New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-26
MURDER CASES.
TRIAL OF NICHOLAS BEEHAN
OR THE MURDER OF Mr.. AND MRS. wYcKHAM

TRIAL OF NICHOLAS BEEHAN
roR THE MURDER OF Mr.. AND MRS. wYcKHAM
AT soUTBeLD, LONG ISLAND.
SECOND DAY.
COURT OF OYER AND TsahINER on sggF rlI s,S So
snd HESET HUNTING and ESoeH r. CARPENTER Jus
RIyERHEAp. Suffolk Co., l.. l., Oct. %, 1854.
Gross examination o. Ellen Holland-When Nicho-
las angry he was pretty rough; he would show IL
BY his manner and language he would then swear;
never saw him exhibit any ll-temper toward Mr.
and Mrs Wyckham when talking together at the hog
pen; they seemed TO be talking friendly.
samuel Tutte testified as follows; / reside az
Cutcbogue; merely knew Nicholas by sight; saw
him on Friday, the day previous to the murder II
was when the accommodation train was passing
Cuichoeue between and o'clock 10 the afternoon.
he passed from the depot house 10 the platform ana
got into the Ears; he had a trunk, and there was
straw hat on his head; knew Mr.. Wyckham, but
was not in the habit of going to his house on account
OF very large dog which attacked me rather close
once.
Andrew Byrnes testified to having Nicholas
on the "Wednesday before the murder, and the
next Friday night, about o'clock, at his house, IN
Asharnamogue two or or three miles west Of Green
port he had on black pants, black wsis coat and
straw or chip hat he left the house at g. aud in
quired the way TO Greenpor; ne seld DIS baggage
was at Greenport.
ON the cross examination the witness stated that he
knew Nicholas only a few days before the murder,
and that he had engaged him TO work in his brick
ward at sls month and board; he asked him to stay
al his house that evening" but he would not, alleging
az reason that he had TO visit some friends az Green
mort " no expected him at Peter Connors; he saw
him again ON Wednesday, WREN he thought ne aP,
peared the for drink for this reason be would
not make an agreement with him. but he did the next
dsy: he never him that night after he was at his
house.
John Thompson testified to the prisoner having
come TO his house in Southold the evening after the
murder about 9 o'clock when he asked for drink OF
water; witness asked him to come in and sit do~a,
which he did when witness sent his wife for drink,
and then went into his bedroom to get gum ne then
stepped between the prisoner and the door and asked
him " a. be the man that lived With MIR. W. be SAID
he was when witness sent of his boys to give the
alarm; while the boy was away he said he must go,
and witness said he should not witness then punched
him with the muzZle of his gun As he attempted 10
approach him. when he said that If he, witness would
moi let bin 90 he would scatter his brains rs ne did
with the others he bad pistol in his hand pointing
il at witness when he said this; the prisoner then
made for the back of the house and got out OF the
bedroom window; the prisoner than ran east through
the lot and several Of the neghbors ran after hia ne
went in the direction OF swamp couple OF
fields off.
T.. Horton Justice of the Peace, testified to seeing
the prisoner al GreenpOrt on Friday afternoon.
VIM NJ Belts residing at Cutchogue, testified as
follows: l knew MIR. w. and lived about an eighth OF
a mile from him; | have known Nicholas over Two
wears and think he left Mr.. W. about Tuesday pre-
yous TO the murder; think saw him that day IN the
crib at Dir. Wyckhams where he kept his farming
implements. ,,,
the amount of eco and that he called for it; he
WAS unable to pay il, Mr.. Wyckhsm gave him $40
for the purpose, and persuaded him TO give his gun
and a trunk in part payment; this trunk had Mrs.
w : name upon IT. witness saw him Wednesday
or Thursday before the murder, when he asked for
the trunk he said he had got situation in brick
yard he came into the Witness store about o'clock
on Thursday and was talking about Mrs. w. and
b.n pE m n eaV AZ n
marry Ellen; he talked about having taken some
money out of her trunk and said she had hole in
her BODY and he would make another he appeared
considerably excited about her and said he had taken
more money than he had given her in presents; he
threatened something about Ms. w. for interfering
between Ellen and him. in consequence OF which she
refused him; the same night about sundown Mr.. ana
Mrs w drove up 10 the door, and he appeared some
what excited he went to the door witness thought
he was going TO speak to them, and said he must not
cay anything in front of the door he then went back
on Friday night, when in bed, Catharne Dowd came
10 the door, and in consequence OF what she SAID WIT
ness called his sou and took an ax-hande out of the
store he witness then went out and called Dr. Car
p.nter and some others and hurried down TO Mr..
Tvs, and got there in about fifteen minutes.
The Court here adjourned for dinner.
AFrERsooS SESSION.
Dr. b Carpenter sworn-I reside at Coutchouge;
I was sent for in the night of the murder after ~
o'clock; found there only the bodies OF the deceased
Mr.. Wyekham was lying upon the floor, attempting
psreniy ifeless was the first person to enter the
house; the body Of Mrs Wyckham was in a state Of
semi-nudity; she was then eless dressed twenty
two or three wounds on the head OF Mr. Wyckhan;
the cuts we're from inch 10 inch and half in
length; the deceased was in fact literally hacked 10
pieces | said az the time thit the wounds were all
made with narrow ak; that Is my present opinion
Ian AZ was here produced by the Prosecuting At,or-
ney think the wounds might have been lnnlcted
by such a weapon; il would correspond with the
character of the cuts and Commissions; his hips,
legs and arms | observed several places where the
outer skin aped from the flesh there was much
blood on the floor and on the wall; observed, also,
blood on the window sill as though q hand or foot
covered with blood had been laid upon Il; 1t u my
opinion that any one wound out Of some half dozen
would have caused the death Of Mr.. Wyckhami de-
deceased lived for twenty hours after they had found
him there was no consciousness, although an occ.,
siou Al eroan escaped him; remained with him tai
he died after discovering his body sent TO ms
brother and Others, and caused general alarm TO be
given; remained all night at the house OF deceased
did not join in any search for the murderer saw
the prisoner for the first time subsequent to his arrest
AZ the barn OF Franklin Overflow the prisoner then
Law on bis back with wound thu extended for nali
AN inch across his throat he app senty supplied
at the time the state OF his pulse was ineonsssnt
with the state OF hfeessness which he Affected tue
wounds were not al dangerous; after had dressed
his wounds ssid L" This is al nonsese, Nicholas,
| YOU are not hurt much, there is no use OF
| ieening yeti You know me, and what have
| been doing for you, and you know whs'
Won yourself have been doing said, afew days since,
should hardly have expected 10 be called 10 see you
under such circumstances; Mr.. and Mrs.. Wyckhsm
are both dead-horriby murdered; the frs. response
| made By the prisoner was -" Grea. God Is Mr..
"Wyckham dead r. said, he was very kind TO you
and be Piled yes am sory that he is dead, and II
Won will tel the people 70 90 away; will tell you al
| about H. complied with the request, and be made
/ the following confession:
Iwen, down to Greenport on Friday afternoon in
the cars: left my trunk at Mrs. Connon took tes
there told them that would BE- in az ain some time
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