New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-15
CLEARING UP A MYSTERY.
THE BODY OF MISSING HIRAM SAWTELLE
FOUND

FOUND
DISCOVERED 1x A POORLY MADE CRAVE IN THE
WOODS NEAR LEBANON, NE, WITH THE
HEAD CUT OFF And A BULLET IN THE
HEART-MOHE EVIDENCE AGAINST
THE DEAD MANS ACCUSED
BROTHER.
East Rochester, y. H.. Feb. 1.-THE BODY Oh ii'r"'"
Sawtclc was found at 10 p. IN. IN The WOODS "e"i
Lebanon. Ne 1t had been decapitated' ana inc ho'u
has not vet bccn discovered. When iounu lhc wv,
was projecting from poorly made grave anu ',
. bulIct in The heart 1t was feet uppcrmost' hot
tlrre wards from where Officer shields found the paper
that was wrappd AROUND tho axe. The BODY was
naked with the exception of tho feet, which had on
nair of socks Beside II was lot OF dottcd pioon
where the arms and head had been cut on O".'C
Shields now has in his possession INC cnpN n,'a
from which the bullet came that killed Hiram l"c
bullet itself was also found and god colar p"'''"
bent and twisted. .. ~
Rochester N H., Feb 14-ISaac SawtelIe was d'
ralrncd this afternoon, charged with the muiucr VI
his brothcr Hiram His counsel waived the reahlhS
of the complaint and pleaded not guilty lne '''o
wa, postponed to March L. and sawicllc was lAA'" "
Dover Jail ,,d
s?.ytcc. passed a restless night in his CELL e'afu."
by eight officers In interview he asNef'eu ''' III.
brother would be found all right lie VIII r,'.I",
said he when the proper tmc "'''
| will make an eNplanation' ,,.,,
Tho fouo,r-pr facts have been asccrtancd: VIII
INN sauborn Of Rochester. today found between h''V
Rochester and East Lebanon, Me, lahhRer'm'i "'
the letter :" on one corner and on "m'h "cr" o'Vi
stains Between the house Of Isaac hahhh All" Wv
vacant house that the officers searched !c''''"' :
there was found I'm the woods. twenty i'eV loi" ,'o
road a ow-cut shoe with the heel cut do"" s''','% ~
to the one that Hiram Sawtclc wore when ne I'''
, rho no. wa. covered with blood. Twenty
feet from the shoe was a pool Of blood on some 10
This morning officer Witham found ON the "Ica' la'
road a wrapper that around the slower u''0'. ~
Lao The conductor % the noon train says tha'
Las, Monday Isaac >awtcllc left his tram al I'a''
Rochester and went down tho track to"ai' h''' "'''
non An old farmer living mile from 'h' "'''. "''''
Toned vacant house, ON the way 90 the ll't Lebanon
station. saw, man looking Ike Isaac walked by h'
hor-, ~ =, D. m. last Monday, toward the depot
\bout a quarter of a mile from the old house on mo
Great Ta, road. there ha, been ioind Oh hno' Va "
tr.o piece Of Goa sleeve, which looks a. ''"s" "
WA. torn from A coat. The material Is the ''ine a.
that worn by Hiram ,awtelle. Another -h" HA' O''"
found hundred feet from the first one ana near Z" q
niece. Of A Boston Herald" II ha- also been learned
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the East Lebanon depot on Monday
Uo.ton Feb. li.-Thc finding 4 the body OF Hiram
F. Sawtcllc iu the wood- ucar Lebanon, Me- TINS after
noon show, conclu-lv,y That horrible muIu'' HAS
been committed, and the outlook for the a''u''1 pm
opcr I.a,r b. ,avtcllc j., darker than ever before
Yet IL i, said by that. Isaac undoubtedly h''
,onfcdcratc-. The murder itself may hst' been '""
nittcd bv them. although the prisoner himself may
bc morally responsible for it.
The case j, one Of the most interesting n the 'fiih
ual history Of ScA England, and although IL hh' ap
parcntly been -hiouGcd iu mystery from the begin
nin. the work Of the i2t"ctro ih- been -o 'i''"-"
that complete chain II evidence against te prisoner
from the time Of his leaving hi, brother lu"h mouse
until the finding Of the body Of the latter is Lana bare
n, Doccrlcr last Isaac d. ,aVtcie was pafdoned
from the state prison, whore De had -ciNch I'hS
sentence since that time hc boarded with MS
brother Hiram, in RoSbu.y. The latter kept Ir"''
.tore In Wa~hn-iou.-t which, together with h'' rel
dcuce had been owned by their father ana Wa ne"
i ,,,oir ,,,tho-.. name l-aa- had deceived bis
mother and induced her 70 transfer the property 10
him. bnt Hiram put am injunction upon IL. SD ilA'
Isaac cond mot sell il. The property Is said to be-
worth from $1,000 t1 100000 These trln-a'u"h'
had caused hard frr,uc between The brothers, ana h
/. believed that boo order Go remove every "n-'r I"
from hi- path and o. give him possession "i iNe
,ruortv I.a,c plotted to remove h- brother aud h-
cntir. family, consisting % Dis wife. daughter age
eight a son, age five, and aa infant
Week before la-t Isaac asked Mr.. Hi"i'Ilc' per
mission to take one OF the Children t. Lowell Being
suspicion, Of him. she refused. on saturday Ieb
ruary + ne told Mr.. -avtcllc that her husband had
given him permission to- take the Attl" girl 10 Lowell
and the mother finally allowed her 10 - with MIN.
When the father home At night DE denied having
Given his consent for Dis ohld ~ 10 with her uncle
From Boston Isaac and The little girl went 70 Lowell
,taving there until Monday. when they went to
If ia. plr -4H. while the