Case File: Lizzie Halliday

Overview

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

People

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

Census Records

• 1900 Census: "Elizabeth Halliday" - Fishkill, Dutchess, New York
• 1910 Census: "Elizabeth Halliday" - Fishkill, Dutchess, New York
• 1915 NY State Census: "Lizzie Halliday" - Fishkill, Dutchess, New York

Newspaper Articles

• 23 Jun 1886 - Washington County Advertiser (Greenwich, New York): Marriage of George H. Smith and Lizzie Halliday
• 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