Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-12-19

ed. Two days before he said he heard
 from the officials of the prison of the
 crime. He was asked how that could
 be and he said the Waterbury officials
 at this point Bassett stopped ab-
 ruptly and laughed. He was asked
 how the Waterbury officials could
 have told him and he said he heard
 them say so. Then he said he had
 heard of it in hospital, the name of
 which he could not say. Attorney
 Kellogg asked him why he could not
 recall it and he said he could not tell
 Then he was asked if the hospital
 was in the Auburn, N r., state prison,
 and Attorney Russell jumped up with
 m objection. While the argument
 that followed was at its height Bas-
 sett said he would not answer. The
 question was allowed and he again de cllned to answer. He was asked why
 he leaped out the window and he sah
 he did not want to be arrested. But
 you had not done anything?' he was
 asked, and he said people are often ar rested without having done anything
 He lidh uttl No AAiAA HAAANN
 half a dozen times, though it had
 shady reputation, and that of the crowd in the room when the alarm of detectives was raised he was the only one who ran away.
 After leaping from the window he went home ana sta5sa there unth March.
 p . ,,..oo4 ,.-ray,,tnotion poqcsn,t stated there was nothing said about chloroform in Leonard's room the night he leaped from the window and that be is right handed and does not speak French. This evidence was to contradict I,eonard's. He denied ever seeing Joe Bantler or Mrs Lusas. who identified him as being in Cenesku's house the Sunday before the assault. He also denied being fin Bridgeport or that he ever smoked opium. After in- sisting that he was English and not French Canadian and that he never wrote with his left hand and that he does not speak French, though Bed ford. Canada. is in a French speaking province, Bassett left the stand.
 Detective DO,ids took the stand and stated that on the day he brought Bas- sett and the others from New York, Preston said the photograph above re ferred 10 was Q photo of Bassett and not of Grover This closed the case.
 The opening argument was made by Prosecuting Attorney Meigs of the city court. who assisted the state all through the trial. It was his first ap- pearance before a criminal jury in the superior court. In his remarks he said the crime began with Preston's dreams about old LockwOod's money. His forever talking about 1t got oth- CTS to accept hts views. However, 1 none of them had the courage to go to the house. as was shown by their evil dence. BasserC. however, was of a different caliber and he became the leader fin the plans to rob the old man from the time he heard the old man had money in his house Mir Meigs said the only humane thing done by Bassett in the entire transaction was his covering the old man with com rortahle or mattress after he had killed him as he supposed
 Attorney Russell followed. He saii leonard and Cenesky were self-cOn- 'eSSe,i murderers and they had every reason in the world to throw the re- of the crime on Bassetts shoulders. He respected Preston. He iad everything to gain if he only went with Leonard and CeResky and put it yn to Basseft. Preston would not. but le would not lie. If he would only put It on to Bassett he would he free rom manaeles. from every indignity. ,ut De told the truth n0twithstandiug leonard and Cenesky knew Bassett vas arrested and sent up. and they hen decided to put t on to him Aif Russell asked was C likely that three nen would come from New York to commit murder without the means of reftiHg away from the scene Of the Time
 he states attorneys have not de frrmined what to do in the cases xzInzt IeunsrsI- Cenesky and Pres- lon. It is said that a pi-a or guilty b murder In the second degree uouti se accepted which would mean fer them imprisonment for life. Tt fs siso .sld that Cenezky vii not plead gull lv to any charge. while rumOr is silent l shout Leonard Preston. It is said win plead guilty to couspirzcy vhfch l would kesp him in pFissn fer five rr ,en years- Their lawyers do not knaw what theT win do