The evening world., 1894-06-19
|LAST EDITION.
The HALLIDAY TRIAL.
Examination Of Witnesses Began
Promptly This Morning.
Accused Woman Sits with Bowed
b. Head in the ourt-Room.
Sullivan County Out in Body to
n Hear the Case.
Especial to The Evening WORLDLY

Especial TO The Evening Worid.)
MONTICELLO, N. Y, June 19.-The
trial of Mrs Lizzie Halliday, the Bur-
bingham murderess. Is treated as a first
class entertainment by the good people
Of Sullivan County. The courtroom,
no larger than one of the parts OF the
New York Court of General Sessions, is
daily packed with citizens who come
from every section of this mountain
county, by their own conveyances prin-.
cipally, for there is but one railway to
Monticello. and that connects II with
Port Jervis. 1000 feet down In the val
B ley and twenty-four miles away. With
"A as much precision as though 1t were by
= order of Justice Edwards, the women,
In delicious Summer gowns of gingham,
7 lawn and the like. take seats on one side
OF the north centre aisle. the men seat
Ing themselves on the other side
The jury had been completed in three
hours yesterday afternoon. Only Atty
one of the 16O impanelled citizens had
been examined. The rest were disap-
pointed men, and they expressed 1t feel
ingiy In the hotels last evening. 1t was
a matter of So a day to them, with the
prospect of long trial, and some of
them were very gloomy. Any one who
mas travelled through the rocky lands of
sullivan County could appreciate the
pointment.
AT $40 o'clock to-day sherifr's Depu-
fses Rnim IRA mporter, Of Liberty. and Erastus
seen each other before and were not on
SSpeakihg terms. not having been intro
1nGed' S,,,ss' brought the prisoner from the
courthouse into court
The woman slayer of three fellow-mor-
n;,, .a,s, whose only defense is that Of in
twenty eight "o years. thoSsh wGleah sbe IooSs o.
nfteen years older She has an un-
ins noy more paller and Is very thin weigh
4 clad In gown Of brown stun, perfect.
: iy plain and simple.
=, ,CGntTary to all the precedents, as pro-
from all over the country, Lizzie Halii-
DAY whose defense is homicidal insanity,
sat quietly between the sheriff's depu.
on hese her 0f%sa SosSm so hSt hSe her SrShn n
thatcffed head swayed from side to side.
put the eyes were closed and the rather
ton. while Distrlct-Attorney David S.
q q ts the ,,rG crime for which the woman was was
Birmingham: the hamlet where Lizzie
Halliday and her aged husband. old Paul
{ Halliday, lived a miserable life together,
: county seat and scene Of the trial, yet
y there were many Of the neighbors OF
. this oddly mated pair IN court to-day:
the story Of the finding Of the naked
Sssp q p stable eh th rddiea With usaft salets
Ian that Lizzie halliday Is on trial. al
though when that young woman's
Sody Sodyy was ;,s found %o1S.r sS H.rv, was & the
4 Quiilan, and later on. the body Of old
es Paul Halliday. the prisoners late hus-
d bend, was found under the floor Of
filled with Bullets. and Mr. Hill told
the Jury chat they ftted a pistol found
I Sept: 4, 1893. when the bodies OF the
murdered women were found and the
! w3mn,sn n,. ,. was arrested Ma c
crime Fitzgerald, In New York. whose
eefense was insanity, In that there if
! alienists who will testify.
! Sarah J; McQuilian,. for whose murder
ySar srR put the &c aaSfster tTss wa' " oS
. THOMAS MeQlilian and Margaret, his
wife. The McQuillans ilyed in the out;
gone 10 tse Haday far mqhse
aH,s from from Mrs snd Halliday saying hs,
thwent to Barlnsham. ann She 'sS Was mes next seer sef
u dead under the heap Of stable refuse
N District-Attorney Hill told the jury
thn. Mrs. Ss;ora Halliday chlGroIormed her
q The first Witness was Mrs. Caroline 8
ro Wright. of Newburg. She related how
M5s sraet Etabsie ftn Halliday s1.Sss %S5ss
She engaged IE Margaret t0l Mcouilian. his HsR whe
%r,rb, TSSn away coWJ wIth h. her saying, to Mrs
Z again; aga i,, am going to do some work fol
Tss tHSlliaSE a. wGmsG s,s had
N On Saturday, OF the same week, Sept
Mrs. Smith came again and got Sarah
&C MeQpillan. Sarah told the witness
S.and hurt herSelf at Mrs rs smitss an3
shfsah 81: s'., asked asi Ms MS. Wright to milk he,
sayPE TEe s wneye Sspf ss slef lea
or belt, shirt waist. and lastly. a cheaI
te,gold watch chain. and pendant heart o.
Sagold. as things she had seen Sarah J
'n Then Mrs. Wright broke down ant
oldsrled over some rings. She sobbed hys
ny tn1t they nSe1e.s we're sHh James
iIs ham myself many TINA"
- fyrah MeQulllan was twenty year,
gent Old Thomas Mc9uillan. the .hus
why on, listened to this story. noddint
hPo- approval OF II. He has been
h{rs.i since court convened yesterda!
Fhseph d. Osborn, the next witness
vi klso Newburgcr. He saw Mrs
Hhw1lay feeding her horse Mt the Oar
Mths Meouillan was in the blackboard 4
:. VI n the horse was attached.
III clSargaret ArInot, ot collingham. orang
SRss ySS Ssn;en aneed Ns Il haSss nelosss as m
Isr conveyance had broken down:
would BE- IN no hurry 10 set ,,n !,