The New York herald., 1878-11-08
Mrs. Alexander Concludes Her Muir
derous Narrative.
CORRESPONDENTS WITH THE DOCTOR.
Lawyer OImstead Makes a Speech
for the State.
THE EVIDENCE REVIEWED.


than heretofore Every available place in the room
and gallery filled and the attendance Of ladies was
large. Some Of the counsel seem to think that the
termination Of the will depend principally upon
the arguments. During the afternoon session Mrs.
Alexander sat the prisoners box and listened
with profound attention 70 every word that WAS said
by counsel either side. Bassett was also in court
but seemed entirely unconcerned. and he appeared
as a witness than prisoner. although he paid
strict attention to all that said.
The witness took the stand and testified as fol-
lows:- asked DR.. Sanford not to mention this
affair: he volunteered it himself; / had read about
doctors buying subjects and paying for them in in
stalents had any conversation with Bassett in
connection with this tried the front door under the
impulse Of the moment; might have got away and
hid from him. but would not have exposed him; did
not ask why Bassett had brought that fellow home
with him; he had often brought men home to dine
while he talked with them; do not remember their
names saw Weinbecker and Bassett walking around
the yard soon after they to my house; did not
give Suffering Jack glass Of whiskey after supper
nor previous to his lying down the lounge; had
nothing say to him only when he was at the table,
told Chief Marsh that Jack had the baby in the
kitchen playing with it; told Marsh that Jack laid
on the lounge and sleep. and that Basset put
chloroform sponge and put it to the Of Slut
tering Jack.
Mr.. Olmstead here asked the witness to give him
the substance the letters that she wrote to Dr.
Sanford. which were destroyed. She gave it as fol-
MRS. BAssETT's LETTERS THE DOCTOR
Docros have your strange letter
understand When WAS at your house visit any
sass, that might send with on the subject
der but SS qch rather has h r woSd g the
be found dmsd moment from hard drinking
S
tss
(signcd) T. A.
Witness continued-This was about word for word
which wrote, as can remember. Mr. Om-
stead requesioned her about tho contents Of the let
ter, and she said only reminding him of what
he had told me; the friend spoke Of was the
drunken husband had in my mind;. DR.. Sanford
said to me that he afraid of getting himself into
scrape he said that had got be very careful and
did not want to draw the Law down on him; this was
said his office and in the OF the Cavanaugh
woman.
Witness was here asked II Bassett directed the
second letter. and she said yes Bassett said that Dr.
Sanford knew she in need of money, and IL
wrote him he would pay attention to it; Bassett
astonshed ct the letter that Dr. Sanford wrote to
and he felt that it was only scheme keep him out
Of the clutches of the law; he told to write what
had passed between us; he tBassettl said II would
90 down and him 1t would be better than
sending it through the mail; he was afraid that
too much had passed already; he told me that could
write better than he could, because knew what had
passed between us; wrote the letter from these in
QUESTION By JUDGE BEARDsLEY.
Judge Beardsley then asked II she had taken
chloroform herself She replied ~ have; but was
never present when it has been taken by others"
Dr.. Sanford recalled by the State In rebuttal.
and waA asked IL Mrs. Alexander wrote such Q
letter she had stated He said She did not write
nothing Of the kind about being afraid Of getting
myself into scrape
She wrote me near as can remember that she
had received my letter. she said she disappointed
in it, the rest Yves in tone OF fault finding. and was
discourteous; destroyed the letter. it was quite Ut
variance with the conversation which first had with
with her; never gave any instructions how how to send
or receiving subjects at the interview.
OTHER TESTIMONY.
Mr.. Doten was then put on the stand by the State:
he said IL her in the station house, she said at
that interview that Basset her to help him
much terrhe1 and went to assist him and fell in a ft
beside the barrel and while on her knees she made
of the expression. MY Godl forgive me for hav-
ing anything to do with such crime or thing" On
examination he said he present at the inter
view before Chief Marsh.
Charles Coles was next called He testified that he
saw Bassett in stevens drug the 9th of july
his place OF business is the next door, Basset had
bottle and piece of white paper in his hand Testi-
mony objected to and ruled out.
At this hour-a quarter past ten oclock-the evi-
dence was all In and the Court took OF about
minutes. AT -phSt ttu CLOCK MI Oluleteuu
commenced his argument on the part Of the State
follows:-
ARGUMENT FOR THE STATE
GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY-Ths il very painful duty
which have TO perform, and. matter what the
consequences may be- it Is our duty TO discharge
il faithfully. I shall endeavor 10 keep strictly
within the lines Of the evidence. and shall take Il
up step by step and review II to the end. and I
hope. gentlemen. that you will bear with me. Gem
tlernen, this IL . most extraordinary case, and
venture to say 1t has no precedence in history.
The deed not done TO "glut savage vengeance"
all money. A young man. without a relative
to caro- for him. no friends. was made the victim
of wilful and prcneditated murder for the paltry
sum of S25. Gentlemen, this was . cool and pre-
meditated murder. The victim had just returned from
voyage on the water; was lured into the home Of
these prisoners; ate and smoked with his supposed
friends was induced to lio the lounge and then
chloroformed death by them We're there ever such
sickening incidents brought before community a.
deed committed. the body hid. and no
eye but theirs had seen them. Truly.
the saying IL, Murder will out the secret cannot
be kept II the perpetrator and he cannot
keep it; ne thinks the world 1t in his face; IL
secret was confesscdi 1t was confessed. Now. gen.
tlcmep. In approaching this case and reviewing the
evidence. win read portion of the law on the sub
ject Of murder in the first degree.
MURDER DEGREE
The first thing is as to the law in such II Is
that the body must be found dead and the death
proved, and that the death caused by crimi-
nal agency. Now gentlemen. has the State proved
that Frank weinbecker is dead and that he came to
doubt In the slightest degree. MR. Omstead then
viewed the testimony Of the different witnesses who
testified ~ TO the whereabouts of weinbecker pre-
vious to the time Of his disappeamnce) Now.
gentlemen, In there any doubt In this matters
This woman. forty-four years of age living In open
shame with this man. who is only twenty-five or
twenty-six years of Mrs Alexander here burst
out in tears and wept bitterly did also her mother.
who sat beside her On the 2sth Of September last
coat and pair Of shoes were found-where2-
found In the yard Of the very place where Mrs.
Alexander and Bassett lived. How came they there?
L. there doubt to who put them there? Is there
no doubt who these clothes belonged TOT You gen
tlemen have heard the evidence. The comb
and book were found in tho pocket of
the coat. and you have heard the witnesses
testify that "stutterng Jack" had those things up
to the time OF his disappearance. Gentlemen bar
rel found the 2Sth Of September Mr.. Phillips
identified the head; I'm that barrel found dead
body. Whosebody WAS 1t DIR. Hubbard says the body
five feet eight inches high. Mr.. Wyncoop testi-
fed that wenbecker Ave feet eight inches high.
DR.. Hubbard also testified that he took ring Off the
finger with nick in it. Whose ring this You
heard Wyncoops testimony In regard to this ring Now
gentlemen, IL there any doubt to whose body this