{"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 • Author(s): Geoffrey K. Fleming\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: History Press (SC)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: History Press (SC)\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Murder - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"History Press (SC)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45150837276823,"sku":"9781626190030","price":1541.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781626190030.webp?v=1767296015","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/murder-on-long-island-a-nineteenth-century-tale-of-tragedy-revenge-9781626190030","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}