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

Georgia on aoy sun, Az Occasion
The place II sonut hsNa mile from the
pisuo, Les. tie EcOoncusa rad ast ocssine tae cg
Limits. rAe carriage aud military escort was followed
TO TIE g@lows by sIgs oumbsr OF men, ~omea and
chi,fTeD, o. al ages szes aud caer-a few in hggges
and o'heT vehicles but IN ,stly 90 foot.
The oT;laspsl appeared TO be cool ard colec'et-
not The slightest islis.ca seemed to disturb bis
wSiis Rev " Key addressed a fsw rsm.rss
TO tue vast assembage Mr. Key said tha! be
soser posstoDs sa s,a n. bs,, pa
be had been able gather OF h spiritual advisers
that he has ma his peace with his Co.. aud vas presar
ed 10 meet his fate 3e ther begged the suppCa
tors of the assembly in nis bebs that God would gre
c'ouay receive him, with iew other remarks OF ike
which the sser tn prisoner rise hs feat
900 to step on the st plank aufer the gsows when the
shiena, cap snd rop: we're adjusted All thugs beng
ready trigger touched the plank which he stood
suddenly dropped, aud Rsdford Crockett WAS launched
into eternity
Ethibre not shc slightest agitation his couutsu
sppe1ed 10 be uou,uNy serene and pessAut The oily
was ecwed 10 remain suspended FOR the OF thirty
minutes when was taken dovn placed in o metallic
lo aud delivered to hrs reatvss who will convey it
To the rescecce OF ss parents 10 HARRISON county We
that his afecsnate aud oevoed vile asserted
her right OF having under her special charge aud would
accompany in person to the home Of the family Ia Ha
ras;n She nss renamed 10 the cell With him nearly all
the time since biz Incarceration, sustaining and comforting
him by the most srdent affection.
there could not have been less than from eight to ton
,s - &
heard pone estimate The crowd BY lever figures than
those we have mentioned.
EXECUTION OF WIDOW BELIsLx AND JsAN BArrIsrx
pssFokGzs FOR THE MURDER OF CATHsRINE PRE-
from the Montreal Pilot Jane ISL
In order that the readers OF tue Pilot understand
this case Thoroughly give the toio wing facts elicit
ga ut the trial which took place at the last term Of the
Court of Que ems Bench. In the small and beautiful
Of 81 Zero me- su ated about tnrty Mont
real, there lived IN January last man named Antoine
Des'ovses and his wife, the deceased Catherine Prevos
they were people in humble lie but ia their owa way
slone She is desert ,ed by those who koew her well
q ~,msn of unoenishsd character and vigorously de-
voted to her household duties In general her husband
WHO scems TO have proved himself rather tnxu
cruei man treated aer with kindness He spoke OF her
eusge snowed plainly that ne tired OF her, and be-
trayed desire 70 get rice OF her 10 the same village
toue peorges resided hts brother jean Bapse Deefor
ges, win his family. About six miles from st. ieroms
lived aarie A Be',sis, the widow of q farmer by tna
name, who eied about eighteen months ago. eavilg his
wire with consider able property, ana large family
that during three four years
ano since her husbands death great Intimacy mai
listed between Madame Bese Antoine Oasforges and
IN the autumn OF 1855 this wonaas husband died sudden
", and in a few weeks after OF children, both
unoer which led 70 the be lie, taa they hs1
zee n poisoned by Maiame Bsise. These surcioas,
ho~ever died a~ss and were only aroused again ny tue
death Of Catherine Provost the wife OF Auto0e Oesorge
In January last In consequences oil this erect and OF the
Cfc~ns having obtained evidence OF some circumstances
precsdrg and Attending the deah Of the farmer Bs.se,
his widow indicted at the last term for The murder OF
her aud Desorges also accessory
the Grand Jury AUD Antcioe Desrorges hav,og been a.
Quilted tee charge Of having boca Accessory 20 the
murder OF his wife, awaits his uAl On the former Accasa
tcn.
On the 18Th January Antoine Dssorges let his house
alone early ia the morning with his horse aad Sleigh in
tending to vs nstura eon OF Aaisne Beise's, resd
Jog sbou, thirty miles from 81 Jerome, by the name of
sidore ieesut The pietext given for the journey
10 invite legault 10 the marriage OF his sister, Olive Be
setting out seforses stopped miles
from village aud after telling the mn keepers wife
where be was going uquirea II they could accom- 'caie
him for the night bis return, as be would probably
sleep there. he told that lodgogs would be provid
GO for bin He left almost Immediately, went I, Isdcre
Iegsuts house. but Ola 20; hud Lsgsuli al nome he
hRvirg been a vizt tn his mo her, Ma!ams Beiisie
tie day previous On bis way home, Dssiorges met
Leesui iGvited him 10 return With hcn. D,sorgss
declined assigning "a reason tia, hs wife aiooe
and sell aud that be did not iise remaoipg 40
sent from home Of nigh, fhsy parted anc Desiorgss
reached the inn about ca ocock In the evening 1t
proved at the trial By the ion keeper, that neither
Desforgss bis horse seemed the least fstigued;
vesther and tea roads beautiful, aud Dssforges
about three or hours drive from bis
house, where eaia his wife alone aud i'll. He
IN ne.,,l aud added ,h., r she would nsrry q
yourg 30 asitaied he that durng the night
&c slept but tte made considerable poisc running
sbou, the room. After break follow ng he
left reached home Abou. xht O'Clock He found bis
house filled with and his ~fe dead. Hs first
excama alton when returning from the room where TIE
leess body othe deceased lay was, III hso been here
my wife would Dot have Died" Madame Bsss tneu re
Marked "You know yen a.kcd r. come anc pass the
light xilh your wife" dra he Denied bu after rar1s
aam,eo that had ooue There variety OF o,oer
In Antoine Dsorges connuct cscuaied TO
create strong impression that he OF what
going his house the iaal night The above are
Inc orncpal facts ina Jury hoxever did not hai In
mem sufficient evidence OF his paropaoa in the murder
10 convict him OF being an accessory before the TACT We
must revert to Madame Beisle and jean Bap;ste
Desiorges.
Al about IL O'Clock the day preceding the night OF
the murder Bsp,s,e Desforees arrived AZ Madsme
Beses foot and passed the after wi n her At her
house I, does not appear that he had any ostensole
business there they len Belsles together, towards
evetirg 10 Madame Bss'es sleigh s,i drove to~srds
the village rhey were aon. az arrived nbou, dark
Antoine Desforges' house In the village Jean Baptste
Desfoges Embarrassed the horse pa, hm N hs oro,o re
stable and afterwards rems,ned some time IN tue house
With hs sister in Law, Catherine Provost. AID Eatams
Bese. II proved that no relationship existed DO
the Desforges and Esoame Belise, and tba she
never slep. tAere In the husbaads absence. About
O'Clock otSte Oesforges wsat 70 negboOrs and
played caros with the family I'LL half pssi O'Clock
into the neighbors, the woman OF the house, n Ma
dame Urban, wi,hiss :, Know 'as hous, weo, 20
feet from her husbands, and there, u her great
surprise, she sad, founc ka1ame Bslisie seated
Catherine Prevosi Who seemed 10 be cheerful aud 10
Der ussAl health II tben bali past eight oclock.
After reuar'rg there fos minuse- Nsdsms Urban re
turned 20 her orn house where Jsl1 3. Desorges
sall playing cards with her husband and s'me oher
memoers OF the family About az nour .terwtds Jesa
b. reso-ges rcse iravc then hsiane Urban, who
nooed tia, she bad beea al bis brothers, re-
marked ina, his sister IN az bad Walters wnefeupoa
Desf5rgss sad "N0 i" Mafame Urban tneo sad, "Yes,
she has: Mscano Bclise there shor, time ago y
conversation then ensdef, Involving evssioos snt nate
statements on the pan Of J. D. Desforges, aud IN iae
which ne expressed his belief t1s his sister ia
Law was ve-y W. and t0s, she would not live many days
When be was leaving haiane Uros'n sssed nm ~ ~
was gsiug sleep AZ hts sister n-lsss that nght Vic
answered "No. Msdatae Bslisie IL taere would not
pass the night at my broiners FOR twenty hve thousand
francs tr N Csthefoe we're 10 die saddesly, people
would be 70 suspect thsi murder hs1 e~eo CON
aed but Intend 10 stop AZ the house Tor ms oserc al
From went n bic broihcrs All al 30 clsok
proved beyond doubt, tina, the tecessed. Msian'
| Bese and Jean Bite. Desrorges, we're alone Ia t1s
house Instead o. e0iog horne and without any assgna
bic resson Desc-ges passed the night a. his oro'1ers
The room ne taid 10 haze siepi aijotne1 ths
deceAsed's bedroom and con muucaed WITH IL By door
M.dame Beke, II vas supp Jsef, ha1 slept win toe de
cease AZ above stated th1sc three pers1ns we're son
IN house ths, nifht Ala few mlau,es past midnight
Rapsse esforg~s OF The house knocked loudly
the negbbor Uroan's door crying oct tnr "CNherin
(meanine the dece0ed) he believed was dying.' Ma1an
/ rrpaln one Of whose children III, bad no! yel goa
70 bed: she opened The door and went umeiis.ey ~u