The Portland daily press., 1890-02-14
Wednesday night. Out Of doors he would

one says neT HUSBAND always DeneVeu No
meant to kill him.
After Sawtelle was arrested here yester-
day, his leather valise was opened by Mar
shall Green, and, besides clothes, diary was
found. The diary is not written in full, but
contains abbreviated references of the pris-
Oner's doings. The period of immediate in
terest in the present case is from Saturday,
February LIST to Tuesday, February nth.
Outside of these dates there are no refer
ences that in any way bear on the case. The
short jottings during this period are as fol-
lows:
February Went with mother and Marion to
see Frank Richardson. Stayed ever Sunday.
Marion sick.
marion, it must be remembered, is the
niece.
There is no writing at all for Sunday, Feb
ruary I'd.
February 3-Went to Rochester.
February marion worse. Telegraphed TO Il.
February 5-Marion somewhat better. Teie-
February e..Marion better. Left for home.
Eva called at Mrs. A's.
February Scaled on A. Went out with to
February SCALED on Mr. G. at IL O'Clock.
eft on 6 P m. train for Rochester. Stopped at
February TO-. ]. Clark, East Rochester, rode
with me to Rochester. Made inquiries from him.
Left p. m. for Portland. Letter to mother and
February II-wrote mother Mr.. Gale and E.
Sent MIR. Gale clipping.
The ii referred to under date of February
4th is undoubtedly Hiram Sawtelle, the pris-
oner's brother. The Mr.. Gale is said to be
Mr.. Sawtelle's Boston lawyer. The Rich
ardson is supposed to be Mr.. Richardson of
Lowell. who says that Isaac Sawtelle is an
accomplished dentist and has Harvard d.
ploma as dental surgeon, but no such name
appears among the Harvard dental school
graduates.
After February 18th, the day following his
arrival IN this city, there Is no writing in the
diary.
1t appears that Monday evening last man
registered at the Falmouth Hotel as j.
Bridge, Dover. He was given room &c. and
nothing more thought of the matter. Tues
day afternoon a man called at DR.. Oscar
Brann's ofhce-the dentist-and had quite
chat with him about the prospects for den-
fist In Portland. The doctor noticed the
man particularly, and even observed seal
ring he wore, with the monogram rs" in it.
When the Wednesday Boston papers arrived
with the picture Of Isaac Sawtelle. DR.. Brann
who occupies the same house with Marshal
Green, went to him and told him he was sure
that was the picture Of the man who had
been in his Office the previous afternoon.
The Marshal then put officer Norton on the
case. In the meantime, Mr.. Co.'S
tello, clerk at the Falmouth hotel.
had particularly noticed on Union street the
guest who occupied room sc, and from the
pictures and descriptions was certain he was
Isaac Sawtelle. He told Officer Norton, and
all the entrances to the hotel were kept
locked Wednesday evening except the front
doors. and the arrival of No. 96 awaited. He
came In late and went to his room. During
his stay at the house, the stranger had sew
eral callers, but none can be described. In
the morning, yesterday, Officer Hanson re-
lieved Officer Norton. When Mr.. Bridge
now ascertained to be Sawtelle-came out of
the hotel, by the ladies' stairway, the
officer left by the main doors and started up
Middle street. keeping the man in sight.
Sawtelle, Of whose identity the officer now
had very little doubt, went to the United
States Hotel and entered the Office. In a
minute or two he came out with an umbrella
under his arm. He then proceeded down
Middle street, Officer Hanson following. He
went into the post Office, got letter, came
out and read it on the corner, afterwards
tearing it into small pieces. He then went
directly to the Grand Trunk depot. Officer
Hanson saw him go to the baggage master
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ticket Office and made an inquiry abont u
ticket to Detroit, but did not buy one. The
circumstances of the arrest. as previously
told, followed. 1t is said that several people
stopped at the United States Hotel, who
were called on by Sawtelle, but no informa-
ton is obtained about them. ~
The noon train from Boston brought In
spector Glidden and Capt White of the Bos-
ton police. They went to the police station
cell room to see Sawtelle. They identified
him as the man they wanted. They asked
him IL he would return to Boston without a
reQuisitiop, and he replied, certainly. why
not" He declined to make any talk with
the officers, and, as for the reporters, they
were not allowed to talk with him. Capt.
White said he had no doubt that Isaac had
murdered his brother; that there were $40, =.
900 at stake. and FIVE lives between it and
him. These five were his mother, brother,
his brether's two children and brothers
wife. The little girl. Marion. insisted he
gave her bitter bills that made her very sick,
and the officers think she was intended for
the first victim. The mother has been made
to believe that Isaac is all right and Hiram
wrong, evidently so biased by Isaac. Capt.
White was very polite and gave the report
ers with most charming manner. little IL
any information. at $50 p. m. the Boston
officers aud SawtelleIleft for Rochester. Saw
telle, who had $118 on him when arres ted,
wanted to pay the Falmouth Hotel bill of
$780, He was told he ought to have thought
of that before he tried to skip out, but he
paid the bill.
1t will be seen, as we have just said, Isaac
Sawtelle was taken to Rochester, not Bos-
ton. This was because a warrant had been
issued at Rochester for his apprehension on
charge of murder. If murder was COM
mitted, it must have taken place at or near
that place.
A great deal Of interest attaches to the
men who were callers on Sawtelle at the
Falmouth, and whom he called on at the
States. We're they his pals in crime, old
acquaintances he had made when at the
state prison, men he could rely on for job?
Wasn't it strange that the man who called
at the Falmouth knew Mr.. Bridge was Mr..
Sawtelle? Who was the letter from tn at
Sawtelle received at the Portland post Office
yesterday morning, letter he tore into
pieces as soon as he read it, and what were
the contents that made such precaution
necessary? An answer to these questions
would prove interesting.
1t is said that Wednesday night Sawtelle
went to thu Atlantic House on Fore street,
and made inquiries as to the'price of board,
and when he left there he hailed hackman
and was carried to some place on Munjoy
Hill.
A despatch from Rochester. N. H., to last
evenings Boston Globe says that an axe
found in the river at East Rochester, has
been identified as that bought by Isaac
Sawtelle.
An Associated Press despatch from Boston
says:
1t is known beyond doubt that Isaac B.
Sawtelle, the suspect, had one or more COM
panions who assisted him In his movements
the past two weeks. Their identity Is
not proven. Two men called for him at an
hotel In Portland yesterday, iDquiripg for