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

MIS-. HALLIDAY.
had been crowded with hardy men from back
in the country. and they had filled up on apple
Jack. with an occasional dash OF sweet cider
from the steam cider mill back Of Decker's
Hotel. There was no concealment OF the feel
ing that Mrs Halliday should be lynched.
They had been talking lynohing all day. and
had been listening to stories about the band OF
pypsiss that was la BILE to descend on the town at
a moments notice and carry of. II they could.
the triple murderess. By shutdown these
stories had been repeated SO many times that
the people grew to believe them and to SEQ in
every stranger a dark skinned gypsy. who at
the proper moment would blossom into full
fedged warrior.
The result was that the villagers began
getting down old flintlocks and muskets. with
the old.fashioned bayonets they had worn
during the war. Pistols. guns and swords
were dug out from their dusty resting places
md cleaned up ready for use in case anything
did happen. 1t was just dusk when the whole
sky filled suddenly with black clouds. In flf-
teen minutes the wind began picking up the
dust and curling it around until the air was
filled. and then came the deluge. For half an
hour the rain beat down in sheets and turned
the streets into rivers. Thon it Stacked. but
for hours after that the water continued fall
ing by fits and starts.
The precautionary measure OF removing Mrs.
Halliday from Constable SCOTS house to an
other residence in the village was decided un-
wise early in the evening. and by o'clock she
was back In Scott's parlor The women who
had been watching the house all day to get a
glimpse OF her. and who had been driven to
cover by tho storm. came out again rs soon As
the heavy rain stopped. and the guards turned
the Scott house into q museum. with Mrs Hall
liday for the exhibit. They invited the women
in two or three at time. Mrs. Halliday was
sitting on the sofa, her feet resting on chair
in front OF her. The women went close up to
her and looked. Sometimes she returned their
looks; sometimes she wriRGled and yelled.
''Shake them of !"
Until tho fourth batch Of visitors came. Mrs.
Halliday was quiet. With tho fourth batch
she resumed her tantrums. and along about
the eighth or tenth batch she began using vile
language. Even that didn't phase the women
visitors and they kept coming until 10 o'clock.
Then tho doors were locked. and Mrs. Halli-
day was alone with her guards.
There was no disturbance until midnight
Then came great shouting outside the house
and the tramp OF feet on the stoop. The
guards in the room started up In alarm. They
were Bloomingburgh men. They talked about
giving q signal for help. and then opened the
door cautiously.
They found little crowd OF drunken men.
all OF whom were from out OF town. The men
talked loudly about lynchng. The guards
told them they were idiots. and that the house
was filled to tho roof with armed mon. who had
sworn to protect the prisoner. After a while
the drunken men worked out their wrath by
tearing down q fence and ripping Off rail on
o bridge below the house. Then they went to
the hotel and got more apploIack. and were
heard Of no more. The guards went back.
Mrs. Halliday was sitting as they had left her.
apparently asleep
At 8 o'clock this morning she was taken to
court Lawyer Hart OF New York. acting for
Abijah Bowen. who acted for the District At
torney. moved that she be committed to the
county jail on the charge OF numbering Mrs.
McQuillan and her daughter Justice Thayer
signed the commitment A summer boarder
wagon had been drawn up at the court room
door. and as the SPECTATORS fled out they
crowded around 1t. Mrs Halliday looked at it
when she came down and Vas about to step In
herself fall back into, the arms the guards.
They hlsted" her, while another man boosted.
and she the Snto tho
and Joseph Scott. the Bur ingham constable.
Bloopling bure hotel Keeper Who had '' volu Iro
t ts to act as driver, took the front seat
~, rhe crowd yelled and leered as no whipped up
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balcony Of John Benefits hotel. and groups
Ren ana M women rsb Were standing tboI
rope. He stood in sight OF Mrs. Halliday and
end OF it. Then he slipped the moose up and
down. and finally threw the other end up over
beam In the shed
"'ThA IL raalyi' he vadIaf
look, lookl exclaimed some women.
The EN- In the crowd laughed. Hostler Joe
back q the wagon in which Mrs. s Halliday y was st
sittiDg he threw the moose end OF the rope SO
in again and walked over under the beam H a.'o'o
iii IN Pnli the rope" he yelled. IL any man
waS ns5 ane
Of barbarous humor, But that 1t was not ali
humor WAS evident by the remarks of the
crowd. One man whispered to woman
''oh,, II there was only a leader"
Another said aloud, The trouble is we
haven't got any leader."
Up to ri tnis point the men IN charge Of the
stable scott turned on noster J Joe and i said:
Put that rope up"
joe did the rope up in coil and dropped it
that Mrs. Halliday showed what wonderful
perye she possesses. Not once did she finch.
der che did not start. 4 moment after the
fGpS WAS dd1SpPed she ieeTsd at the crowd and
atable NicIerson. The crowd screamed with
delight at this and guyed Nickerson. The
women clapped their hands and danced up
and down., The mon tossed their hats into the
air and yelled.
When the party started again half dozen
stops were ade efore the outskirts of Bloom
ingburg were reached. The alleged object
WAS tn ask directions. the real one to give
ins1ss to the
aware OF the approach OF the wagon and at
almost every farmhouse a stop WAS made.
Monticello was reached about 3 o'clock. and
Mrs. Halliday was turned over to Sheriff
Beecher. The Sheriff began by, ordering her