The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-06-30


By hs cast eight At lsas. Gve thousand persons
bad ccrsegatsd IN front OF the jail aud BY ton O'Clock
HEREUNDER Tad increased IL IL estimated tn deea th
ssCd and though the thermomssor in'cAied ninety Do.
the ebs1e disturbance az any KIM occurred
swoog Til, vss crowd Every available position tops Of
bcnses &C. in the vicinity from which view could be
o!aiDed we're occupied.
at rire ccgck oyr reporter company with the other
members Of the press sna the Rev. Mr. Vieneuve, Wis
aed the female criminal n her cell She vas 20 eli out
ward apresarcs quite cai, and 10 aos to l1qaries
she SAID Il al ready " az resignei" From THE the
parties wished Jean BAptiste Desforges in hY CELL
Be To- le6 quite pale but perfectly composed aud said
"ttat he TOR the tune 20 ne; that he was quite
ready that he too great sinner 10 be per ntted 10
five this rort and thai he wished TO be with his Sa
viour
When we next saw the condemned was ia the Off 20
OF the pbysirian u ihe jail Here sOeoan prayer Of
tered by several o! the Catholic clergy, durng which
be feme'e was quite ca,D sud the male prsoper, With
much ckraestDess aod vion, repeassty kissed the
image o. Le Ssvour the Al the conclusion Of
tie prayer hay prepared far the gaioss Their
piaioted, and Che moose ives place srouai
their Deoks Widow Besie was clothed in low black
Dress ~he Jeso B.pste Desfosss wore blue tro wses,
whte shirt and vsrezated sash around his ~ss. d,s
neck quite oars At precisely i0 oco5k tbs solemn
PROCESSION lett the jail for the esoTs Desorgos ket 10
front. accompanied by the Rev Mr. vilieneuve ~6le 70
the number OF priests After the folio ged
widow Belisle who supported By the hanetnan She
panied by several nuns From the time II isav
ing the s iii the scsod rcacbej, prayers Tor the
souls The were offered Arrived at foot
Of the scsd both prisoners assembled 20 ths TIP orty
steps) without once hl'ericg. Father VIeneuve
and other priests accorded with them. The CORDS
then adjusted, and the prisoners paccd upon tia
fatal crop few minutes were then spent ia siieot
Jean Baptste Deorges, Are you guilty. Of ths murder
for which you about 10 suffer destb p Desfoges re-
oiled, oud and clearly, without Tercopsihe ire NOR, II
guilty. Mr. vlieBeuve again SAID, Ia ths santsrce
OF Death YOU about TO suffer asst orei to which he
replied at ia Just " These go questions then
Put to widow Bese also answered til sm clearly aud
army 10 words precisely similar 70 noes made use Of by
Deorges Mr. yeneuve then spoke Tor absua noute aud
bali 10 the immense crowd He sai that the prisoners
al Mat.
their offence By ae hooed that the vial doom OF
the ~6u;d be lesson to all who witnessed IT,
the haDgmau slipped the bolt the drop iss open, and
they fell distance OF five feet this YVES D, ecisey a. half
psst ten O'Clock The death OF Desiorees was iostsn
tapeous; not single struggle Vas Percepuble Not so
however. With widow Beiise. By means the
id not work correctly, and caught her uoder the chin,
anc fer at least ve minutes there was distrcs
OF partial respiration going 90, aud up~ards OF seven
minutes espsed before she was pronounced dead Still
there violent struggling. Just as the drop was
about to fall nearly the entire crowd kne anduncovered
their heads
The immense crowd having had their curiosity graft
hed, gradually dspersed Among the ,hrong we re
half consisted OF them Hundreds from the c)uotry
slso present Including, We believe many Of the
neighbors o. the cnpce nned OF St. Jerome,
The hapgman wes completely covered with black
shIoud. After the bodies had hung hour they were
Gu, down.
We se Informed that last night Jean Bapyste Desfcr-
ges bad interview with his brother Antoine, who still
remans in Jail charge OF being an accessory to the
months What transpred al the interview We were
unable 10 learn
Tho ga,lows situated ct the south side Of the jail
and TO the east Of the gate.
Regarding confession which Ia eaid the prisoners
made have only been able 10 learn that they admitted
their guilt and stated that widow Bee held the legs u
their victim while Jean Baptste DesforRes strangled
her
During the execution the bells Of the Roman Catholic
churches tolled.
The bodies have been claimed by the clergy, and win
to morrow be buried in the Roman Catholic Cemetery.
Thus have two great criminals suffered the last penalty
Of the law for OF the most deliberate murders
record.