and ma>> of ashes b,. lieNed to have bcru made from burning flesh
 Blood on the Mattress. The Halliday woman i> supposed to have been an rugraut from Ireland She was n | T.,11 flee. He took her to his home and fell in love with her. They came Ia Middletown years ago and were married IL Is supposed that the women were sum, mer boaIderS somewhere iu the locality where the murders WJre committed Ii such they were, II appears strange that the | disappearance ot a couple of women buard- | CTS has not Vet Oeeu reported from any of | the boarding houses iu the vicinity of Paul | Halliday farm
 Blood has been found on a mattress and
 on carpet in the Halliday house, In the | bedroom lu which was discovered the mat ! tress there were bullet holes A partition
 showed where a bullet had struck the par | titjou and glanced From :l Cursury exam | nation there was everything Ia indicate that the woman had been murdered in tht
 bed. probably while sleeping, for su tar a, | can be learned no evidences of a struggle | were noticed.
 Very little clothing was on the bo,lic,
 when they were found. The feet of cact
 woman had hecu tied together. and the | hands had been folded and then tied. l Bones. supposed to br human bones, wrr,
 found in the kitchen stove, and il was con | Cludcd that they were all that was left Q | Halliday. that his wife had killed him anc | then burned the body. On the other haud
 some of the nrighbur> pronounced the bone | beef bones.
 Statements have been made which wil | bc used A~ evidence against Mrs Halliday | One k that nt a domestic in the locality She says that Mrs. Halliday told her thCr | were two women N hom she Mr> Halliday
 Was going Ia kill and that after hat sh | would be ready tu swing hcr-cIf