The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-08

Atthat hour she Was taken out 81 the house q
street.. She did not Kick up the way she did
Yesterday The people jeered at her: some
at last o" Only i one wit Witness was examined and
the woman was taken back again to the house.
She was quiet unit! about IL O'Clock. when che
After dinner when her guards wore talking
tention to her. she took OH one OF the calico
strings she used as garters and wound Il ABOUT
until nf L cut into her esh How long she had
held the string when Constable Scott looked
around and discovered yhat she vas doing 81, Is
room jumped at Mrs. Halliday. Scott grabbed
the string and 1t broke;
IN another minute she would have succeeded
garter searched her fol. strings. and watched
her moro closely thereafter.
through the streets to the court room All the
people yho were not 9nt at the Halliday place
as nfS ss s'e
her hair down and held her hands SO
hair back. and were tying it with a string
She pulled he string oil the moment it was
tied. Constable Scott took from his pocket
to strang f herself and with it tied her hair
back. Then she turned and looked out OF the
Scott was the fret witness examined. He
produced tho watch and the rings. 1t was
seen that when he placed them. on the table
Elijah Bowen picked up the watch. which
had smell chain with ball, and dangled 1t
is that your watch 7" he asked. He re-
HALLIDAY would not look at It.
She began f fh e put 5asm into
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her neck. that's what you, ought to do. and
that's the best place for it."
luncture an old lady, with the, face q saint.
S1UTd o BY hs table and Ss stood tSoi
out pair Of spectacles and put them on. Very
lei ssc + Ssf for fully half minute Then
You think you're pretty, don't your Why
you put he 5. bSSk BE-
marking that she had some twenty miles to
get glimpse of the face Of the woman whose
The witness after Scott produced the revol-
which we're found II Justice Ihaysr
table. and Mrs. Halliday look cd at them out Of
acted nationally up to the time when she was
that the bgdes Of hid
Then Mr. Bowen said that the testimony for
But" he went on looking at Mrs Halliday.
there's been ;, another body found. which we
that fact suggest that we lay this matter
over until to, morrow morning at o'clock"
S Wans at tho
door was u affair sd He warned iSd
stairs The people lined up on either side.
leaving only a narrow lane. and waited. The
camera man. with his hat pulled over his eyes
fS ss redrc TeS
Halliday. held by four II. men zap appeared. She
the camera 6ar and dropped her head ara
camera man only smiled.
tr XIX k all Il you want to- I've got you this
The crowd cheered and yelled and called the
woman names and followed her down the
On the way back to scott's house she seemed
so quiet that her guards did not hold her by
The shoulders and arms as they usually do in
They relaxed their vigilance so far that they
became separated somewhat. and the two
TheS SEXTON Q; B h%e Church who is
summering here saw that as she walked be-
hind the guards she acted gueSnriy Peering
When she thought she was unobserved she
suddenly slipped her right hand into her dress
and drew out short moose made Of red wors-
She threw it over her head swiftly and jerked
she was doing, He shouted to the guards.
who at once seized her and took the moose
=, The evidence that this woman committed
the murders with which she Is charged is as
nsa. as would be if there had been
she had probably planned to burn the house
and Cet away. when she wasdlscovered. Paul
they watched the house on sunday night.
when they suspected but had no evidence that
sign Of life, little after 3 o'clock they saw
string the collie dog which belonged to the
place She looked out through crack in the
door first. and then she opened It wide; AS she
4 little, later a light appeared in the house.
about. The light went out. and there was
nothing heard or. seen until daylight when
ing. The men went into the house. They
found lamp standing under the bed. and
The iind ding OF the bottle Of chloroform with
tee pst60 ows es Of the mys
house and to led without producing the in:
lured mother. to care for whom Sarah, had
probably chloroformed. and taken into the |
house when she was unconscious
clearing. but SO far there has been no light on |
the question OF the motive for three murders. |
cuo uOtlNe was SuSpeSteu IO-uay Dy SndRky- |
headed man in Birmingham. and has been |
adopted with enthusiasm: |
Some time In their lives" said the old man. |
them two dead women done an injury to the |
tribe OF gypses in which this Mrs. Halliday |
in revenge. She killed the old man so that she |
wouldn't be interfered with. She has done |
her work. and now this band OF hers are oom- |
OF the tribe"
dozen persons said to-day that they were |
sure that they saw old man Halliday alive on |
Thursday. AS Mrs. McQuillan was killed on |
Wednesday night. II would seem that lie must |
have had "A hand in her murder. In that case
ne may have peen killed by the woman for |
fear that he might lose heart and accuse her.
IT Is not certa! n. however. that Halliday was |
Of home on Wednesday night. He may have |
been away when tho murder WAS committed. |
and discovering it on his return. may have |
been killed to make his silence sure.
one OF the most astonishing things in tho |
case Is that the three murders were committed |
AZ different times and all within four days |
The house was the butcher shop and every
one OF the three days Mrs. Halliday was seen |
at her ord mary work by her neighbors Where
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