Editing Lizzie Halliday

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| name          = Lizzie Halliday
| image         = Margaret McNally portrait.png
| aka1          = Eliza Margaret McNally
| aka2          = Elizabeth McNally
| aka3          = Mrs. Maggie Hopkins
| aka4          = Mrs. Smart
| aka5          = Jennie Williamson
| aka6          = Mrs. Lizzie Brown
| birth_date    = May 1860
| birth_place   = Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland
| death_date    = 27 Jun 1918
| death_place   = Beacon, Dutchess, New York
| cause         = 
| nationality   = Irish/American
| occupation    = 
| father        = John McNally
| mother        = Mary
| spouse1       = Charles Hopkins (c1881)
| spouse2       = [[Artemus M. Brewer]] (1885)
| spouse3       = Hiram F. Parkerson (c1885)
| spouse4       = [[George H. Smith]] (1886)
| spouse5       = Charlie Playstel (c1887)
| spouse6       = [[Paul Halliday]] (1891)
| child1        = Charlie Hopkins (b 1882)
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<b>[[Case File: Lizzie Halliday]]</b>

== Crimes and Victims ==
* 1882: likely murder of first husband Charles Hopkins by opium poisoning
* 1885: likely murder of second husband Artemus Brewer by opium poisoning
* 1886: attempted murder of husband George Smith, poison
* 1888: attempted murder of unidentified old man in fire
* 1888: arson of home and store in Philadelphia
* 1888: fraud, insurance claim on fire
* 1891: murdered step-son John Halliday, arson
* 1891: theft and fraud of a coach and team of horses
* 1893: murdered Margaret Davison McQuillan
* 1893: murdered Sarah Jane McQuillan
* 1893: murdered husband Paul Halliday
* 1906: murdered attendant Nellie Wicks at Matteawan Asylum, stabbed with shears

== 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 ===
* [[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