Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1854-06-15
KuRnHna on LONG rsIAHn.
Three Persona prOSably kiLsS-Ths murdsrs
suspected &c.

Three Persona probably kiAed-Ths murderer
suspected &c.
About twelve o'clock on Friday night, tive
servant girlsin the employ Of Mr.. Jas. Wick
BAN, At cutchogue. in SOuthold town, l.. L,
were awakened by the cries Of some ofthe IN
mates Of the house, and on listening, heard
repeated blows, as If som'body was being
struck On the head, and also heard Mrs. Wick.
ham eIelaim, "Nicho,as, don't kill him, DOM
kill hun p Upon this, the gir's suppOsins
that Mr.. Wickhsm vas being murdered, gol
out Of an attic window and fed TO the nearest
neighbc-s, and gave the alarm.
The house was Immediately visited, and pre-
scented a horrible spectacle. Mr.. Wickham,
who was formerly a merchant in this city and
Q wealthy farmer, lay weltering in his blood,
his head cut literally TO pieces, and apparent
lly in the last gasp OF his existence, and when
our informant left the scene be was yetbTeath-
ing although unconscious, with no hope Of bis
recovery. Mrs. Francis Wickbsm, his wife,
was dead. she having had her brains knock
ed completely out, which, together with her
blood, Wnsscattered about the room. Mrs. W.
was but thirty-fiye years OF age. A negro boy
shout fifteen years old, who was living in the
family, was also beat and cut about the head,
to such an extent that he cannot survive his
injuries; and be, too, is in such a condition as
to be unable to give any account OF the des-
perate murderer. The deed was committed
with a post axe, an implement used for holins
posts for fences.
From the cries of Mrs. Wickham, which
were heard by the servant girls, it is suspect
ell that an lrishman whose name is Nicholas
Dane, and who had been in the employ of Mr..
W., but was discharged on Wednesday, is the
perpe'rator of this horrid deed; but no traces
of him had been found, up to yesterday after
noon.
II is the opinion of the inhabitants that he
sought TO he revenged upon Mr.. W., for dis
charging him, and determined to murder his
whole family. He sometime since desired to
marry one Of the servant girls; but, on her re-
fusing 10 have him, he swore vengeance against
her. Nothing IN the house was carried away,
which indicate. that revenge instead Of rob-
berry ms igated the monster to the perpetratioa
OF this horrid crime. He will not probably
long elude the officers Of justice.
STILL LATER PARTICULARS.
Mr.. Wickham and the negro boy are still
alive, a groan escaping from them at intervals,
but no hopes are entertained for their recovery.
The object of the murierer seems to have
been robbery, but in this the fiend was foiled.
as the two servant girls slept III the upper part
of the house, hearing the cries OF murder pro-
ceeding from below, escaped from a window
out upon a back shed, and alarmed the neigh
bors. The murderer, upon going to the girls
room and finding they had fed, escaped from
the house without plundering.
The persons alarmed by the girls were Jo-
seph Corwin, VIM. Belts, and DR.. Carpenter,
who came Immediately TO the house; but the
murderer had fed, leaving behind him his hat,
which has been recognized as belonging 10
Nicholas Dane. Tracks of blood were left
from the feet OF the monster as he passed out
Of the house. Itseems that after his discharge
on Wednesday, he hung about the premises
and made use of threats towards the girl, Ell
len, for not marryiDshi him., attfbutihg her refu-
sal to the advice given her By Mr.. and Mrs.
Wickham. t.tF
On Friday morning, he left the house, took
his trunk and went to Greenport. There he
left the trunk, and on that night is supposed
10 have walked back 10 the residence Of Mr..
Wickham, a distance Of about ten miles, broke
into the premises, and no doubt ante nde' -
murder all in the house, and would have slS-
complished the bloody deed had not the girls
been awakened by the cries Of Mrs. Wickham.
Up TO the latest accounts no arrests had been
made, and il was supposed the murderer was
secreted in the woods, or, perchanee, making
his way toward New York. The Inhabitants
however, were out in full force in pursuit, and
no doubt the monster will be captured. He
is described as being six feet in height, broad
olack hair, inclined to curl, high
cheek bones, and.a fat, rolling walk; chews
tobacco freely, and i' about % years Of age.