The Morning herald., 1878-10-02
TTn TnoRY oFTHRM MURDER. ~7 p

EufneQ, YAnQF Hndfng 1tne VhOuBoJ derlppe(
and bare, called On Assistant city Attor
ney Holt to asceYtai9 hboht the recovery
of The goods. Under the excitement OF th,
Imohept she iet dEpP sdme rsmarks labSu
knowihgt gtnddgh to ghang Bassett. " Hol
piled her with questions, and at the enc
Of a couple hours had drawn from her tn,
Mh6le story of mufdsr c6hmittddE Iovel
Ffodr months ago. FheL cireunistaajces iii
brief are as follows:-Frank E. Bassett
aged twenty~foury--a-small, Insignificant
appearing man, lived with Mrs. Alexandel
inlBreWster's carriage sfactory,ssn siother'
wise aunoccupied building, William street
In East Bfidg tie1 ,ssveniHg g. g. d
May10 tJohna Rufus, better known lal
sStgttefing Jack, % was pa eng the . lplacl
and 6yited iiin BY lBassett to- eat5' i'supI
per.evA tier eating; Rnfus lay down. ON l
lounge and felt asleep eBassett then tool
a sponge. moistened it with chlofoforu,
and held it,tp' Rufus nose. M~0 Alexanl
der objected, but was told to shut dp or she
would be fked in thsesme way, In q fs9
minutes Rutus gaspedtH0 ar1 three times
and dice. .bnuo1D 0dI o. SnitjImba .ynbu
o 3sun ,qL1I nTUia1 oil TOi b9oX 90 |
DIsH0sfTI0NaoNT THE BoDBdgnuq
: "a SWgilhip tvohotfs afef Bsss, sbtainea
q -four barrel, and finding he could notget
TIE body therein yctt 6F the ccat ahd lShoeS,
which buried nnder , henc8op III ths "a ,fsaEr E
of the house. The barrel was then q beaded
up and rolled into corner, where it ra
mai6ed zip heAex b day, Wren tBasSe6 Il III
company ywilR the &emah, drove with 1
hired teain 10 New Haven. and attempted
70 sell rthe body toTDr Sanford, of, the Yale
Medical School, The doctorr refused; 10
purchase without q certificate ffoinn the
proper authorities. n Bassett then drove
nearly to the Hausatonie River, up to Der
by; ;across to Birminghana down sant a6ld.
upfrequepted Btidgepott road toyi l. pp6int
aboaalt. al four miles III 1fofa5 Bifmib9ham and
elesen from here.si The barrel was D then
taken from the %agOnz and rolled down Van
endbankment u distance fsefl' eet,ocwhere
il rested against d rock In the bottom Of
The dty gdlI,S! s ,7oaai ot,s tG15y aijaa. SGE
THE ToDYFouNDqmt na nj
Upon heaping the story Chief Manh, DIS
patched sp officer, 70, the place described,
whersibe found dfhec0at and shoes, and yss-
terday the:chief and the officer took Mrs.
Alex ander and droye 10 New Haven, ih-
terviewed DR.. Sanford and then came back
oyer the route taken by Bassett,. finding
The bodyin the place indicated. II n was In
an advanced stage Of decomposition, not
withstanding whiehthe officers brought Iit1
h0re.i g1 iWfsYgg . v.rL NJ pr,aern |
e Suffering Jack was an .inofensive man
about twenty eight years ofage, who work
ed along the docks, and ,Bassett's sole OBJ
iect in the murderwas to obtain the money
IL the pockets Of his viesom, which anSunt- |
d to seventy FIVE cents, and to self tbe
b,dy. '''' '''' ''''''''
although fhs, facts were only known Lite |
afternoon The ,afSir 'has, created |
quite an excitement, and, the approaches
Lothe Central Station arefiiledo with 1opeo
pie discussing the circumstances of 90 On |
aafan'eyeni. D4he Inquest will be- held |
70 day. saMSoS