New-York daily tribune., 1858-06-28

,igpable reason, Desfrgss passed toe SigHt =: fis
brothers. The room r which be Is said 10 nave s!eo,
&C joined the decessede bedroom and con nuaics,ed
with it by adoor. Madame Beli.le, j, v.s supposed.
hsd sept with the deceived. AZ above rsfso Ibo-H
three persops we're alone IN the bo1se thst ugo' AZ
. few minutes past midnight, Bspsste Dsso,ges ran
out OF the house, knocked loudly 81 The reshbr W
ban's door crying out tnAt Csthar1ne nesnn2 ms
deceaseo1 be belived was dying .dsue urosn'
ore OF children WAS ILL., had lot yet gore - o-c
she opened the doOr snd went iuneos,sly Win Oes-
forces 10 bis bruther's honse. There sas found
Madame Belisle stsndng by deceaeeds bedside, ioox
irg a. the corpse, wrh candle IN her hard. h"anne
UrbsiD, aud all the Witnesses TESTIFY 70 tue esne is
that the deceased lyirg on her back, hga no "a
ber pillow witt tte left hand on her br-ss. aad the
right arm ex..nted by her 'ite. One pillow VS.
near tte middle Of the bed, and it was evdeb. 10
all the witnessed tba, the deceased aloIe pad tlep,
in the bed thst night; although it appeared
&c if it bad been Other$ise disturbed. They ato esy
that the eyes Of the deceased we're eiosed and tae
mouth partly 80. The face aud hands Of C.thsrlne
Pyeyost we're cold; there were external msrks OF
violence and toe wtOesses vho saw her immediately
afe the alarm gwen, testified t0stne deceased
couneLar wore al appearance OF sHtet and seilen
repese spd that she lay there dead she wss more
beautiful than when slve. On touching the body,
Madame Urbsin exclaimed, "Oh, God she desdF'
"Do ycu think 20 T. cslmlJ remsrked Msdsne Be-
lisle At the Ieques Of the latter email mirror vas
applied, but there sgn Of life. Another Wit
ness who entered about ten minutes after tnis con-
versstion bstween Madsme Crbsin and Madame Be
isle ourd the stter 10 the room with the body and
in tie act Of setirg the lips with feather; and ne
remarked, What sre yCu doing don't you zee she
is desd I" do you think 60" replied the womsn.
All the wi,nesses corcurred in their opinion tnst the
position Of the deceased wss artificial, and that she
had been dead soms time before the alarm was given.
At frt wa suspected that abe bad been poisoned,
bur 10 trace Of p0ison coDd be found In tae BODY.
The medical evidence went TO sbov that the de-
ceased had died from suocston On these tsct, then
the Jury brought in Antoin. Desforges mot Guilty.
the Widow Belile and Jean Bsp'iste Desforyes as
guilty Of murder. and for this murder was it thst this
morning they forfeited their lives on the gaI0"s
TIE EXECUTION
At an early hour ths mornng all the thoroughfares
Leading to the s OF this district presented an animated
and busting sppearance hundreds Of persons weeded
their way TO the place of execution, determined, no
doubt. to take time by the forelock, aud secure good
portion. by 81 o'clock, at least 900 persons had
cnpgregstsd in rcnt of the JAIL and by 10 oclrck the
number had increaed, it is estmsed, TO $1,000, and
though the Thermometer Indicated w IN The shade no
distuI bance of sry kind occurred among this vast
crowd. Every svsilaole position, tops of houses,
&c. in the vicinity, from which view could be OBJ
tanned, were occupied.
The Cry Police under Captain Hsys. and ths GOV
erpmebr Police, under Chief Loughlin were present
10 maintain order.
Our reporter visited The j.il at o'clock, and was
admitted inside BE waa Informed tina, t1s Roman
Catholic Bishop had remained all nigh, with jean BE
Detforges, and two Sisters Of Charity with WidoT
Belise and that the entire night had been passed oy
the two criminals in prayer
Lsst evening the Rev Mr.. Vileneuve, tnelr spirl-
nal ao wiser asked Wdo. Belse she desired to see
her children To which she replied That she did
not" adding, that to do so, would be very painful 10
her and TO them; but that when at Macs to-day they
would be struck with very painful thought that a
that moment their mother was the scsffold, aud
offer up prayer on her be ,af.
at ocl ok our reporter, 10 company with the other
members CT the press and the Rev. Mf. fliieneu'e
visited the female criminal in her CELL She was, 10
all outward appearance quite caim erd IN answer 10
inquiries fhe said: Z" / am ready. =" am resisned
From this the sime parties vlsited jean BApiste
II L.. H. nlahn nutf mall mar
fecty composed ard said: "That ne logged for the
time to come that be was quite ready; that ne was
too great a sinr 20 be permitted to live in this
"world; and that he Wished to be with his Savior.
When We next saw the condemned, il Was in the
Office of the physician of the jail. Here solemn prayer
was offered up by several OF the Cathohc clergy du.'
ing which the female WAS quite calm, and the male
prisoner with much earnesness and devotion, repe.
edy kissed the image of the Savior on the cross AZ
the conclusion of The prayer they wsre prepared Tor
the galows. Their arms were pnloned ana tas
moose Vas placed around their necks Widow Bslisle
was clothed in low black dress while 'an Bspti.te
Desforges blue tro Esers woe shirf and avarlc-
gsted sa.h sruDd his waist. HIS neck was quite
bare At precireIy l04 o'clock the solemn procession
left the jail for the galows. DesfoIges walked IN
front, accompanied by the Rev. Mr.. Villeneuve,
while in the rear were number OF priests. Attsr
them followed Widow Belisls, who was supported by
the hsngmap. She accompanied by several Guns:
From the time Of leaving the sil till the scsfs'd
was reached prayers for the sOus OF the condemned
were offered up. Anived at the foot OF the scat
fold botn prisoners Ascended to the top fortyseven
stepa Witbout once faerhg. Father Fllleleuve anu
two other priests asceudsd with them. The cords
were then adjusted and the prisoners paceo upon tne
fatal drop. A few minutes then spent IN Silent
prayer Mr.. Villeneuve then, In Ioud, Gear voice.
said TO Jean Bsptiste Desforges Are you gulty vi
the murder Tor which you about 10 suier oedth
DesfOrpes replied loudly and clearly, without per-
ceptibie tremor, ALI guilty" Mr. Vilieneuve again
ssic Is the of deatn you about TO safer
lust opel to which he replied, " II Just. Ihess
same two questions were then put to WIDOW Beisle
who ALEC ans cred them clearly and hrmly, IN words
precisely similar to those made use Of by Desiorges
Mr. Villeneuve then spoke for about minute ana
half 10 the immense crowd He said that the prisoners
hao confessed their guilt, and we're prepared 10 eA
pise their offence by death. be hopeo tnss the s~iI
doom of the prisoners would % leon .ss So 70 al
the crucif1, and at signal, the hangman slipped
the bolt, the drop flew open, AMI they isii a,
a distance of five feet; this was precisely al iof
O'clock The death Of Desoiges was instantaneous
rot single strugge was perceptibe. Not 80, how
ever, with Widow Beisle by scme means tne nooso
did not work correctly and caught her under the cam
and for at esst five minutes tnere was distinct eV
depce Of partial respiration going on and upwards o
seven minutss elapsed before she was pronouhcea
dead. Still there violent struggling. Just ss
the drop was about to fall nearly the entire crowd
| kret and uncovered their hesos.
The immente crowd having had their curiosity
eratlied gradually dispersed. Among the throLg We
regretted 10 many females; At least tor nearly
SOY one half consisted Of them. Hundreds IRON the
country were also present, ncudm g. We believe, many
Of tie neigh bors OF the condemned q! 81. Jerome
The hapemsn was com pletely covered with baek
sbroud. After the bodies had nung an hour they we're
cut down.
We are informed that lsst night, Jean Bsptste Dss-
forpes had an interview with hs brother Antoine who
st, remains in jail on charge Of being sn accessory
10 the murder Of the husband Of Widow Bese some
twenty months sgo. What uanspred at the interview
we were unable TO learn. -
The gallows was eisated at the south SIDE OF the
jail, and to the east Of the gate $500