New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-26

him ard ssid. Who Is there Nichols, il It Won
90 away you hSve 10 bushes. here by this time Mr..
Nyckbam came To the bedroom DOR. and saia' Nicu-
oia-, you have no bu,Dess here; If there Is aytag
yea aIi, take 1t, and 20 away, zn4 don make any
cifiurtarces The cecrssed bad by that tune e)me
into The hall; the prisoner sat down the HIGHT, and
pusbtd them both back into the bedroom; he struck
at Mr. Wyckham with the AZ; Mr.. Wsekhsm
seized the cut If hs handS yhel he
knocke Mr.. Wyekhsm down by blow with
bis Est ard relaxing the ak. struck him several
tiues with the sbsrp edge Of the weapon. while be
was down and elled him several times 20 the grOu nd
be thought if Mr. Wyokham had tough, him halt IS
vel IS Mrs. Wyokhsm they would have, conquered
him: about this time Mrs. Wy khan sttenptetto gst
out of the window; he caught her by the feet sad
dragged her back into the room. and struck her sew
e1si times with the az; he then LEFT her and passed
through the garnet door, anc tied that 10 raier; be.
rs.seS down Stair and then up the stairs Of the ain
huldns "a the girls room, and found they had gone
the room being vacant; be stated that hs OBJECT IN
eoirs 10 the house add numbering Dir. and Mrs.
Wvckhsrn was 20 have his revenge upon Ellen dol-
l,dthat he meant to rsvish her, and murder her as
well: he stated that the reason De "sn'ed 70 De re-
yenged was became Of her refusal 70 hNry MN
aeT his arrest be asked 10 see this GIRL In endeaV'r
ing to leave the house bis hight went OUT, am he oe
Mrs. Wyckhsm' room; he then flung his AZ and lamp
out OF the window and lowered himself IN the same
way be picked up his boots and passed IN MS stoeS
ing feet through the field by which ne nad nrst
arprOdched the nOuee-ne mao lell us
IN the link room-and escaped by the same ROAD ne
cane; be then went to Greenport to mrs. Connor' .
and stayed with her the balance of the nignt; was
about III o'clock when he entered Mr.. "ycknam
house and q when he returned 10 Greenport-a uis
lance of OF 10 miles; his intention was to take the
steamboat from Greenport 10 Connecticut but he sag
too many people on the dock from Cutchogue, anu
tried to get TO New York in the cars by attempting to
get on them as they passed him. but did not succeed
be then entered the woods, where he remained up Ia
the time be was taken, except going ouce into the
house Of Mr. Thompson; he had subsised on some
bread which lie had taken from Mrs. Corners table
in the morning and had but little appetite to eat; this
confession. continued DR.. Carpenter, commenced
and finished in the barn. and afterward the prisoner
repeated the same story in the carriage while coming
10 Ryerhead: | discovered that the door IN the
house of deceased was fastened IN the manner de,
scrbed in the confession of the prisoner; also found
the lamp in the place where Beehsn had described
throwing ii. The conversation sworn TO by Ellen
Holland was afterward corroborated by this witness
Cross examined by Counsel for deiepse-A ~, aot
the author of the article in The Long Island Watch
man Of June 10; have written but one newspaper
statement on this subject and that was IN part printed
ia The NEw.YoRK TRIBUNE; was present during the
examination of the prisoner before tae Justices OF the
County.
The examination Of Mr. Belts was then resumed
for the purpose of coroboratng the testimony OF DR.
Carpenter aud Ellen Holland with reference to the
position of the hat the finding Of the lamp and Ak,
and the pcston of the persons OF deceased at tner
witness stated that he bad never known the prisoner
TO drink any spirituous liquors. O.
The prisoner here interrupted the PROCEEDINGS b.,
calling to his counsel, Mr. Craig. to ask Mr. Belts
Mrs Wickham was in the wagon when Ellen was
"there or notl The witness replied that he did not
know. but thought not. We would remark that the
prisoner alluded TO an unmportant item in the pre-
ceding testimony.
Oliver Corey Joseph Corwin and John 5. Hallock
eepectvely testified TO facts corOborative Of DR..
Carpenters statement. There was nothing important
in tie evidence of these witnesses, further than that
they established the fact of the prisoners flight and
subsequent capture.
stephen Winston was then sworn 1t VIII be res
memhered that this coored boy, then IN the employ
of Mr. Wyclham was the first victim OF the murder
err brutality He is an intelligent little fellow, with
bright features and a remarkably prepossessng man.
ner Considerable amusement was afforded, unlnten-
tionav by his replies to the examination which
were characterized by a charming nalyete unusual IN
one SO youthful There was nothing OF con sequence
in his evidence further than that he identified the Ak,
and proved that the prisoner had usually worn NAT
similar to that found on the furnace.
Barnabas Wines being sworn, said-l am consta-
be of Souiholi; reside in CutchOgue; | went to
Greenport to take the effects of Nicholas Beehani
found his coat, carpet-bsg, and some loose shirts;
there was no straw hat among his things.
Cross examined-I did not go there particularly for
the straw hat / went there to find his things; was
also in search of Beehan in my official capacity.
The case here rested for the prosecution.
TESTIMONY FOR THE DEFENSE.
Peter Conner was then called. This witness is
resident of Greenport, where he keeps mechanics
boarding house; the prisoner had occasionally stopped
at his house and the morning after the murder he
had seen lin coming down stairs between the hours
of seven and eight. We were extremely scandaized,
during a portion of this Witness narration, by the
disgusting levity OF the prisoner, wh) laughed and
grnned at the replies Of his former associate in a
manner which betrayed want of every attribute OF
decency and commo feeling. The cross-examnation
elected the fact that the windows Of the room in which
Beehan had been stopping commanded view of the
steamboat landing at GreenpOrt.
Adjourned to Wednesday morning at o'clock.