The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-09-12
MURDEREDIN A BARN.
hutilated Bodies Discovered I'm q
Hay Loft-The Owner OF the Pre-.
misses Missing and His Wife Arrested
on SuSDiCiOn

on Suspicion.
MIDDLETOwN, N. Y, Sept. 6.-This
neighborhoOd has been shocked beyond
expression by the discovery in barn
belonging to'Paul Holiday, who lives
In the town of Mamakating, Sullivan
county, New York, which is about
two miles from the little village of
Bulingham, of what looks like a triple
murder.
The discovery was made by a search
ing party which was overhauling the
premises for some traces of Holiday,
who disappeared mysteriously some
days ago and is believed to have been
foully dealt with. While rummaging
In disf ed barn attached to the farm
promises the searchers were astonished
and Mortified to find buried in the hay
OF one of the lofts two dead bodies
| which presented the appearance of
having been there for some time. The
bodies were badly cut and bruised and
one of them contained eight bullet
wounds.
A closer examination showed them
to be the remains of two women, but
| 1T was impossible because of the lapse
| OF time and the horrible treatment to
which tho bodies had been subjected
to decide upon their identity. One of
the bodies appeared to be that of a
woman about 60 years old, while the
other is undoubtedly that of young
girl who was certainly, not more than
10 years at the time OF her death.
The neighborhood was quickly
aroused by the news and sightseers
Hooked from many quarters to view
the ghastly spectacle. Great indigna-
tion prevailed for time and threats
of dire vengeance were made against a
woman who was arrested few hours
later and with difficulty spirited away
The woman is the youthful wife of the
missing farmer, Paul Holiday. His
mysterious disappearance is now laid
at her door, and the search for him ia
growing in interest and intensity every
hour.
There is said to be strong reason for
suspecting that young Mrs. Holiday
may be responsible for all three deaths
II 1T shall turn out that the old farmer
has also been murdered. The circum-
stances are these:
Paul Holiday, who is widower
well on in years, married pretty
young Gypsy girl about two years ago,
and took her home to live at the old
farm. For a time all moved serenely.
The old man seemed very much In
love, and the neighbors noted that his
girl wife was less lively than might
have been expected in one of her
tender years and total lack OF exper-
ience, not to speak of comparative
lack of early training.
Others declared, however, that the
girl was subject to "looney" fits, as
they phrased it. 1t became noised
about that she was in the habit of
slipping out of the house at night and
wandering in the woods until daybreak.
Holiday, ito is said, had frequently
cautioned her about these nocturnal
excursions, but he took good care to
little dreaming that they had long
before he discovered them become
public property.
But still more extraordinary sur
prise was in store. The town was
awakened one midnight about two
months ago by an alarm of fire and
Farmer Holidays house was found to
be in flames. The fire when extin-
guished was seen to have nearly
totally wrecked the dwelling, and
worst of all Holidays crippled son
had perished in his bed while the fire
was at its height.
Mrs Holiday was arrested for arson
and held in the Orange county Jail,
"iiotO oilS gave ofldSuCc vi Dolnp
sane. She was afterward sent to the
Middleton asylum, where she remain
ed until recently, when the old farmer
secured her release and took her back
home, having in the meantime rebuilt
the farm house.
Holiday was missing the latter part
OF last week and the neighbors began
to make inquiries about him. Mrs.
Holiday was questioned about her hus-
bands whereabouts. She said he had
gone to Bloomingburg to work as a
mason, but an investigation proved her
statement to be false.
Mrs. Holiday augmented the suspi-
cions against her by making inquiries
| at this time as to what would remove
blood stains, and, upon her actions
was placed under surveillance. The
discovery of the two bodies this morn
| ing led to her arrest on the charge of
possible completely not only in the dis
appearance of her husband but in the
murder of the two women.
When Mrs. Holiday was arrested
she fought desperately and evinced
the supernatural strength and ferOcity
of maniac. A further search of the
premises disclosed several blood stain
ed garments, and in an old stove some
charred bones were found, which many
believe to be the remains of the missing
farmer.
1t Is thought the dead women were
summer bOarders from New York.
The search for Holiday is being
vigorously continued
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y, Sept 1.-The
body of Paul Holiday, husband of the
woman under arrest here. has been
found under his house. The woman
is his wife. He was man of IS. and
brought her here as servant from a
New York intelligence Office and
married her to save her wages of $40 O
month. Two or three years ago she
eloped and stole two horses, but was
adjudged insane and sent to an asylum
from which she was released q year
ago. Old man Holiday disappeared
q week or two ago. In searching for
his body neighbors found in the barn
under the hay the bodies of two un-
known women, one of fifty-fve or sixty
years and the other about twenty.
Each had in her breast over the heart
six or eight bullet wounds
Mrs. Holiday is, or pretends to be,
violently insane. The dead women
are supposed to have been summer
boarders from some of the large cities.
Both were neatly dressed.
The body of Holiday was found
buried under the barn and lying on its
back. The women have been identi-
fled as the wife and daughter of man
named McQuillan at Newburgh.
Constable Scott has just found in an
clubhouse on the HOLIDAY place an