St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-15

scription of this can be given, although
it partially agrees with that OF one
"Dr." Charles l.. Blood, OF Boston, a
fellow-cOnvict Of Sawtelle. and with
whom he has been more or less Intimate
since his release. Blood is missing from
Boston at the present time. Wednesday
evening the hotel clerk recognized
''Bridge" as Sawtelle, from the photo
graph in an evening paper. and Thurs
day caused his arrest; Sawtelle adj
mitted his identity and was taken to
Rochester last night by Capt White and
Special Officer Glidden, who had been
sent from Boston. On the way to
Rochester he refused to make any
statement except to say that Hiram
was all right and would turn up at the
right time. Early this morning Officer
Shields went TO the station house and
ordered Isaac to remove his clothing,
which was infinitely examined. as were
his shoes, stockings and hat. Upon the
shirt, drawers and pants
BLOOD SPOTS WERE FOUND,
in some instances as large as silver
dollar. The spots also bore evidence
OF having been rubbed in an attempt to
remove them. A searching party was
then organized and more than 400 men
were mustered in the public square.
They divided into squads and SYSTEM
attic Sc arch in the neighbOrhOod for Hi
ram Sawtelle's body was begun. Their
progress was .slow. as in places the
snow was drifted into heaps and the
ground and branches of the saplings
were stiff with frost. In this vicinity
had already been found q handkerchief
marked in the corner with the letter
49," and bearing blood stains, also
a shoe believed to have been worn
by Hiram. while upon Jagged
tree was fohnd a piece of cloth of the
same material as Hiram's coat and evil
IDENTIFY torn from it. Besides these tell
tale signs, blood had been found on the
snow, and all these circumstances led
the officers to believe that in this yicin-
lty the body OF Sawtelie would be
mistaken. One section of the
party directed its search towards the
place where Shields yesterday found
the paper in winch the Ratchet had been
wrapped. Within ten feet of that spot
they discovered evidence of the ground
having been recently broken, although
to-day 1t was frozen hard. The
ground had been leveled off and
branches thrown over the hastily
lmproviSed grave to conceal it. Clear
ing the rubbish away, the searchers
began digging through the frozen crust
with rude pick made by fastening
lack-knife to the end of long pole. Be-
fore they had dug three inches below
the surface they came upon the
Toes OF the victim, and as
the lower limbs were gradually
exposed it was cen that the body was
inclined DOWN. I'D, the upper portion
being about six cen inches under the
ground. But when the body had been
exposed, the party was Mortified to find
that both arms had been cut off at the
shoulders, and that
THE HEAD WAS MISSING.
The latter had been removed by two
blows with an ak, which cut down into
the body in V shape. There were
stockings on the feet, but the rest of
the body was naked. A bullet wound
was found through the heart and
right beside the body was clot-
ted blood, where the arms and head
had been Get off. The bullet was found
and the empty shell from which
1t came. The body was taken from the
ground to the Blaisdell Corner school
house, near East Rochester. and to-mor-
row the coroner will begin an investiga-
ton. The head is believed to be some
where in the woods, and the otflcers
are confident of finding it soon.
The belief is growing stronger
in Rochester that soon after
leaving Rochester "Wednesday, Feb. 5,
SawteIle was given to understand that
he was being driven to see his sick
daughter. and that when the houses
were passed Isaac deliberately shot him
through the heart. When their team
passed through East Rochester 1t was
noticed that one man lay back IN the
carriage as though sick or sleeping.
Search IS being made for the dead
mans head and arms.