Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-03-03
THE LOCKWOOD AssAUL4
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The mystery surrounding the as- sault on Thomas Lockwood at his home on the Middlebury road has not yet been cleared up and 1t Is doubtful If his assailants will be found out. The old gentleman has resided in that place for nearly half n century and when approached by friends who ad- vised him to move into the center or take somebody to live with him he al- ways gave such counsel deaf car and turned those who talked with him in that line away with the remark that nobody would think of meddling with him. But he knows better now. Tuesday afternoon he was approached by man who represented himself as an agent of q proposed trolley route which wanted fo secure a right of way over a portion of his property, and af- ter showing him paper on which ap. peared the names of several of his neighbors, MT Lockwood decided to sign it, and while thus occupied tho stranger hit him in the back of the head and almost knocked him se lsr- less. He made an effort to get to an adjoining room where he keeps gun. but before he could do so he received a knockout blow and was then beaten so badly that 1t is thought his assail- ants must have meant to kill him and no doubt thought they had made q good job of it before they started tc ransack the house. Before Mir Lock yxvOc 1r.n hpo rI body shout to the man beside him to give it to him hard. which shows that there were at least two persons pres ent. Mir Lockwood has the courage of lion and fought the intruders until they tore the clothes off him. When he regained consciousness he was ly- ing on the floor near the bedroom door and on looking about he. scarcely re- copnized his own home. The parties went through every apartment in the building hunting for money, but so far as can he learned they found none. Mir Lockwood has considerable cash. but he knows enough not to keen it in the house. He has great collection of curios of one kind and another. hut the robbers didn't think any of them worth while taking and after things were riehted practically everything was accounted for.
 Mir Lockwood is not l" very warm admirsr of the fair sex and always managed to give them a wide berth and knowing this none of them both. cred him and on this account his home was not much of resort even for men. few ever calling on him except on business Rut with all his peculiar. ities he commands the respect of his neiehhors and the district is thorough ly worked up over the affair. 4 He, Is treasurer of the Oronoke school dis trict and takes quite an Interest in el- uc"tional matters.
 Nothing was known H the assault until yesterday when letter carrier called at the house with a paper and was astonished when The saw the lon ! Occunant battered and bruised beyond recognition. The pOstman alarmed the ;; authorities and the facts were repn, l. cd to the no'ice authorities. Detective nodds and Dr Frost drove out there and after his wo,mds were dressed he narrated the story of the assault. The - reason he didn't take any nottce Of Atiir stranser was because so many strang. CTS and real estate men have bee, around there the mast year or SO and when the man said he was looking up a right of way for trolley road he never dOuhted him. The detectives are at work on the case and every. bodv homes that they will succeed in running down the offenders and bring. ing them into court. Herbert Lock. wood of New Britain is a relative of the victim and has been notified.