Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-29


mans feet as those of her
then, by certain marks known nt
titled the body as that Of her husba. 49,
Search still continues for the he.
clothes Of the murdered man, but thwount
unsuccessfully. The officers think Isaac i,,er
the head in the bag in which he carried th,,
tools, weighted the same and threw it into
the river, or else carried it toward or to
Portland. The clothes are probably in an
other place.
olore Bones Found.
Mr.. Smart, OF Rochester, the livery sta
bic keeper, found in wood choppers shan
ty, about fifty yards from the grave of the
murdered man, an old coat, with consider
able blood on the back Of it, as though the
head had been wrapped up in the coat. In
stove in the shanty was found number
of bones which are thought to be portions
OF the murdered mans skull. These have
been turned over to the medical men.
When Mrs. Sawtelle was on the way to
South Lebanon she described before she
saw them the socks that were found on the
body. When the body was uncovered in her
presence she tainted awsy and fell into an
officers arms. When she revived she inn
mediately recognized the India ink marks
on the hnnd.
A coroner's jury was impaneied in the
afternoon, and Mrs. Sawtelle's testimony
as to the identity Of the body taken. The
jury before adjournment viewed tho spot
where the body was found. 1t is under
stood that the physicians will testify that
death was instantaneous from bullet IN
the heart The examination of the frac-
tured bones found Saturday has not been
completed, but the fragments bear evidence
of having been broken up into small pieces
with the intention of destroying them by
fire. -,
Probably Heard tho Fatal Shot.
DOVER, y. H., Feb. i7.-Seth w. Corson,t
OF East Rochester, in an interview, states
that on Wednesday night, Feb. ), while on
his way home from work at Rochester, lie
saw team near the Nutter wood, one and
one-third miles from Rochester depot toward
East Rochester. Two men were i'll the
wagon one was talking excitedly. After
the team had passed by Corson several rods
he heard pistol shot 1t was then 5 p. M.
He thought nothing of it at the time ard it
was not recalled to his recollection until he
heard of the bullet found in Sawtelle's
body. Corson is certain that it was Smart's
team and that the two men were the Saw
telIes. A man from East Rochester has
given information to the officers that on the
Wednesday night in question two men drove
past him on the road to Lebanon. just be-
fore the team passed him he heard three
shots from a revolver. This information
was given to the doctors, who upon washing
the body found three bullet holes through
| the breast.
Still Denies His Guilt.
| Boston, Feb 17.-Ohicer Shields has re-
| turned from the Dover Jail, where he had
| long talk with Isaac Sawtelle. The latter,
when confronted at last with the evidence
of the crime, backed down somewhat and
made partial confession. In that confes-
sion he denies that he did the killing and
| duplicates "Dr." Blood and one Ed Russell,
| q Boston criminal, known to the police and
suspected of completely i'll the Keene jewelry
store robbery OH Washington street. Isaac
also stoutly maintained that he did not
know where the head Yves End that he
| would, il he could, give the officers aid in
finding it. Capt. WhitSSafter hearing Off
Ger Shields report, Sgpressed the belief that
Sawtelle vas still lying, and that, though
the prisoner was aided and advised up. to tue
point Of committing the crime, he did the
deed himself. Bloods picture has been
shown to many people in Rochester, but no
ono recognizes the man as ever having been
there, where strangers are quickly noticed.
A Question of Jurisdiction.
AN important question in the trial Of
| Isaac Sawtelle will be whether the murder
was committed in New Hampshire OF, Maine
One witness will testify that he heard three
shots fired corresponding to the three bullet
wounds found in the body, and that the
place was just within the New Hampshire
line. The body was buried just over the
line, in Maine. If it should be proved that
the murder was done in New Hampshire,
conviction will mean hanging. II in Maine,
the penalty will be life imprisonment.