The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-06

they first look.d upon the corpse of
as its striking resemblance, even
In its hideous condition, to the woman
whom they remembered as Mary
Isabella Holiday. or Mrs. Gravlin OF
Providence. The age and figure seemed
to correspond precisely, and when it was
found . SO that Mrs Gravlin's child,
Harriet, was born about twenty years ago
nd that the dead irl had facial outlines
similar TO those OF the murdered woman
many Of the villagers were convinced that
the two victims Of fend's fury were
none other than old man Holidays
daughter and granddaughter.
Asleep When Murdered.
The diff reuce In the tine of their
death makes it almost certain that they
came one at a time. that the first was
murdered before he second got there. The
uncloihed condition of the body
and the course Of the bullets
make II ape r that the first woman was
in bed a probably asleep when she was
murdered. Holiday, 1t was known. was
at the house every day aud every night
until Thursday.
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mui der must have been com IN tied while
ne was here. IL is evident tlat
he murder was committed in
She house, that the body was
trapped up and was carried out to the
barn aud buried under tue hay ana the
mature. As has been said, the woman
eighed 1865 pounds. Il seems hardl,
D ssible tbat this could have been done
b. one person.
II the doctors are right about the
younger Woman, she mus have been
nuraered also while asleep and in bed /,
and on Saturday i4ht after young Paul
a ,lday mad visited the house aud made
Inquiries about his father.
She vas light, and it would have been
g ,sy for her body TO have beea handed
nd buried by one person ; but what was
Ee doing AT the honse'
Holidays Uell-Known Bere.
Paul Holiday, at whose farm in Bur-
ngham, n. Y, two women ere
und murdered and who is tLoug I
- have b EN- himself ully dealt With,
g's wei knowniu in this city. For maDy
ears he was employed at the Office of the
Journal as engineer. His brother John
was the pressman here also aud re NAMED
uniil five years ago.
Paul had three s,ns who were
lso in the employ of The Jou n i
feeders when that paper
AS turnel out on four and six
ylinder presses. When he Web per-
Getting press was Introduced there was
longer need OF the SER
ices Of the feeders and Paul
nd his sons departed. IL was un
erstood lie had purchased a farm in
New York state samew ere aud lttle WIS
neard rom him unt the news
reached here that his wife hal destroyed
mis- house and barn by fire and that she
was under arrest.
Not Mrs. Gravlin and Fer Daughter.
Mr.. G. w. CIR win was called upon
mis- morning by News reporter aud
,sSed in relation 60 the affair. He
aid that the reason IL was thought
ne murdered women re his wife and
aughter was because was the custom
{ Mrs. Gravlin aud her dau hter TO vi it
aul Holiday every SUMMER.
Fr some reason OF other they
,ad no made the visit for two years.
he dispatches gtv 9 be ages O the women
niare about 81 AID 10 year. which are
'oul lhe ages OF mis- w,fe aud dtu tht,r.
was not surpr Sed tha the people at
iurlingham thou Iht bis wife Il dau h.
,r were the victims Mr.. CIR Win says
hat more OF the relatives OF Pant Holli-
lay residing there are now out OF the city.