The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-10-01
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tha. the evidences u a most diaooea bu,chery had
been gathered 90 mat que, SABBATH afternoon.
THs INQUEST
elled a Jury VINO, after viewing the remains, pro-
coed ed 10 the Judges Office ana there to tue
testimony of several witnesses, who identified tho
body as that OF Frank W,nebecser alias john RUFUS.
balier known as ..stuieriug jack Captain Miller OF
the ,ugooas Ka,o Miller, recognized him By whatever
said tho ring worn by Jack vas tho same taken from
him alter death Diner witnesses were examined, but
other legal matters TO look alter during the
While these proceedings were taxing place before tho
sued out bench warrant. and he at once mad
both the accused before Judge Sanford of
doctor 10 whom Mrs. Alexander endoavored to sell
Winepecxor,s, BODY While situng in court ne
heavily rousd and she s1g ~, on
steadily fastened upon the two who will be
most Interested parties in one OF the mos, extraord
nary crimina trials OF our day.
THEIR Personal APPEARANCES.
Mrs. LORNA Elizabeth Alexander appears TO be
wossn OF about forty.aye. with sharp features,
rather low forehead ana anything but attractive Her
husband dssd to be a brakeman on tho Housatonic
road ana lei her some wears ago She often used TO
mage somnia,nis IN regard 10 MIN a. The r,dsepost
police ONCE but officials deny that her record is
ut ali bad. Sue Form in Now York city, her
futher being French ana her mother American.
Frank Bassstt is son OF George Bassott now en-
pioysd At wheeler 4 Wilson's He is ABOUT twenty
four or I'VE wears Of age rather good looking
with SIDE whiskers and musIache tae last person
one would tako as having col such an arocious
Both parties pleaded net guilty when arraigned
before Judge Sanford and were th on committed TO
jail without bail
INTERVIEW WITH FRANK BAssnrr
Before tho accused we're removed 10 Jail had
quite u lengthy chat with Basset, whose counsel Is
SIR benjamin Wynkoop He sa:d:-.I became ac-
with Mrs Alexander six years ago but sub
tly did moi see her for four wears iii now
year anu half ago girl named Lizzie Cavanagh
came TO see us frequently She ana Mrs Alexander
often spoke OF selling thor bodies to Dr. Sanford.
They went there together, but the Doctor told her
no would not buy her only ho would give her
$25 for all The bodies sho brought One aftern Don
sstutleripg jack was tight 1 asked HIM to come In
the house. when she gave him some iaudanuui |
think. She had chloroform III tho house Tor cleaning
Clothes und sho appilsa II to mis- nose when he was
lying asleep She has also asked my iatner TO 60 in
me body business but never listened 10
her she also wrote letter to Charles Barton, her
daughters husband, VINO lives at Goodspeed Land
Ing on inc Connecticut River Winebecker died in
halt an hour after the chioreiorm was gwen
him Both OF Us together put tho body IN the bar
rel got the barrel two nights before TO put some
patterns IN We could not get the body IN the barrel
40 l toak of his coat hat and shoes. We kept Il
TN seven o'clock tho XXI morning and then started
with Il Tor New Haven / did not see DR.. Sanford;
would NOT know him II / saw him. She saw the
doctor hut he would not take Il. l was born
Lear bridgeport Tho idea never crossed my mind