Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-17
GROWING EVIDENCE.
Complete Identification Of Hiram
SaVtelle's Body.
/ Chain Of Cireumstantial Evidence Fast
Tightening Around Isaac.
Who Passes an Alleged Pleasant Sun.
Cay in Jail Eeading the Psps.s.

I
F. SA~tele were unearthed. Ever, thin,
IN the shape of conveyance slthin
radius of so miles Was pressed into service
TODAY maty matters were brought to light
strens h-ning the chain of evidence Earl,
this morning County Solicitor Kivel sen
Drs- Ham aud Sullivan from Dover. ~hl
sith Dr. Daniels of hi, place made thor
ough examination.
Superinte ndent Small has TELEGRAPH
Ohicer Withsm hat there WAS a thickue.,
Of iesh around Hiram Sa~telle's foger
nails, caused BY disease. Also = twist In his
ankle, both of hich the physicians found
on the dead body Every day brings sd-
diuonsl proof that the murder WAS commit
ted in New Hampshire. John Wiley, 30
drives logging team. made = statement
that he passed the carriage supposed to
contain Hiram and Isaac in a pine woods
between here and East Rochester and few
minutes siter~ard dis iuctly heard three
shots in rapid succession. number of
other parties heard firing. The search for
rhe missing head Is suli being prosecuted
SawtelIe Passes Pleasant ~ Day 10
Jail.
Dover N. II Feb l6 This morning
| County Solicitor Kivel sent Drs Ham and
sullivan to Roc chester in the interest of
of Strshors county TO make an a-topsy on
| Saw.ellt's 3 body. They were met BY ID tee
| tive Witham, made an examination and
| will report to the solicitor IN writing to-
morrow. II is understood they will re or,
| death instantaneous after the shot was fred
Search for the head today was entered into
BY hundreds of people bu, WAS not
cessful. Isaac Sawtelle passed a pleasant
day in jail. Services usually held ther,
SUNDAYS was dispensed wi b today from
fear hat too many outsiders would ~ant to
come in. Sa~telle asked tor and eagerly
read the Sun ay papers. John klvel count,
collector for this county and Il. Ii. Burbank
Ssco coun,y attorney for York county, Me.
will have conference here in the morning
The Bones Apparently Not Human
Bones.
EAST LEBANON, Feb. l6 The partially
burned bones found Saturday in the wood
mans shanty. near where the bloody corpse
was unearthed, is not such an important
fnd as was at first supposed, IL was at
first thought that they might be all that was
left of the head of Hiram Sawtelle thrown
into the stove and burned in order to get
rid of il effectually. Only two small pieces
were taken out of the stove and these
judging from appearance, could hardl,
have been any portion of human skull
They are about the slze Of pork rib bone
and very possibly may have been one orig
inally. Inspector Cogan now has the pieces
IN his possession, but he does not think
them of great importance. They were
sIven to him by Mr. Smart, the stahl,
kes per from HON Isaac hired his teams
at The schooihouse this noon. They viii
be kept in case it should appear that the,
have anyihing to do with the case II Is
not believed BY the Off :ers that the head OF
Hiram has been disposed of in that way
The Farmer VINO Heard the sbo's.
SorTH LkBAsoS. Feb l6 The officer.
at work on the case Sa'uriay m0rning
found a farmer in East X ,chester wi,
,tates that he .aw covered buggy wih
sides down go by his house bout 3 q
clock on "Wednesday afternoon. ard b.
he heard the souDi of two men engaged :.
a loud and qua-reisome talk. Shortly afei
the buggy went BY h. heard the sJuni OF
three revolver shots, but noihing more
He thout hi that it WAS very strange, bui
did TO, take the trouble to 1nye.tigate.
II is understood that coroner CARL ha.
secured some important evidence which
| Axe. beyond doubt that the crime vas
perpetrated in the S;ate of New Hamp. hire.
| Just what it il cannot be eertain.d at
present. but It is probable thar it VIII com
out later on Coroner CARL stated To
| reporter after the itqIest that here was no
doubt in tn mnds OF the jury that the
| murder was committed in Nes Hsmpshr,
| and not in M-ine
Detective Witham this morning saw Seth
+ Corson at E,s, X chester about his
| h. airing the sound of a shot about 3 80
O'Clock on the afternoon on which II ran
Sawtelle vas murdered He was walking
along the railroad track toward Eas, Roch-
| ester when he hesrd pistol shot in tn.
woods. He knew the difference in the
sound of revolver and a gun. He onl,
| heard one shot, however.
6awtsiles Counsel.
ROCHESTER, Feb l6.-Lawyer Worcester
| of Ro hester has bee n retained as associat.
| counsel by i.asc Sawteie. A report va.
current last evening to the effect that the
| attorney had thrown up the case and ne
was asked about it tonight. lie said, You
can say that there is not the slightes truth
| in that report ! have not minated such =
| hing to any person | have been retaine
| as counsel for Sawteile, but think he re
| lies entirely on Mr. Gale. You are the
only person to whom | have made this state
ment" When asked for his opini1n on
| the case, Mr.. Worcester said he hal none
10 express, but subsequently he admitted
that the evidence was very strong sgains'
the prisoner.
Isaaos Character as Shown by a
Boston Policeman
A police official who had charge of Isaac
Savtelle's case when he received his State
prison sentence of thirty years, related the
circumstances attending the affair to a
Globe reporter vest rday. He bad an e1
celen, opportunity at the time to study the
mans character, and said that in his opinion
there was no worse man in Cbarlestowr
prison than Isasc Sawtele.
They might As we'll have opened all the
doors of the prison while they were abou'
it, said he He is most dang gerous ma,
and should have been kept behind bars un-
al he was brought out in box Both tbs
cases on which he was tried were s9arava,-c
ones; one occurred at tie South End am
the other in Cambridge. There was thirt
case pending against him ia Norfolk count,
but this was dropped when it was fount
. that be had received thirty years on th,
! other ones. When we arrested him for III.
Bos on assault he was as meek as a Qnake
but shortly afterwards, while in the station
house, he became a very tiger. He placed
small white paper in his mouth. and be
fore We could stop him had s~allaved it
have always supposed that the paper con
tanned some eliminating memoranda.
J am utterly disxusted with this sickly senti
] mentality of people who think that th,
Governor or executive council know NOR
, about man than the jury who convict,
= him or the judge vho sentenced him And
by the way. see that Judge Pi'man ma
been quoted ss tesufying thai the Cam
bridge case aga nst Sswtelie VA, not a yer
aggr .vsied one. The fact that he sav
m = fifteen years sentence for it at ih
time doe sn's look a. though he thought So
: does iI:"
t The Identification Is Msce Complete
At the corouer's inq1est it may be relI t
state the remains were no, expcssd TO VIE
completely. And to Mrs Sa-teIle the pri.
cipsl objscts sh1yn we're the .tCeainz..
!, You can Imsgre her feeling in that iitt'
a schoolroom in Lebaron, a. conducted b
! Csp' White. she approached the table upo
i vb' 'ch 'he remain, lay. AZ ,tr5ush h.
drawn black veil, her eyes met the shsstl
E sight. she uttered ream and fell f4ntin
D in Capt. Whites arms
DO ycu recognize the stockingss aske