Morning journal and courier., 1890-02-15
nun ALL XOAAb1GAhOs
A HBADLESS body FOUND
A Man Arrested For The
Murder Of His Brother.
CHEERS FOR MR.. PARNELL.
He Addresses The House Of
Parliament.
PRESENT STATE OF TRADE,
Business In The Senate Yes
terday.
PRESENT STATE OF TRADE.
AHORRIBLE MURDER.

terday.
A HORRIBLE MURDER.
Isaac SawtelIe, a Released Convict,
Charged with the Murder by His
Brother Hiram-The Body Found
with the Head Severed-The Murder
or In Jail-Believed 30 Have Had Con.
federates-The Prisoner Ret1cent.
BosroN, Mass, Feb. 14.-The finding of
the body of Hiram r. 4Sawtelle in the
woods near Lebanon, Me-, this afternoon,
shows conclusivsly that a horrible murder
has been committed, and the outlook for the
accused prisoner, Isaac B. Sawtelle, Is darker
than ever before. Yet it 10 claimed by some
that as Isaac undoubtedly had confedsrates,
the murder itself may have been committed
by them, although the prisoner himself may
be morally responsible for it. The case is one
of the most interesting In the criminal his
tory of New England, and although it has
apparently been shrouded in mystery from
the beginning, the work of the detectives on
the case has been so thorough that COM
plete chain of evidence against the prisoner
from the time of his leaving his brother
Hiram's house until the finding of the body
is laid bare and shows 80 little attempt on
Issac's port to cover his tracks that IL seems
strange that anyone could have been mysti.
| fed as to his intentions or actions. Ia De-
cember last Isaac B. Sawtelle was pardoned
from the state prison, where he had served
| a long sentence on three indictments for
rape. Since that time he has resided with
his brother Hiram in Roxbury. The latter
kept q fruit store on Washington street,
| which, together with his residence, had
been owned by their father and was held In
their mothers name. Isaac had deceived
his mother and induced her to transfer the
property to him, but Hiram put an injunc-
ton upon 1t so that Isaac could not sell it..
The property is said to be worth from $15,-
600 to $4,000. These transactions have
caused hard feelings between the brothers
and it is believed that in order to remove
every obstacle from his path and to give him
possession of the property Isaac plotted to
remove his brother and the latter's entire
family, consisting Of his wife, daguhter
| Week before last Isaac asked Mrs. Saw
| telle's permission to take one of the children
to Lowell. Being suspicious of him she re-
fused.
On Saturday February l he came into the
houee and told Mrs. Sawtelle that her hus
band had given him permission to take the
little girl to Lowell, and the mother finally
| allowed uer u W WALL ILL., w A0u uAS
father came home at night he denies having
given his consent for her to go with hel
uncle. From Boston Isaac and the little girl
went to Lowell, staying until Monday when
they went to Rochester, N. Il. While at the
latter place the little girl claims that her nm
clio attempted to poison her with medicine
and pills, but only with the effect of making
brother Hiram In this city that the littl,
girl was sick with thelgrip, asking him Il
come Immediately. This was Tuesday eve
ming, February f. The next morning sec
! ond telegram came to the mother, urging he
, to come to Rochester, the inference beini
that if she had responded in person she, too
would have been deposed of. sea-
n Il was finally settled that Hiram, the faith
or. should 90 alone and he left Bostol
Wednesday at p. m.
| From this moment his movements beam
: shrouded in mystery and he was not agail
seen alive by his friends. The following day
Thursday, February 6. Isaac and the littl
Ing seen Hiram at all. Mrs. Sawtelle wa
suspicious of foul play and accused 1ssac Q
, putting his brother out of the way, which b
strenuously denied. Isaac remained In thl
city until the following Sunday, when b
disappeared. Hiram's absence was reporte'
to the police on Saturday and ON Monday
February 10, Special Oldcer Shields atarte
for Rochester, while search was also beeu
| In this city. From Investigations made by th
police, 1t IL learned, February Isaac hire
q team at Rochester livery stable and mt
q man at the depot, Hiram without doub
with whom he drove oway. Within half q
hour he returned alone. 1t is believed b
some that he delivered Hiram into the keel
ing of his confederates at this time. Late
= in the afternoon, about Eve O'Clock, he pu
chased n Ratchet, pickaxe and spade at
=. hardware store, also canvas bag In whis
J. to carry them. Then, again hiring the team
he drove off in the direction taken In Il
,. morning, not returning until nine at nigh
To inquiries % to his purchase of spade
replied that he intended to purchase q far
y in the vicinity and wished to test the soil.
). It seems that on his departure from Bostt
the second time. February ., he again We!
y bought two tickets for Portland. His con
= panion may have gone there directly, b
Sawtelle did not, although he reached tho
In the evening, whore he registered at Il
- Falmouth Halo as j. Bridge, Dover. He "
assigned q room and was not again seen +
two days. On Wednesday stranger call
at the hotel and inquired for some one who
name the clerk does not recollect. Looking
the register the stranger ran down q
= names until he came to that of 81. Bridge
whom he exclaimed: "That's the man
want" and started off. No good descriptio
of this man can he given, although It pr
TALLY agrees with that Of CDR" Charles
e. telle's, and with whom he has been more
-, less intimate since his release. Blood
Nv missing from Boston at the present time.
Wednesday evening the clerk Of the hol
recognized "Bridge" as Sawtells fro
> the photograph in an evening paI
- and Thur.day caused biz his ARE
&aHan IN Roohaafar lat ri0hk
Captain White and Special Officer Glide
who had been sent from Boston. On the "
to Rochester he refused to make any sta
ment except to say that Hiram was all RIG
and would turn up at the right moment.
was arraigned at Rochester today on t
charge of murder and committed to jail
Dover until March 10 without bail.
passed restless night and has not been K
Of the discovery of his brothers body.
Early this morning Officer Shields went
the station house and ordered Isaac to
move his clothing, which were infinitely
amined, as were his shoes, stockings and
Upon the shirt, drawers and pants bic
spots were found, in some instances as la
. silver dollar. The spots also bore evidel
m of having been rubbed In an attempt
N remove them, A searching parry was =
men were mustered In the square
front of Dodge's hotel. Under the cha
of Oiaeer Shields they proceeded
: Blaydell's Corner, where they divided
squads and a systematic search Of the mel
berhood for Hiram sawtelle's body. was
gun. Their progress was slow, a. in pls
the snow was drifted into heaps and
m ground and branches of the saplings '
-, stiff with frost. In this vicinity had alre
c.n been found handkerchief marked In
corner with the letter IS" and bearing bl
stains; also shoe supposed to have
worn by Hiram, while upon
81. jagged tree was found . p
Of cloth of the same material
Hiram's coat and evidently torn I
it. Besides these tell-tale signs Of blood
been found ON the snow and all these Giro
15c stances led the officers to believe that in
vicinity the dead body of Sawtelle woul
discovered. And they were not mista
Ono section Of the searching party consia
of Officer Shields, J. Deming, J. A. Pc
u j. g. Coburn, John Greenfield, Eugene
bard, A. B. Gerrish and ]. B. Goodwin
~. rectsd their search toward the place v
We Shields yesterday found the paper In v