Year: 1878




murder had been committed. She did not go home to
| her mother or tell any of il until she found
revenge showed itself and she then tried to
put the crime Of this murder him. She went in
the room and handed Bassett the chloroform. and
present when he put the saturated sponge to the
nose of Weinbecker. This alone is sufficient Will
the gentlemen the other side stand here and tell
us this Is not assisting and abetting this crime?
under oatha Il went into the room
saw Bassett standing over the body; handed
shuddered to see him take hold Of the dead mans
present but did not try to escape She admitted that
she saw him pour the chloroform on the sponge;
hm ss 10 s saw s tns wp Ss
did not assist # she did not aid or a6et in this crime
She said she could not touch dead body, but
when Bassett called for the rope she handed


it to him. and when he asked her to help him put the
the body in New gentlemen, is this reasonable. that


woman could do all OF this and be present while the
s ns Il i sory
Of the Arabian Nights, is it story of reality
which happensd n the city Of BagepSWS WS, shs Sis got
do that for? She went to New Haven to Doctor San
fords Office and he tells that she was not crying
nor did she exhibit much emotion.


AIExANDER's ELEPHANT


After DR.. Sanford had refused to take the body she
not know what to do with it. She was terribly
afraid Of Bassett; but she lived with him. She had
plenty Of chances to get away from him. but did not


She loved him. and yet he was such terrible fellow
she was afraid Of him. What does this mean? Did
she not know that she , had powe.. and din influence
she could appear before him and make
him that he did it and not her? It will be
claimed the other side that although she did assist


Bassett she did it through fear Of him. VIII this
excuse her from this crime? say not. If all Of
these true it will not excuse her in the eyes of
the law. She had pistol and this loaded and at
her command yet she was terribly afraid OF Basset
case. take it that tho only question in this case
is Is Mrs Alexander guilty OF murder In the first or
second degreef In order to convict person OF mnr


murder wilful and premeditated. We have proved
this by overwhelming evidence. She with Frank Bas-
sctt concocted this scheme they have been together
| for four years. Gentlemen. you will recollect
| on Mrs. Aexander's cross-examnation that in
the conversation with Lizzie Cavanaugh Bassctt
there She related to him the conversation they had
their visit to DR.. Sanford, and he coincided with it,


Now in these points get the key that will unlock
all tho locks In this mystery In this conversation
with DR.. Young she asked the price of bodies; she
thought that she would not live longs if he wanted


body she could procure him one at any time. When
he questioned her in regard to that she said she
ferred to her former husband who liable
! lieve that? She opening way to get rid
OF bodies. She going into the buAncss She then
| He asked her how. She said. 'Dead alive" She
| told him she would rather he would buy her alive
If he had told her that he did not buy them alive
she would have turned her heel and left the place.
CRIME PRENfEDrTATED.


This scheme had been concocted, and she was on
mission to sell bodies. Instead OF her being indig
nant at being refused the privilege Of selling her
body she said that she could procure two other
bodies for the college they wished them.
Does this not tend to show that she Intended
This occurred in the fore part of April.
On the 8th she wrote to Dr. Sanford, asking
him to snd her the the Of man az s Sho
ton? All. gentlemen, this shows that she was pre-
pairing way to furnish the medical college with sub


ects. IF it her body that she wished to dispose
of what did she want of Of this kind? She also
wrote that she had two three bodies. Now.
TESS upon the witness stand yesterday, when
asked what she meant when she wrote to Dr. Sanford
husband other her son-in-law. Gentlemen did
you ever hear Of such thing woman who claims
" the bodies of
and son-n-law? Now look at this letter
which she repeated this morning as the one
show that she and Basset in colleague together
to furnish this college with bodies Well. what is


the next thing? Chloroform is bought by Bassett and
taken home. She knew that it was there Is there
any doubt about this? Next the barrel was bought.
She claimed wanted it to send clothes home
to her mother in. Do you believe that? woman who
poor and destitute sending clothes away by the
barrelfui This barrel was bought but day or 80
fore the crime was committed Now. gentlemen. don't
you believe that this scheme concocted by both
and was premeditated by them? Could Frank Bassett
| take o into her house and choroform him to
death and she not know anything about it? Do you
believe il? When asked if she knew Suffering Jack
| she said mo" but Bassett knew him. All.
| gentlemen. they had conversed about this
| He poor friendless man, and II he was
tQerc IT,


ask of you gentlemen is that weigh all the evil


dence in this and render such verdict you can
on your oath do conscientiously. At three o'clock
Mr.. Omstead finished his argument and thanked the
jury for their attention


Soon after Mr.. Olmstead commenced his argument
Mrs Alexander burst into tears and wept bitterly
did also her mother who sitting beside her. Mrs.
Alexander seemed deeply affected and cried vt inter-
walls through the day.


SPEECH FOR THE DEFENCE.


Mr. A. M. Talnage. associate counsel on the part OF
he IN He
Now, gentlemen. the only evidence against Mrs.
Alexander IL her testimony. and If any OF
her statement is true is it not all true
We say, gentlemen that she stands before


il charged She has told you her story in plain and
simple way She only divulged this secret when she
had been robbed of everything that she possessed by
the Bassett, In whom she stood in fear The State
has made great hue and cry because there was
barrel and chloroforIn in the house Bassct bought
| the barrel did he also the chloroform. The
| question now arises. IL Mrs. Alexander did
| not commit the murder who didf The
circumstance strongly points to Frank Bassett- It
| was he who bought the chloroform and barrel. 1t
was he who hired the team and drove to Now Haven.
It was he who stopped drinking after the crime had
| with the crime should get ont. 1t was he who
! brought Wcinbecker TO the house. He alto and
/ smoked with him.


The counsel continued and took up great portion
| on law In criminal cases. and he only touched
| some OF tho principal points in the case. After
thanking the jury for their attention he left the
| In the hands Of his colleague. Mr.. Thompson. The
Court adjourned ut quarter to four o'clock to meet
| this morning ut nine O'Clock, when Mr.. Thompson
| will mako the closing argument.


Bassetts trial will commence week after next. be-
fore the judges who are in this His
sci anxious that he be tried at once. they
prepared to 60 on with It,


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