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==Overview==
==Overview==
This case file covers the many crimes of Margaret McNally, aka Mrs. Maggie Hopkins, aka Eliza Brown, aka Mrs. Lizzie Halliday
This case file covers the many crimes of Margaret McNally, aka Mrs. Maggie Hopkins, aka Eliza Brown, aka Mrs. Lizzie Halliday


==Locations==
==Locations==
* Eastern State Penitentiary
* Halliday Farm
* Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane
* Newburgh, Orange, New York
* Sandgate, Bennington, Vermont


==People==
==People==
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!Description
!Description
|-
|-
|Carson, Edward "Ned"
|[[Artemus M. Brewer|Brewer, Artemus M.]]
|
|1841-1885
|Solicitor for Lord Queensberry in libel case
|2nd husband
|-
|Custance, Olive
|1874-1944
|poet and wife of Bosie Douglas
|-
|-
|Douglas Alfred "Bosie"
|Davison, Margaret (McQuillan)
|1870-1945
|1843-1893
|Lord, poet, lover of Oscar Wilde
|murdered
|-
|-
|Douglas, Francis
|Halliday, John
|1867-1894
|1854-1891
|Viscount Drumlanrig, brother of Bosie
|murdered
|-
|-
|Douglas, John Sholto
|[[Paul Halliday|Halliday, Paul]]
|1844-1900
|1820-1893
|Father of Bosie Douglas
|Lizzie's last husband
|-
|-
|Douglas, Percy
|Hopkins, Charles
|1868-1920
|?-1884
|10th Marquess Queensberry, brother of Bosie
|1st husband
|-
|-
|Gray, John
|Hopkins, Charles Jr
|1866-1934
|1882-?
|poet, friend of Oscar, later priest
|only son of Lizzie
|-
|-
|Greet, Inspector
|[[Lizzie Halliday|McNally, Eliza]]
|
|1860-1918
|Arrested Lord Queensberry
|our subject
|-
|-
|Holland, Cyril
|McNally, John
|1885-1915
|?-1884
|son of Oscar Wilde
|Lizzie's father
|-
|-
|Holland, Vyvyan
|McNally, John W.
|1886-1967
|1844-1900
|son of Oscar Wilde
|Lizzie's brother, suicide
|-
|-
|Humphreys, C. O.
|McNally, Sam
|
|1843-1893
|Solicitor for Oscar Wilde in libel case
|Lizzie's brother
|-
|-
|Johnson, Lionel
|McQuillan, John
|1867-1902
|1848-?
|cousin of Bosie, introducted him to Oscar Wilde
|pub owner in Philadelphia
|-
|-
|Lewis, Sir George
|McQuillan, Sarah Jane
|
|1873-1893
|Solicitor for Lord Queensberry in libel case
|murdered
|-
|-
|Lloyd, Constance
|McQuillan, Thomas
|1858-1898
|1817-1897
|Wife of Oscar Wilde
|friend of Eliza's father
|-
|-
|Parker, Charles
|Parkerson, Hiram F.
|
|1826-1903
|lover of Oscar Wilde, valet
|3rd husband
|-
|-
|Parker, Mr.
|Playstel, Charlie
|
|?-?
|brother of Charles Parker, groom
|5th husband
|-
|-
|Raffalovich, Marc-Andre
|[[George H. Smith|Smith, George H.]]
|1864-1934
|1831-1900
|student of homosexuality and criminology
|4th husband
|-
|Ross, Robbie
|1869-1918
|Friend and 1st lover of Oscar Wilde
|-
|Taylor, Alfred
|
|rent boy
|-
|Queensberry, Marquess
|
|(see John Sholto Douglas)
|-
|Wilde, Oscar
|1854-1900
|
|-
|Wright, Sidney
|
|Hall-Porter at the Albemarle Club
|}
|}
==Documentation==
=== Census Records ===
* [[1900 US Federal Census - ED 155 - Sheet 4|1900 Census]]: "Elizabeth Halliday" - Fishkill, Dutchess, New York
* [[1910 US Federal Census - ED 50 - Sheet 5A|1910 Census]]: "Elizabeth Halliday" - Fishkill, Dutchess, New York
* [[1915 NY State Census - AD 1, ED 4 - Page 20|1915 NY State Census]]: "Lizzie Halliday" - Fishkill, Dutchess, New York


=== Newspaper Articles ===


==Documentation==
* [[23 Jun 1886 - Washington County Advertiser (Greenwich, New York)]]: Marriage of [[George H. Smith]] and Lizzie Halliday
===Newspaper Transcriptions===
* [[17 Mar 1888 - Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey)]]: Charged with Incendiarism
* [[18 Mar 1888 - The Philadelphia Times (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)]]: Did She Fire Her House?
* [[19 Mar 1888 - The Philadelphia Times (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)]]: Camden Homoeopathic Hospital
* [[29 Mar 1888 - The Philadelphia Times (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)]]: Mrs. Hopkins Committed
* [[13 Apr 1888 - Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey)]]: A Widow on Trial for Arson
* [[10 Apr 1890 - The Philadelphia Times (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)]]: John McQuillan opens business
* [[14 Jun 1890 - Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York)]]: Levi Rogers sentenced
* [[8 May 1891 - Republican Watchman (Monticello, New York)]]: A Sad Tragedy - A Young Man Burned to Death
* [[15 May 1891 - Republican Watchman (Monticello, New York)]]: Coroners Inquests, John Halliday
* [[19 Jun 1891 - The Evening Gazette (Port Jervis, New York)]]: A Rival of Jesse James, Arrest of a Perfect Woman Fiend in Newburgh
* [[20 Jun 1891 - Middletown Times-Press (Middletown, New York)]]: Declared Insane, Mrs. Paul Halliday Examined
* [[9 Jul 1891 - The Evening Gazette (Port Jervis, New York)]]: Is Mrs. Halliday Insane?
* [[26 Sep 1891 - The Evening Gazette (Port Jervis, New York)]]: Mrs. Paul Halliday indicted
* [[4 Feb 1892 - Port Jervis Daily Union (Port Jervis, New York)]]: Judge Beattie's Court, Mrs. Paul Halliday
* [[16 Feb 1892 - Middletown Times-Press (Middletown, New York)]]: Mrs. Paul Halliday attacked in jail
* [[5 Sep 1893 - The Evening World (New York, New York)]]: Bodies of two women found at Halliday home
* [[6 Sep 1893 - The Evening World (New York, New York)]]: Murdered women are identified
* [[7 Sep 1893 - The Evening World (New York, New York)]]: Old Paul Killed Too, His Body Found Under the Floor
* [[9 Sep 1893 - Middletown Times-Press (Middletown, New York)]]: Week of Horrors, Inquests
* [[13 Sep 1893 - The Herald Statesman (Yonkers, New York)]]: Mrs. Halliday indicted
* [[14 Sep 1893 - Tri-States Union (Port Jervis, New York)]]: The Victim's Identified
* [[5 Nov 1893 - The World (New York, New York)]]: A Woman Without a Heart; Interview with Nellie Bly
* [[6 Nov 1893 - The Philadelphia Times (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)]]: Mrs. Halliday connected to arson in Philadelphia
* [[7 Nov 1893 - The Elmira Gazette (Elmira, New York)]]: Mrs. Halliday in Philadelphia
* [[20 Nov 1893 - The Burlington Free Press (Burlington, Vermont)]]: Another Halliday Crime
* [[12 Dec 1893 - Lebanon Daily News (Lebanon, Pennsylvania)]]: Mrs. Halliday Tries Again
* [[23 Jun 1894 - The Daily Sentinel Tribune (Bowling Green, Ohio)]]: Is Facing the Jury, Lizzie Halliday and Her Many Crimes
* [[28 Jun 1894 - The St. Johnsbury Caledonian (St. Johnsbury, Vermont)]]: A Remarkable Criminal
* [[5 Jul 1894 - Tri-States Union (Port Jervis, New York)]]: Mrs. Halliday's Sister
* [[2 Sep 1895 - Tyrone Daily Herald (Tyrone, Pennsylvania)]]: Desperate Lizzie Halliday
* [[18 Jan 1897 - Middletown Daily Argus (Middletown, New York)]]: Lizzie Halliday Again
* [[9 Aug 1897 - Middletown Daily Argus (Middletown, New York)]]: Lizzie Halliday's Toothaches
* [[29 Dec 1897 - Middletown Daily Argus (Middletown, New York)]]: Mrs. Halliday in Good Health
* [[7 Feb 1898 - Middletown Daily Argus (Middletown, New York)]]: Lizzie Halliday's "Store Teeth"
* [[14 Jul 1900 - Montperlier Evening Argus (Montpelier, Vermont)]]: John W. McNally suicide
* [[18 Mar 1901 - Poughkeepsie Eagle-News (Poughkeepsie, New York)]]: Lizzie Halliday Wants Money
* [[28 Sep 1906 - Buffalo Courier (Buffalo, New York)]]: Second Murder of Crazy Woman
* [[19 Mar 1915 - Poughkeepsie Eagle-News (Poughkeepsie, New York)]]: Lizzie Halliday, Murderous Fiend, Tries Suicide
* [[2 Jul 1918 - The Barre Daily Times (Barre, Vermont)]]: Murderer of Six Dead
 
=== Publications ===
* [[Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of New York for the Year 1895]]
* [[The Halliday Case]]: by G. Alder Blumer, M.D., Superintendent Utica State Hospital, NY - 1894

Latest revision as of 05:16, 18 May 2024

Overview[edit]

This case file covers the many crimes of Margaret McNally, aka Mrs. Maggie Hopkins, aka Eliza Brown, aka Mrs. Lizzie Halliday

Locations[edit]

  • Eastern State Penitentiary
  • Halliday Farm
  • Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane
  • Newburgh, Orange, New York
  • Sandgate, Bennington, Vermont

People[edit]

Name (Born-Died) Description
Brewer, Artemus M. 1841-1885 2nd husband
Davison, Margaret (McQuillan) 1843-1893 murdered
Halliday, John 1854-1891 murdered
Halliday, Paul 1820-1893 Lizzie's last husband
Hopkins, Charles ?-1884 1st husband
Hopkins, Charles Jr 1882-? only son of Lizzie
McNally, Eliza 1860-1918 our subject
McNally, John ?-1884 Lizzie's father
McNally, John W. 1844-1900 Lizzie's brother, suicide
McNally, Sam 1843-1893 Lizzie's brother
McQuillan, John 1848-? pub owner in Philadelphia
McQuillan, Sarah Jane 1873-1893 murdered
McQuillan, Thomas 1817-1897 friend of Eliza's father
Parkerson, Hiram F. 1826-1903 3rd husband
Playstel, Charlie ?-? 5th husband
Smith, George H. 1831-1900 4th husband

Documentation[edit]

Census Records[edit]

Newspaper Articles[edit]

Publications[edit]

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