{"product_id":"murder-on-long-island-a-nineteenth-century-tale-of-tragedy-revenge-9781626190030","title":"Murder on Long Island: A Nineteenth-Century Tale of Tragedy \u0026 Revenge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLocal historians Geoffrey Fleming and Amy Folk uncover this gruesome 19th-century story of revenge and murder on Long Island.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-19th century, James Wickham was a wealthy farmer with a large estate in Cutchogue, Long Island. His extensive property included a mansion and eighty acres of farmland that were maintained by a staff of servants. In 1854, Wickham got into an argument with one of his workers, Nicholas Behan, after Behan harassed another employee who refused to marry him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeveral days after Behan's dismissal, he crept back into the house in the dead of night. With an axe, he butchered Wickham and his wife, Frances, and fled to a nearby swamp. Behan was captured, tried, convicted and, on December 15, became one of the last people to be hanged in Suffolk County.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press (SC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781626190030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Geoffrey K. Fleming, Amy K. Folk","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36662851403932,"sku":"9781626190030","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_eded661d-37f1-48a4-8f3a-bd01a8a0133d.jpg?v=1603902877","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/murder-on-long-island-a-nineteenth-century-tale-of-tragedy-revenge-9781626190030","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}