New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-09

LIGHT on ALLEGED CRIMES.
IMPORTANT ENTRIES FOUND IN A DIARY
KEPT By THE MURDERED HUSBAND.

JOHN AND ALSO A MAN fN BELFAST-BrEIAL
OF HALLIDAY AND SARAH JANE MQUlL
LAN-THE ACCUSED WOMAN LoDGED
IN MONTICELLO JAII-cROwDs
VISIT TIE sHANTy.
Mddletown, " Y, Sept Especial .-I.zze Hal
liday, who is accused OF the buchery OF two women
and one man at the foot OF the >hawangunk Noun
tains, il AT this moment safely locked mp in tle
Jail at Monticello. the county seat OF sullivan
County. whittier she was taken to-day from Bur-
llnglam. Sarah Jane McQuillan, the daughter Of
Margaret McQL1lan. whose body has been IN the
keeping of u \. Naninwigcn. the undertaken at
Bloomingburg. since II was found covered up IN
the .>,.ln"nt ol the Halliday farmhouse, Was
buried to-day. A dispatch came from Thomas Me
CCillan. tie girls father. who lives in N"wburg,
to hold the body until Saturday, when he a1uld
make an effort 10 he present but the nhd'rtaher
could not do this so the burial took place to-day
in the little cemetery not far from the Nlllge oil
Bloominghurg. The fact that Thomas Mc'3nIllan
WIS not present To identify r person the polin OF
his murdered wife and daughter was much com
ncntod upon by everybody until II was lelrhed
that he WAS an old and cnfeebled man. to whom
the shock occasioned by the news had proved wen
nigh fatal. The two burials were, however, made
at his III a nOntH vi wv" H' WIN "'''
the bodies removed to Newburs.
harion Iigham, of this place" whlIe lo"h'h-
abont the Halliday house picked mp an Oh
memorandum book which he took away a" a
mementc of tle tragedy. Gpon looking thron2h
il several important entries wer" found. o'e
leaf was folded over and pinned down. 1t was
indorsed Lizzie Ialiday's crimes. on IN"
inside thi. entry appeared Burnt barn, May
%. 1891. May Il, 1891. the house was p"r"''
Tan Halliday, May II, 1891.
James Halliday said to-day that Lizzie HALL
day had recently tried every means in her power
to entice his wifes sister into the Halliday shanty.
James admitted that he had been on bad terms
with his father. and said that. he had never even
spoken 10 hi. stcpmother. lie declared that he
WIS satisfied that his crippled brother John had
been murdered hy his st'pmother His theory
was that she had killed John with an axe, had
dragged the body into the cellar of the house and
burned the bmilding to cover up her crime
James asserted that the bedding on which his
brothers body was found only scorched. and
he thought this proved that John could not have
hcrn burned to death.
The whole country around the place whore
the crime. were committed i still wrought mp
10 an intens.. pitch of cNcit"m'ni. which s"'n'
gcra,at"d rather than alIay"I by th" arrest an"
committa Of Mrs Halliday. The people here
tall, of scarcely anything "ls" n was dihi"rlt
10 obtain hack here 20 90 to Birmingham
cvcy livery stable keeper in IN" city having
hired ont almost all his con eyanccs to summer
visitor- who passing and repsssing one
anofirr all ddi on The way 70 ana iIom
tine ill-Gtcd farmhouse, Prop" swar'nrl to-day
rom New burg and the surrounding towrs 10
lool, az IN" house. while Tor Sunday every hack
IN Middlrt.wn has been bespok"n by curiosity
seekers Tor th" most part bent upon th" sam"
grm pilgrimage
Robert HALLIDAY th" murdered mans oldest
-on. drove over to-day 10 the ll-lat"d spot from
hl- farm - Ballsvillc -N miles away. to attend
the funeral o. his father. who WAS buried in In"
cemetery ~ Walkers VALLEY by the Peter j.
OWNS Post. No. 81. g. \. t.. of which organila-
rion he was a member The house and farm. ON
which there il n nortg Of $50, w"rr .lc"'i"d
to Robert on October .. Iso?. while LINE
Halliday was in the a. lum: and Ii" came into
the real estate Office oi T. l. Wolf here III the
afternoon to obtain po-~'~-ion ol IN" deed Inc
roporter had n long tall ti"r,. with Robert. who
lived for "a little time in tnr old farm >hant
with hi. father after the latter married ~
woman who afterward Eillcd him. II was "n
of Roberts two daughters, Minnie or loni~',
whose
that Of Sarah Jane McQullan. the murdered eirI
Neither Minnie nor Louise had been heal "'
for long time, and many supposed flat ni" 'i
them might have been the victim OF IN" d'1iN
Lnllets They were not heard from untIl t.
dav. and this induced many Of the n'iglp"r@ +
renew the search in deep well near IN" n'n"
which old Paul occupied until II was turned
down. Robert Halliday, however received
obi
that they were safe with relatives IN Providence
X. l.
20, in. tir. tine since the discovery OF the
,,dio. . detailed account Of the lives Of the mur
l.rd man and his wifi" was learned, Rob"r'
firui-biuq # Paul Halliday came from the
North of Ireland lie wa, born in B,llymena.
County Antrim. about eighty years ago. ana MA
married long before h" c,mr 70 An"ricH lie
..ttl. 'ir,t in Providence. and, after working Tor
several years on " The Providence Journal AMI
accumnlatIng a little money, hc moved To Middle
.ov.n where hc obtained employment ~ match
factory. and subsequently IN Wheeler, Madden "
{ tlcmsrrs foundrr. II" boullt lot and built
q house at the foot of Southst. which ne
tradrd later on for u farm AT thght ana Iia'i
Station on the Erie Railroad. After staying th"r"
wa wears he made another trai'. getting III
exchange this time the houS" and farm near wax
rs Valley. where he lived for th" last thirty
years. and where his dead body was dug mp on
v dne.day IIr enlisted on August Il, lN":' III
{ Conpamy X. I:ith New-lork Volunteers an"
.,y,d until Jane =? ls6j. when he Wa honor
ably DISCHARGED lie was wounded on MAY :.
: sG3 a, the battle Of Characteristic" ana III
two subsequent tattl"s. \ pension was graht"'
him in 1886. and the amount was Increased Oh
different occasions since then. He was receiving
SIp "A month when he died The pension certiIl,
cafe which il was believed iizIlr lihllha' ~ NV
i,hcr hidden or DESTROYED was discovered y",-
tcriny in the safe of Mr. Wolf. who handed II
over 10 Robert tn" first wife died seven years
ago. ,,., - M an vo,r
father pick her out of gypsy gang "a mas o'"'"
said ," the reporter asked Robert. :.
No. he answered. cinphaticallX: ne"
not on,. word of truth in that. lie hired her
from the intelligence onlc" Of Mrs. smith. IN
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