The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-08
HUSBAND MURDERED, TOO,
,ss HABLIDAY STRONGLY GUARDED
no PREVENT 4 LYNCBING.

yrl HdDLTDdT STRONGLY GUARDED
TO PREVENT 4 LYNCBING.
,.,,,.e Excitement Caused by Rumors that
,Bnrd OF Gypries Had Planned 20 Rescue
,s, Triple Murdere.s-The Halliday Farm,
tue n County Fair when the Husbands
Rodv Was Found-Mrs. Halliday Made
r,o Attempts to sStrnugIe HcrseiE-Her
s,,i, Clearly Proved. but Her Motive ms
Mach OF Mystery rs Ever-Chiorororr,
Wa. Probably Used on Sarah McouiiInn.
Mpp1ErowS. Sept. IA second chapter in
,ba latest and deepest mystery OF the Shawan-
snnk Mountains was cleared up to-day when
marty OF searchers turned up the body OF old
nan Paul Halliday They found II buried
dsep under the flooring OF the shanty he built
N replace the house which his wife burned
rnon sho killed his crippled son. whom she
hated. Like the bodies OF the two women,
which were found buried under a mound OF
h.y and manure in the barn basement, old
man Halliday's body was riddled with bullets.
Rut apparently they did not kill him. or the
murderer thought they did not. for the left eye
had been knocked out with blow OF club.
and the left side OF the forehead had been
crushed in with the same weapon.
When the people heard Of the finding OF the
body they went wild with excitement. and
they cried out for vengeance They gathered
about in squads in the hotel and in the gen.
sral stores In tho town of Birmingham and
filled UP with apple whiskey and talked Of
ynching and OF burning at the stake. 1t Is
veil for the peace and good name of the State
oiNew York that there was no leader for this
mob. The finding OF the body Of old man Hal
lIday was not the only cause OF this mob-law
ind oil hat ,f he
brotherhood and fear OF gypsy rescue.
It may be remembered that the first &C.
counts OF the tragedy that were sent from here
said that Mrs. Halliday. the murderess. had
belonged to a wandering gypsy tribe. that she
had been too wild for even her Bohemian COM
panions. and that they had cast her out for
time. This story has since been denied, but
Kcropped out again to-day. and it was said
that while she was not full-blooded gypsy
woman she was half breed. and came OF q
tribe OF half wild people that mako their
homes in the Shawanrunk Mountains. A
messenger came from Ellenville with the
news that q tribe Of these people had been
camped near that town since the day the
bodies were found. and that they had pulled
ND stakes and were heading down the road
toward Birmingham. There were twenty i've
men in the party. tho messenger said. and
would leave the wagons and enter the town by
different routes and singly. so that they would
not attract attention. Then. when they were
all there. they would swoop down on SCOTS
house, where Mrs. Halliday was confined. and
carry her of to freedom.
The story may have had no foundation. It
probably did not. but two hours after the mes
sengsr came with the news that seven gypsy
wagons were seen moving slowly over the
mountains and down into the beautiful valley
toward Bloomingburg. The wagons were all
driven BY women. The first. q gaudily painted
structure. was driven by q dark skinned gypsy
girl with rudy checks and eyes OF savage
beauty. She was the queen Of the tribe. There
was not a man in sight on any Of the wagons.
and that lent color to the story that the men
would enter Birmingham by ones and twos
The coming OF this string OF wagons was like
fresh brand in the fire. The procession was
watched with breathless interest ana not
man in the town then but was ready to fight
before he would let Mrs. Halliday be taken
away from town. But the gypsy cavalcade did
not push on to Birmingham. 1t turned Off at
tho Middletown road in Bloomingburg. and
headed for this city.
Up to IL O'Clock to- night nothing had been
heard from the Gypsies. and no one knows
whether they are near the village or not.
Tonight, say Justice Thayer and the other
officials. there are two genuine causes Of
alarm. One OF these is the possibility OF mob
violence and lynch law. The other Is that
among the hundreds OF strangers who came
to town when the news OF the finding OF old
man Haliday's body got abroad were the band
Of twenty five gypsies. bent on rescue. Posi-
bly, nothing shows the state OF the public feel
ing better than a canvass that was made to
secure guards for the woman before the stories
OF gypsy rescuers were told. and when the
early 81 cries Of lynching and burning were
cials decided that the best thing to
hurry through with the examination OF the
woman: put her into wagon With an "a, armed
county 81" seat twenty.four miles away. where
there is a strong Jail and where the feelings Of
the people are not SO wrought up. That was
snee with, Elijah Bowen; the assistant e the
easier to protect her in in the house where She is
watch and to fight to the death any band OF
gypsies to the mum Der OF u million. but not
half q dozen men offered to protect her against
a party Of citizens with rope
for guards late in the afternoon. While a
crowd was gathered in. front. Of Constable
the bs Latest asye %as
secretly taken away to- another house. A
dozen men from Boomingburg came later
and. with half dozen others. they are in this
new place of Imprisonment They are armed
with guns and revolyers and sticks. and they
are prepared to fight.
The removal Of the woman was matter OF
precaution. That she has been removed is
known only to the men who took part in i and
time the news that she has been removed gets
back here In THE sun she will pro ably be on
her way to Monticello by a roundabout rail-
road route that includes Middetown and Port
Jervis. The latter place was where Bob Lewis
was lynched some time ago for a crime less
horrible than these OF which Mrs. Halliday is |
accused.
The finding OF old man Haliday's body was
% unexpected by most people as was the find |
Ing Of the bodies Of the two women, Mrs. Nc
Quillan and her daughter by the searchers |
who were looking for Halliday. Chief Of Police |
Snrvis Of Poughkeepsie. who came down with !
women. said that the woman who Succeeded |
10 Turing Mrs. McQuillan and her daughter |
from their homes had stopped in n drug store |
In Newburgh and purchased bottle of sweet
spirits Of nitTe. he thought that II the bottle |
with the Newburgh label could be found in |
Mrs Halliday's house II would be. conclusive |
evidence that Mrs. Halliday was the woman |
who represented herself as Mrs. Smith. The |