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Show I II Maniac Murders Nurse to Wjp Prevent Her from Leaving H 5 (Ghastly Crime of Life Prisoner in a New York H; 'k .Asylum Victim Warned, But Takes No H Heed Slaying Is Carefully Planned. Flshklll. N. Y. Lizzie Hnlllday, a . lifo prisoner nt the stato hospital for tho insnno, linn added tlio fifth mtirdor to her record hy killing with awful j cruelty nnd cunning a girl nurse who ' liad won her friendship hy unvarying , f kindness. s Her vlcllm wna Nurse Nellie Wlckes, aged iM, who was about to j leavo the asyluin to tnko up profes sional nursing. It' was the fear of , losing her friend that prompted the maniac to tnke hor life. k A week ago the nurso told the worn- .'Rn she booh would leavo hor. Tho murderess was downcast. She ro-garded ro-garded tho nuir.o for n moment, nnd i then, In a tone of cold deliberation, ox- chilmod: 'llf you try to leave mo 1 will kill , you." ''Oh, no, I guess not," said Miss Wlckes, Inughlngly. "You wouldn't harm me." From that moment tho manlnc 'planned tho deed. Sho watched every movement of tho nurso. Once sho warned hor not to lenvo. As tho i 'days passed a cruel gleam sctlcd In 'her eyes. ' Knrly tho other morning Nurso 'Wlckes approached and slipped her ' .arm about tho woman's waist. I "I'm going to lenvo you to-dny," sho said, "I want you to remember me, .and not make any trouble." "Mrs. Hallldny turned away. Tears camo to hor oyes. Then bIio drow i I , horsolf up to her full height, hor lips i moved convulsively, and sho remarked In -a low tone: "You'd better not try It." Miss Wlckes left tho corridor a few minutes Inter nnd went Into n dressing dress-ing room ndjolnlng. Tho innnlnc followed fol-lowed her. In n moment she flung herself her-self upon the nurso, pinned her to , tho floor, whllo bIio locked tho door, j' Miss Wlckes, nlano In tho room with tho murderess, mndo a desperate light I 1 'for hor life. Hut sho was no match j i for tho maniac, i ! Throttling tho nurse, Mrs. Hallldny u .snatched a pair of scissors from Miss Wlckes' belt. Screaming, bIio sank tho i, sharp blades again' and again Into tho nurse's faco nnd throat. f More, than 200 times tho scissor iwlnts wore plunged down boforo , nurses and attendants succeeded In '. breaking down tho door. On tho floor 4, lay Mlsa Wlckes, gasping, her last f'j breath. Mrs. Halllday stood at a win- 'j lom, calmly watching tho death strug- r Bio. A maniacal smllo of triumph ! lighted her faco." L frl "Sho won't leavo mo now," sho said, P Jind laughed as sho spoko. Miss Wlckes wan hurried to a cot, but died within nn hour without ro-covering ro-covering consciousness. Mrs. Halllday Halll-day laughed gleefully when told sho wns dead. Superintendent Lamb had Mrs. Hnlllday locked In n room and placed under special guard. She sat Screaming She Sank the Scissors Again and Again Into the Nurse's Face. gazing with nmuscd Intorcst out of tho window. Sho Boomed to know precisely what sho had done, but was Indifferent. When Coroner Goring nsked her why sho had committed tho murder, sho replied: "Sho tried to leavo me." Mrs. Hnlllday will not bo placed In n coll. Superintendent Lamb says sho will bo cnrofully guarded, but thoro will bo no punishment for her. "Wo havo alwayB watched her closely," ho said, "but of lato sho hns seomcd so cheerful that wo never dreamed hor murdorouB Impulse would return. Sho was fond of Miss Wlckes. They used to tnlk together for hours, nnd Mrs. Hnlllday would tnko much delight In tolling tho nurso of hor life. "Sho would novor mention tho murders mur-ders sho had committed, but would dwell upon hor childhood days. Mrs. Halllday was regarded by us as a trusty. Sho Is entirely ratlonnl upon ovory subject. Tho homicidal mania Is hor only trouble. Sho hns on dlfforont occasions struck somo of tho nurses and patients, but thcBO atneks havo not boon vicious." n . -m . ft . n |