The Portland daily press., 1890-02-20
MORE PEOPLE WHO SAW SAWTELlE.
One Woman TestifIes to Seeing
Smoke In the Carriage.
Isaac Identified by the Man who
Sold Him the Spade.
McWilllanrs, the Lewiston Murderer,
Sentenced for Life.

GREAT FALLS. N. H., February 19-The
coroner's inquest in the Sawtelle case was
continued here on the Berwick side today.
The first witness was Lizzie Webber of
Rochester. She said that she lived on the
road from Rochester to East Rochester. On
Wednesday, February 9th, sire was ON visit
to Rochester village and got home little
before p. m. On her arrival at home, she
saw horse with carriage pass along the
road. She was then outside the house. She
noticed what appeared Like smoke coming
out of the carriage. The witness did not
say she heard a pistol shot which might
have caused the smoke.
Arthur A. Wiley was called and said that
he aud his father talked about his fathers
hearing shots fired when they got home. He
heard them. They passed team owned by
Smart of Rochester.
Abbie f. Rankin was called. She said
she lived at BlaisdelPs Corner and saw
Smart's team pass the house Tuesday, the
4th at about 9 a. m. 1t returned about II
noon. Her father had talk with the driv-
er, whose description answers that Of Isaac
Sawtelle. The witness saw spade in the
carriage with red label on the handle. She
saw the same Wednesday night on the 9Th.
anu tu0 oduiO ulifCiS 6oth6 Eoot
Lebanon. There was another man with him
in the carriage this time, leaning back so
that the witness could not see his face.
Isaac Rankin of Blaisdell s Corner was
called and confirmed the previous witness's
statements. He talked with the driver
when heading east. The man inquired the
way to Springvale.
Conductor John A. Canayan described the
man who rode from Dover to Rochester on
his train ON the 5th inst. at 9 Is p. m. from
No. lirs.nt axufa
him we'll. A brakeman on the same train
saw and described him. He got off at Roches-
ter.
A Rochester telegraph operator related
how Isaac came to his office to send dis
patch to Hiram in Boston to come to Roches-
ter for the sick girl. On the arrival Of the
train he saw Isaac Sawtelle drive up with a
team and take man at the depot and drive
off with him. The man he took c0rresp0nded
to the description given by the conductor
Henry Berry, clerk in Wallace's hardware
store, stated that he sold an axe, pick and
shovel to Isaac Sawtelle and had identified
the prisoner as the man.
Mrs. Smith, keeper of a boarding house
where Isaac, his mother and the little girl
stopped, stated the fact of their presence
there and described the little girls sickness.
Smart's hostler testified to letting the team
to Isaac Sawtelle, the day stated.
This closed the hearing, at Berwick. 1t
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Rochester tomorrow and view the road from
Rochester to East Rochester and return to
Berwick to make up their verdict.
1t is understood the c0rOner,S jury will e.
port that the body found last Friday is that
of Hiram f. Sawtelle, and that he came to
his death by reason of bullet wound, in.
fiicted while in a carriage near Nutter s
woods, on the road from Rochester to East
Rochester, Wednesday, February 5. The
finding of the gull y party will be left to the
officials in this State. Detectives Shields
and Witham of Boston have been withdrawn
from the case and will return to Boston. The
local officers were to drag the Salmon Falls
river today, but nothing has been done. 1t is
now thought special grand jury will be
summoned to bring the Sawtelle case before
this term Of court.
Boston, February ia brief reli gious
service was held this afternoon at the home
murdered Hiram. Only members Of the
family were present besides Rev. A. S. Gum
bert, pastor of the Dudley street Baptist
church, who officiated. The remains were
were placed In the receiving tomb at Forest
Hills.
A story published in the Globe this morn
ing that Isaac had been shown. the remains
Of his murdered brother in the hope that the
sight would lead him to confess, is declared
by the officers to be entirely untrue.
Another story has been printed here to the
effect that in the little red leather valise
which Isaac carried with him to the Fal
mouth Hotel, Portland, and which was tax
en- when he was arrested, were found three
very fine gold pencils and gold lOcket all of
pencils had not been marked in the slightest
degree. and the officers, it is said, believe the
articles the booty secured in some recent
burglary.