Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-14
LOCKWOOD CASE
Bassett Looked Conductor Wood in the Eye When He Was
 Giving His Testimony.

Beaming with the fruits of yester- days victory in the Rassett murder trial, his counsel, Attorney Russell, entered the superior court room this morning and had long conference with his client in the dock.
 Mrs Sadie Bryan Smith was the first witness of the day. She said she lived at 253 West Main street and previous to that she lived at 298 Wal nut street. Her father lives on Park road, near the Lockwood house. On the Thursday succeeding the assault Mrs Smith and her father, hearing Lockwood had been assaulted, went to his house to see him. Mrs Smith asked him to permit her to drive the cows to water, but Lockwood insisted on doing it himself. He was very weak and fell twice. Telling her of the assault Lockwood said ''they" struck him.
 James Bryan, father of Mrs Smith, followed her on the stand. Two men named McMahon and Ringwood called to his house on the Monday of the as- sault looking for work. This was to further confound the evidence of Mrs Joy, who recognized Bassett and Leonard as applicants at her house for work on the day of the assault. MT Russell undertook by this witness to show that Lockwood was subject to rheumatism and pains in the region of the kidneys and thereby contradict the medical experts, Dr Crane and Dr Poore, as well as what was shown by the autopsy.
 Jay D. Wood, conductor for the Conn R. & l.. Co, knew Leonard and Cenesky well, but not Bassett. At this admission Bassett looked Wood squarely in the face and changed his reclining attitude to stiff and erecr posture. He was quite active all the day prompting his counsel. Wood re- called seeing Leonard but not Cenesky on a Naugatuck car one day last spring.
 Fiber Dion, the motorman on the car, knew Leonard in New York He merely corroborated Woods testi- mony.
 Edward Green, IT, living on Star view avenue and employed by the Waterbury Clock Go, remembered be- ing in sleigh with Horace J. Atwood the day of the assault and being ac costed by two men looking for work on farm. He recognized Leonard as one of them, but would not say that either Cenesky or Bassett was the other.
 Tn cross examination, Green said he would not say that Bassett or Cenesky was not Leonard's companion.
 Charles Dolf, a carpenter, present occupant of the Lockwood house, said that when he rented 1t last July there were blood stains in the kitchen and bedroom. There are some there yet. There were eleven deep hicks in the ceiling and five that were mere One or two were quarter of an inch deep. As to what furni- ture there is in the house now oppos. ing counsel had few words whick seemed to amuse Bassett for he re- pressed his feelings with a smile Iockwood's furniture is used by the Dolfs.
 Annie Johnson. employed by the American Pin Co, added to the testi- mony that accused was not one of the two men who were looking for work the day of the assault. She was in the house of her uncle, Andrew Roden, on Park road, and saw the men. Their age was about 40. she said. This caused Bassett to sit erect and smile perceptibly and as he stood up for he smiled again and looked the witness in the eyes.