Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-12
LOCKWOODCASE Several Witnesses on
 Stand To-day. ONE SAW BASSETT Few Days Before Murder, on Mid dlebury Road Mrs. Cenesky,
 Mother of One of Accused,
 Continued Story.

Mrs Anna Cenesky was on the verge
 of tears ill the witness stand Friday
 afternoon when the trial of Charles
 Bassett for the murder of Thomas O.
 Lockwood adjourned. The suspension
 of proceedings prevented a scene.
 Promptly at 9:30 to-day Judge Rob-
 inson resumed the bench and just as
 promptly Bassett walked from the
 dock and took the chair at the end
 of the table in front of the jury, in
 which for the past week he has sat
 like statue. It was rumored to-day
 that 'Bassett's defense is to be an ali bi and from the opening question by the defense, this would seem to be true MT Russell asked Mrs Cenesky when she first heard Bassett's given name was Charley and that he was the man she saw in her house with her son Joseph and their friend, Leon- ard. She said she first saw in the papers that his name was Charley" and she was sure he was the man she saw in her house on Sunday and Monday last February because she recognized him the other morning as he was coming up from the train with his companions.
 On that eventful Monday witness said she saw Leonard clean his shoes and clothes in her house but did not see any blood on him. She also saw Bassctt cleaning his clothes. Joseph was crying and running after her about the house asking her for $3.
 Joseph F. Bantler, Meriden. kept a saloon at TIC Bank street at the time of the murder. He merely testified to meeting Cenesky, Leonard and Bas- sett on Park road while out driving the Sunday before the murder. He identified Leonard and Bassett and knew Cenesky and Preston very well. He also knew Smith and Lewis. He said that Cenesky had told him he knew old man Lockwood kept lot of money in his house because Pres ton had seen it and probably would take trip up there some day and re- lieye the old man of 1t.
 Mrs Annie c. Joy lives on the Park road about mile from the Lockwood house. She said Bassett looked like a man who inquired at her home the afternoon of the murder, while anoth- CT man waited on the roadway, for a job as farm hand. She had no work for him and he went away. He spoke brokenly and witness supposed he was German.
 Horace Atwood. Middlebury. said he met Bassett on the Park road 'one afternoon a few days before the as sault took place." He was sure Bas- sett was the man because he spoke to him near Lockwood's house. Another "gentleman" was with Bassett and 8assett asked him where they could get work on farm. and he said he did not know. He thought the man with Bassett was Cenesky.
 The second laugh in this trial took place this forenoon. Atwood was ssked how he knew Cenesky was the name of Bassett's comrade on the oc- caslon in question: and he drawled out: Good Lord, why shouldn't know it by this time"
 How" he was asked.
 Why, haven't l been hearing it ev- cry day here for the past week." and the whole court room burst into d. laugh.
 Resuming Atwood said he told the detectives that he could identify the men If he ever saw them again.
 Edward J. Casey, Park road, on March ], found at the watering trough some of the leaves torn by Bassett out of the note book. They were put in evidence after being identified. Law renee Sullivan, painter, Joseph Hub bard and Roy Sherman were with him at the time The leaves were stuffed in hole under the trough. They saw some shoe prints and following them up found piece of soap.
 Benjamin W. Conklin. clerk at Dwight l. .Dlckinson's feed store on West Main street, saw Lockwood last at 6:30 on the morning of the assault. He seemed in good health and happy,
 Martin Van Buren Atwood is the man who first found Lockwood after the assault. He was so battered and disfigured that he would not know him though he knew him well since 1886. He Immediately drove to town tor Dr Frost and took the doctor ont to the house. This was three days lfter the assault.
 By this witness Mir Russell tried to | show that Lockwood was a secretiye l and seclusive old bachelor who had no | use for social intercourse. but the wit- l ness insisted that deceased was a very | kind old man who was loved by every l .hild who knew him and was respect l sd and always welcome at his neigh | DOTS hearths.
 Telling of the state of the house | when he got there witness said there | vas pool of blood in the kitchen as ( pig had been blesi there. The f ounge was covered with blood ami llso the chair and his face. He was mrecugnizable. SO much dried blood 1 vas on his face and some of tho | rounds on the top of his head were Itill bleeding. There was a hong hlond I tain iu the bed room near the door md witness asked Lockwood aabout his and he said that fs where thev ,nt me down and after that I don't I very much. All they sn, vas a dollar watch-- Isoekwood toi.l witness of the attack in the house which was almost exactly as I.e.ln- Iui told it He added. however. that me man said hit him herp.- pointing o back of the right ear. This man itood behind L.ockWoof but ss bosh