Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-10-09

ordered the woman to 60 in and
sry to sell the body. Excited and
she entered, but DIR. San I
ford refused to purchase unless |
a proper death certificate was q
shown him. Turning around, Bas-
sett drove over country roads
through West Haven, Derby, Bir-
mingham band Shelton until he I
name to a wild and dismal place on
an unfrequented road in the town
of Huntington, four miles from
Shelton and eleven miles from
Bridgeport. There was no house
nearer than a half q mile, and no
one was in sight. From the road
the hillside slopes abruptly down
for sixty feet to patch Of tangled
.underbrush and luxuriant weeds.
The barrel was lifted out of the
wagon, placed on the edge Of the |
hill and sent bounding down into |
the brush, being stopped finally by |
q large stone. In such place it
might have lain for years undiscOv-
cred. ''
The coat and shoes, Lorena said,
were carried out into the yard and
buried under chicken coop. 1t
was easy to determine whether this
part Of the story was true, though
4 the tale did not command a COM
plete credence, for several people
in Bridgeport said they had seen
Weinbecker later than May IL.
The shoes and coat were, neverthe-
less, found where she said on Satur-
day, the day the story was told.
/ Chief Marsh and a police officer
then took LOrena and her child in
a wagon and retraced the road to
.lNew Haven. DIR. Sanford had no
difficulty in recollecting the visit,
{ and said he had not mentioned the
occurrence to any one. Leaving
the city the woman could not speak
with confidence of the exact route
! taken to the place where the barrel
was disposed of. After some
4 time, however, the spot
!. was reached and identified. The
h woman cried when the police Office
: went down the hill, but made nc
}. remark. A deadly smell assaileC
Z the nostrils of the officer. Goinl
!. carefully among the underbrush h(
q came to the barrel. One head ha(
q been iolted out when the barre
q rolled down the hill, and the heat
: of the murdered man was disclosed
a. The officer had to ransack tn
- neighborhood for some one to hell
,s him place the barrel on poles il
" rear Of the wagon. The barre
{. head was then replaced and Chic
+. Marsh drove back to Bridgeport.
,e Although decomposition had reu
II dered the body unrecognizabl
Ia there remained certain articles {
,e clothing and ring which serve a
N mems of Identification. A jury {
or inquest met this afternoon, JustiC
ie Walter Goddard acting as corone
IN Bassett was in Jail, not hayin
If served out his full sentence fC
IS. theft. At noon the jury adjourne(
va having heard no testimony outsid
no of the line of Identification, e.
Te capt that Wenbecker was alive 0
rd.r the 18th day of July George
"a Hummiston testified "that the
m shoes are Jacks to DEATH" an
d, Thought the ring taken from IL
re body was similar to the one wol
ma customarily by Weinbecker, Tv
,at witnesses swore positively that ]
,il was alive July 4th. John WyncoC
gas left vessel on which he and Wei
,ed becker had sailed on the night
sbe July 18th, in company with Wei
60 becker, who had four dollars in /
.etf pocket which he had just been pal
an. and Wyncoop drank with him.
mo identified positively a memoranda
iaS book taken from pocket.
len q This being the closing day Of
sett present term of the Superior Quo
cts, it was decided by State Attorn
hen 0lmstead to bring Bassett befC
ion the court to secure his commitme
SO that he might appear at /
lid, opening of the next criminal ter
ne. He did not know that the be
ven had been found until this mornil
DR.. and when told, accused the WON
Ilty,l of the murder. The indietmC
ONE presented in the court this aft
,ody noon accused both of murder
DR.. the first dagree in causing We
bar becker's deathby administering
her ounces of chloroform. Whent
dies woman came into court-she
oshe previously been 10 Bassett's no
her with, the officers and identified
get chlroform bottle, which
ke." found urder the floor
lmel took a seat outside the dc
shed Bassett looked at her for a min
out and she returned the glance, 10
body ing him steadily in the face, anC
It 60 dropped his eyes and they did
and face each other again. A CONF
cut ment was granted and they
llled went to jail. The team has b
took identified, the place where the c
was roform was purchased found,
the there is no doubt that the mul
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