The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-06-21
(From the New York Times 7th.) 19g
THE LONG ISLAND MURDERS.
: BANS CONFESSION

After bnespF1S0nef hau DeeH TAKEN
from theswooda to- Hermitage Depot, he
was placedin a barn, where Dr. Carpen-
ter sewed up the wound in, his throat
and then commenced conversation with
him in presence of Justice Corey. The
prisoner said his name was Nicholas Be-
heehan, and that he was ready to confess
the awful crime he, had committed His
lips trembled, and he then. remarked, !,
doctor, keep the people away and /
will tell you about it, % The medical
gentleman complied with his request and
then told the prisoner that Mr.. Wick
ham was dead. At hearing this announce
ment, the wretch looked up and; ex-i
claimed, 'My God, is he dead !'' The
Doctor replied it was the solemn fact,
and continued, "1 want you to tell me
Why and how you committed this shock
ing deed. .I''',o y The culprit .neryed himself
and very deliberately made confession
of the shocking affair On the evening.
of the night that the murder was perpe
trated, he said he was at the village of
Greenport and took his trunk and other
things to the house ofO Conner, where
he partook of a hearty supper. He then
~ Il then left the house in my shirt
sleeves, and. started off onfoet for Clutch
.egue, and informed Mrs. O7Conner that
I should return in, the night, SO as to
attend my new employed at a brickyard
in the m6rhifig; 1 walked all the way to
Gutehoge and reached the house of Mr..
iWiekham. about ll.e'clock that, night.
[ walked around the premises and finally
pulled off my boots in the yard and
placed them Il near the kitchen door, 1
then went to the woodhoiises and got the
post holeaxe and csmeiback tothea asitch-
en-, raised the ground floor window; lpn-
der the, room where the colored boy
's1ept;) I got inside heard the dog rustic,
but he;lznew me, andI passed onward to
the stairs leading to the second story of
the house. I frstswent to the negro's
room, and finding him sound asleep,
struck him three or four blows with the
axe on his head and then left him for
dead; from this roomI went to the long
hall, where was situated, the bed-ehanlber
of Mr.. and Mrs Wickham; all this time
I had a, light in my hand, and as 1 got
IN the hall Mrs 'Wickham was aroused
and awoke;;a she opened her bedroom
door,and exclaimed:sdftWhoi is that
why, Nicholas, is that you2''i Iimmedi-
ately passed in, front OF, Mrs, Wickham
and set the lamp down in the other end
of the hall; by this time I heard both
Mr. and Mrs Wiekhain, and upon look
ing around found them both out of bed.
DIR, Wickham cameEto the door with
his with his wife and cried. out: "Nich-
olas, what are you doing here; go away
Instantly" now approached them in the
doorway and pushed them both back into
the chamber: then raised the axe and
made blow at Wickham, but he
caught it with his right hand and jerked
it away from me, and while attempting
to use it in return, used my fist and
knocked Mr. dWickham down, but he
raised and struck at me with the axe; I
however caught it by the handle and
leveled him to the floor with blow, and
then gave him three more in rapid sue
cession q ~ ''''' -'"' i'
% During this struggle Mrs. Wickham
caught hold of me and tore my shirt off
my back. Mrs. Wickham then made an
effort to get out of the window, and as she
got upon the sill, I pulled her back into
the room and gave her several blows with
the.axe; she fell PROSTATE, and asI turn
ed to go out of the room, Isaw Mr.. Wick
ham was. raised up again and I again
felled him and beat him until it seemed
to me he was dead; I then went from
this bedroom through the apartment of
the negro and fastened the door. with
piece of rope to prevent the girls coming
out and escaping into the street; I then
passed down the stairs to the kitchen,
thence to the parlor and up another pair
of stairs to the third floor, to- the bed
room, where the girls always slept7hI
found their window open and both of
them being gone, / hasteped away and
made an effort to find my way down the
stairway I had come up, but as / had no
light at this time, ,eand got completely |
and lost. So that I could not |
get down; ]. was, then compelled to re-
turn to the, bedroom of Mr.. and Mrs.
walk over their bodies, raise |
The window, and Ieapi on the the grass
plotrsAs Ireaehed the ground L heard
the, girls ofcata .distancescreanaihg very
loud to;the neighbors, this was the first
[ heard of them that night; before, jump
ing out of the window 1 threw out the
amp and, axeien the grass and left them
here i NOW went to the kitchen where
had placed my boots, and after putting
HEM on started off eastward. at full I
jpeed across ocor:h-felds orchards, and
lhrougha thioket of woods teaGox's lane
md then took the Long Island Railroad
rack direct for ;Greenport. II reached F
here about 2 o'clock that morning. went T,
o Conner s and without waking them up |,
vent to bed; when going to bed it was
ay intention to wake up early in the
morning and, take the steam ferry boat
cross the Sound to New. London thence f,
0 the city of New York, by the Spring
ED and New Haven Railroad In the
forming was awakened by the little
oy of Geuner's who remarked Have :
ou, heard of the murder last night at '
am" I passed this off with the lad I
nd then took view out of the Window {
hfch overlooked the Railroad espot
nd wharf where the ferry boz starts
,om.s, I saw a large eroy4 OF persons Il
lere from Cutchogue ~ l was AFRAID f
, venture out and 20 70 New LONDON ,lei h
!; ,antieinated is1 dressed myself at 8 Y
clock tool my breakfast and left the = =
muse -ae 1dickias I could without being q &
steeed. ] went to, the westward on =
: railroad track with the expectation of q q
tchng the New York train of cars In Il Il
woods, and leaping on the hind car. - -
lid net dare TO get onsthe train at the W
pot, and therefore walked over two y