The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-17

sbors ce nvsisaon with him a. 10 the then present
state OF his mind and the huuor ia which he pre-
pared eo NEST his gave orders to have the
ons taken on bis ta- d. and feet Tais work was per
To- mel by blacksmit, IN attendance and occupied
some tsenfy minutes. The prisoner bsipg dressed in
TIE usual bsbiiimeDts wcrn by the condemned, name
asLrouc a-d White cap, was eft alone witn the
priest. Who Mt cred fersent prayer In his ear AMI
thep, insiuctrg bim how to pray on his proceeding
70 the gaows left him in charge OF the Sheriff aud
Grew near for his execution.
About five minutes past IL o'clock the criminal
Was conducted from his cell to the yard entering
the place OF exc ution. He vas accompanied by
the clergyman, the Sheriff and his deputies
Marching along with firm step, Behau en-
terd the doorway, praying as he went along.
Indeed, 30 deeply did he seem engaged Ia
prayer, that ne took no notice Of the vast
eyes to catch 2 glimpse OF his person as hs passed
through the prison yard to the enclosure where the
gaiiows was erected. Arriving as the foot OF the
scsnoid ne continued in earnest prayer, repeating
the sentence, :" Lord, have mercy on me-Christ,
have ,v mercy on me! On, Lord, have mercy on my
Sheriff Phillips then read The death warrant, and
anything 70 say why the sentences Of the Co1rt
sa0uid dot g. into execution. Bahan made no
reply to the irquiry Of the official. but continued
deeply engaged in prayer. The halter was then at
tsched to the beam above, ard the unf0 tunate man
bid last farewell with his spiritual adviser by
shaking hands. Everything being now in prepara-
tieD, the rope was CUT. ten minutes past I've We
O'Clock and the boiy Of the uprit ascended aevs al
fest from the earth. He Struggled for about three
seconds when oil motion of his bocy apparently id
ceased. One minute after the rope was cut his
pulse beat sixty; two minutes after. eighty four;
three minutes, sixty-four; and bet ween tae fourth
and fifth minutes life was extinct, and the body Of
Behfn remained ifelsss mass of clay.
After remaining suspended forty minutes the
b,cy was cut down and taksn to Jasper Vinli's
woods, in the nsiehb,rhood, for erment. Here
The body was buried without any cere noDy-tae
y lest ho@ever, accompanied the corpse ali the dis
tance. The boay Of Behaa was conveyed to the
unsaLctied burial ground IN a rude pine cofin,
oriven in an old country wagon; and here, unat
tended BY any corege, except Q grave digger asd
the faithful priest, vas the body Of the murderer
consigned to its last resting place--a lonely, unfrs-
quented spot, viii Sd will he stunned hereafter By
all the good citizens Of Soffolk county % the place
containing the body of one of the most innuman
butchers that ever chronicled The records Of crime
Beaan was Little above the medium hciyht was
about twenty years Of sge, aud very strongly bulls.
Thsre was nothing In the expression Of bis face
which. at the first glauce. would strike one as uafa
vorao'e, busis did not improve very close obssr
walton. His eyes, which we're dark bro wn or blsck,
were deep set. and had peculiar siaistsr look aud
bis forehead, though high was 80 remarkably broad
at the base as to attract attention.