Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-19
BASSETT TALKS Says He Never Was in
 Waterbury BEFORE HIS ARREST
The Case Was Closed at Noon 80 Far as Taking Evidence Was Concerned Former Wit
 nesses Recalled.


 jury. The defense was fianked by pr Donahue and the state by Medical Examiner Crane
 Court adjourned last Friday after Attorney Russell had put his eighteen minutes long hypothetical question. Dr Moriarty replied that from what he learned of the history of Lockwood's condition of health from the autopsy he would say that the old man had an acute form of Bright's disease when he died. Here the doctor produced a human skull and the stiffness that fol- lowed was intense. With the skull he showed the various parts of the head which were wounded in the assault on Lockwood As for the condition of the brain membranes after the body was embalmed 1t would depend on the embalmer, the. fluid used and the com pleteness of the operation. After showing the thickness of the skull in various places. he said it was possible that blow of musket like the one in evidence might not fracture a table of the skull. Of course it would de- pend on the force of the blow. If the stock of the musket was broken by the blow, it was his opinion that such blow would fracture the skull. Also if the skull had been struck by a hatchet he would expect to find some indentations in the skull.
 If a person of Lockwood's age and health was to die from the effects of such wounds as were inflicted on Lock- wood, death would follow very soon, perhaps within fOrty-eight hours. The doctor corrobOrated Dr Donahue's statement. that is he said that so far as he could see from the autopsy the blows Lockwood received had nothing whatsoever to do with his death. The old man had sufficient vitality to re- cover from the shock of the wounds and to ward off the encroachments of any latent disease he may have had at that time. This vitality he showed in attending to his usual affairs almost immediately after the assault. This closed with Dr Moriarty.
 Nelson J. Welton testified that the weather in Waterbury on Sunday, Feb ruary %, was fair.
 Bass tt then took the stand. He stated that his age Is 10, and he was born in Bedford, Canada. He lived there ten years and then came to Co., hoes, N. Y. Lived there nine years and then moved to New York. He graduated from the public schools in New York and then went to work. He was employed in various capacities, mostly at unskilled labor. Since the fall of 1904 he has. not worked. His family consists of his father. mother and brother and they live at sos Sack cit street, Brooklyn. He was arrested on October g, 1904, and did not hear Of this crime until two days before his arrest. He knew Leonard and knew Cenesky as Joe Burns. He did not know Preston. He came to go to Leonard's room in Lawrence street through a friend who lived in the same house. He used to see Leonard there when he called. Generally Leon ard was alone. Once he saw him with Grover Swan, "who, as far as knew," said Bassett, twas a crook" Swan lived in front room at 146 Lawrence street. One Frank Hoyt was the of his introduction to Leon ard. He saw Cenesky in Leonard's LpOAAs DhN Alh liOA hlVM HlIl. HUI he saw Preston in jail he never saw lim before and never had any talk with him or Cenesky or Leonard. Never in any way did they show that hey knew him. It was in February n Leonard's room he first met Cen. sky. He called upon Swan and saw III the doors on the second floor open. Hoyt introduced him to Ceneskv as Charles Bassett, and he never went lnder any other name.
 They were all in the room about if. cen minutes when the landlady an- bounced the presence of detectives. | md he jumped through window ana | prained his wrist. From that time | lntil he met Leonard and Cenesky in | all he did not see them. and he was I lever before in Waterbury until he vas brought here for trial Only once le saw Cenesky with Swan. At this 'oint he identified his photograph | aken by the police. His coat at that ime was of mixed goods
 On starting his cross examination 8asseft insisted on facing the iury.. He imiled and spoke in a very low voice At times his face looked like white wax. again it had a hectic flush He vas immediately at cross purposes with Attorney Kellogg over a date on which he left one of his employers 'ut he held to his statement and Af. orney Kellogg admitted fhat he had him.
 Bassett refused to explain how he pent his time during a period If bout q years likeness. Attorney Ke.- Ogg appealed tO the court. but tha ourt said Basseft could not he made Tswer. even though he was q volun- ary witness. The period was from to November. 1a08.
 On the next question he showed emper. He was asked If he had not sid he workei eight or nine months D his next place. He insisted he ssif fight months After a while he snap 'ei. well what If did say eight or line monthsS-
 He refused to say t was not false hat he had lived with his folks Ia srooklyn- heez1se it would tend to Ii<grace and ineriminate him Attor- ley KeYioxr then asked r he had not old Attorney Russell that he had iseen n prism since March n. This qnes- lon cauSe,i a lively dispute and It was fo rpsort to the steuczrz- ,herfs notes. which showed that Bas- cit said be hsd heea ln prisa1 since rraH4 E-