The Portland daily press., 1890-02-15
THE MANGLED BODY FOUND.
Buried in the Lonely Woods Of
Lebanon.
Circumstances That Tend to Show
an Awful Crime.
Isaac SawtelIe In Dover J JalI Charged
With WIlfuI Murder.


Sawtelle mystery continued to be the one
topic of conversation in this town this MORN
ing. The fact that Isaac, the supposed mur-
derer, was confined here in the lookup did
not tend to decrease the excitement. He
was brought here last evening from Dover
by Captain White and Detective Glidden and
put in the lookup. 1t was feared that he
would escape,as several other prisoners have
done from the same lookup, and consequent
ly the building was closely guarded all night
and during the forenoon. for the expected
examination was deferred as long as was
possible in the hope of securing some now
evidence of the crime. At last, however,
1t was decided to 60 on with no stronger
proof than the
BLOOD STAINED AXE
that was found in the river with bits Of flesh
and stains of blood on it. Accordingly.
shortly after noon, court was opened in the
town hall. Trial Justice Copp presided.
The interests Of the State of New Hampshire
were looked out for by the solicitor of Straf-
ford county, Mr.. Kibbell Of Dover. Counsel
lor Worcester Of Rochester appeared for
Sawtelle. The prisoner was marched with
manacled hands through the streets from the
lookup to the town hall by Chief of Police
Wilkinson of Rochester and Officer Cogan Of
Boston. Sawtelle appeared calm and col
lected, as he has all along, and had nothing
whatever to say. Mr.. Worcester on his be-
half waived the reading Of the warrant and
pleaded not guilty for the prisoner. Solicit
tor Kibbel asked for stay of proceedings,
as, he said. he was not prepared to 20 on
with the case at the present time. After a
short consideration Justice Copp granted
the stay and adjourned the hearing to the
18th of March. at II o'clock in the forenoon,
remanding the prisoner to the Straff0rd
county jail at Dover in the meantime.
iul Of sPufI people, and %i' the 'Asa Sidewalks @
and streets, albeit deep with mud, were
thronged by the excited citizens. When the
result of the hearing was made known,
everybody said good" at the same time, and
made rush for outside. The justice, after
ter a Slight pause, saying, aAnd | order Cap
tain Martin l.. White, Inspector Charles
Glidden and Inspector Joseph ID. Logan, of
the Boston police, to recognize to the court
for their appearance before 1t at that date"
EVERYBODY WENT OUT DOORS
at the conclusion of the hearing, and when
the prisoner came out between Cogan and
Wilkinson, the street was dense mass Of
excited and curious humanity. The officers
forced their way through the crowd with
their man, and crossed the street to the
Mansion House. They pushed on through
the yard and lodged Sawtelle in the stable
office, while the team that was to carry him
to Dover was made ready; The crowd surg
as If they would fairly overturn 1t. At last
a closely covered carryall emerged from the
stable, drawn by powerful mOuse-c0lored
horse. The prisoner was quickly placed on
the back seat, with inspector. Cogan by his
side. Chief Wilkinson took his place ON the
front seat, and took the reins. After some
little difficulty with the crowd. the carriage
started out of the yard. Instead Of turning
to the right toward Dover, IL turned to the
left and went to Lawyer Smart's Office
where Solicitor Kibbel had established his
ed it, and there were ugly threats made by
some OF the more excitable
of dragging Sawtelle out and lynching him.
Soon however Chief Wilkinson turned the
to allow tangle Of teams ahead to straigbten
itself out started for Dover. Some of the
boys and young men ran after it, hoping to
get one more look at the man who was
suspected of having brutally murdered his
brother for the love of gain.
Had the officers been little slower. Had
there been little larger crowd in the street,
so the progress Of the team had been de-
layed a little more, the
THREATS OF LYNcHING
might have been fulfilled for even then fear
full intelligence was on its way to Rochester.
Mr.. John G. Wentworth, the storekeeper
from whom Sawtelle bought spade to be
used in sampling New Hampshire soil, ever
since the first whispers of foul play began
to fit .about has been indefatigable in the
search for the body in the lonely woods of
Lebanon. He and many others firmly be-
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concealed in that wilderness, and that it
was only a question Of time and patience
when 1t should be discovered. The events
which are now to be described show how
near the truth they were. AT about
O'Clock, while Mr.. Kibbell was in the court
east, and another came in on the train. Both
inquired for the county solicitor and in due
time both found him. They brought
startling news. The man who came in
on team said that he and
Mr.. Wentworth had been carefully exam
Corner for buggy tracks. Presently they
found one and followed it in both directions
for some distance. At last they settled on
the direction of East Rochester and scrutin-
lied the road and the ground near it with re-
doubled care.
They were not alone, but they were the
only searchers who happened TO notice
discoloration in the road about three-quar-
tiers OF a mile west of Blaisdelps Corner on
the way to East Rochester In the road, just
to the left Of the wheel track, was
POOL OF BLOOD.
1t had fallen on the icy road fresh from
gaping wound and being warm had melted
its way through, for when Mr.. Wentworth
scraped away the surface ice more and
thicker blood was found. The men now
started up to notify the rest OF the party of
their find. They walked along the road
about four rods, when Mr.. Wentworth saw
an object in the underbrush on the right
hand side of the road, and climed over to
look at it. 1t lay at about the distance of a
moderate throw from the road, and he was
shoe. Hiram Sawtelle wore low shoes when
last seen alive in Rochester. This fact was
noted and commented on, for as one ma
said, 1T isn't common for men to tram p
around the wilds Of New Hampshire this
time of year with low shoes on, and we 40
ticed him." This low shoe looked suspicious.
1t looked bad for the prisoner
on his way to Dover, charged with murder
ing man who wore just such shoes as that.
Bat more damaging evidence was yet to be
found: Not far from the shoe paper collar
was picked up. In a moment sharp. eyed
young man saw scrap OF paper and ipicked
1t up. 1t was scrap OF
THE BOSTON HERALD
of February 4th. Last and strongest Of all
these links Of the circumstantial chain which
these farmers were fast forging was the
sleeve of a coat, cut and slashed at the front
where it had once joined the garment. and
coyere with dirt and stains.
The news of these finds soon leaked out In
Rochester. and the feeling against Isaac Saw
telle, already strong, was intensified. Many
people who had teams started for Lebanon
In the hope of being there when that which
all hoped yet dreaded to see was found.
At last the surprise was broken. Just be-
fore o'clock word came that the body was
found. Captain White had made his lasi
farewells to the Rochester people and wa:
tion, accompanied by Mr.. Trickey Of tn,
Globe, when boy said to him, Captain
they've found the body"
Captain White turned In his tracks ant
shot up the street like deer, followed b,
Mr. Trickey and the other reporters who hac
been filing their de2patches In the telegraph
Office, and half the population of the town
for all had become acquainted with the Bos
ton men by sight and knew when they wer,
excited that
SOMETHING WAS UP.
Detective Shields and party returned I,
the spot where the piece of wrapping pape
was found yesterday, in East Lebanon, Me
Twenty yards from there they found new
earth turned up. They had no tools to dil
with, and the ground was frozen, Thel
used pocket knives and sticks of wood, ant
e0t through the frost in twenty minutes
,wnen they came upon some cloths. httls
below they came upon the dead body OF % !
man, The head, which had been cut on
could not be found. Turning the Doay Sset pseL