Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-02-19
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AWTELLE KILLED IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE
POUR HUNDRED LIVES LOST At Sea
Three Castaways Rescued After Liv.
Ing Nearly Four Years on'a Desc
late island Keeping Alive on
Fish.

ROCHESTER n. H., Feb lS-The interest
IN the Sawtelle murder case is increasing
here daily, on account of the facts yet to be
developed to locate the tragedy in New
Hampshire, where death is the punishment
for murder
Officers Shields and Witham are working
strenuousiy, and it has now beeu clearly
proved that Isaac Sawtelle passed over that
road between and 6 o'clock Wednesday
evening; that he was seen and identified, and
that pistol shots were heard, just after he
had been seen, by two people.
Jonathan I. G. Downs, a carpenter, who
10 ortland street. about three miles
from rne center of Rochester, states that on
Wednesday, Feb $, about 5:45 o'clock in the
evening, he was driving siong the road be-
seWcsp- Rochester and East Rochester when
he notice5ses horse and buggy coming from
the direction d, Rochester.
As the team nssred him he noticed that it
had two occupants, and when it was almost
opposite him he noticed that eae of the men
was lying back in the seat, arensly in
toxicated. ".
Said He Was Drunk.
o.
gait, but Downs hailed him on noticing the
condition of the other party. The driver
slowed up on hearing Downs salutation,
and it was necessary for him to do so, as the
road was too narrow for the two teams to
pass each other without extraordinary care.
Hello said Downs, 'you have got
pretty sick man there, haven't you:H
mo- came the answer, but he's pretty
drunk"
Then the driver whipped up his horse and
disappeared INTO the gloom towards Leba-
non, and Downs proceeded to Rochester.
II remember the event clearly" said Mr.
Downs, land noticed the horse was of q
sorrel color, aud l nm now positive that
passed Isaac Sawtelle and that he had the
dead body of his brother in the team with
him."
This testimony proves that the murder
was committed in New Hampshire.
An Important Clew.
Apo&R, n. H, Feb l1.-What will doubt
less proye>an important development in the
Sawtelle mnrierc mystery has been furnished
by Mrs. Charles Richmond, who, upon TAX
ing up Boston Sunday paper this morning
saw the picture of DR. Blood, who is
strongly supposed TO have heen implicated
in the taking off of Hiram Sawtelle.
why, know that man," she said HE
called here week ago today. 1t was in
the afternoon He asked for room. l told
him l had one, but when l looked at his
face l refused to give him one.
Was 1t Hiram's Head?
''He had two bundles, one done up i'll
wrapping paper; should say it might have
contained Clothes. The other was done up
in o newspaper, about the size of mans
head. He looked just like the picture OF Or.
Blood. sent him TO Mr. Halls"
Later the picture was shown to Mr.. Hail.
who recognized it as that of man who en-
gagged rooms of him last Monday, but didn't
come back. Hall also saw hirn on the street
that night.
DOVER DEPOT, n. H.-Dr. Toby, Of Bos-
ton, Hiram Sawtelle's physician, passed
through hero Ell route to Rochester TO eS>
anime the body far purposes of Identified
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!, <fATER y. H., Feb. 1'.-Dr.
Tobey examined the remains OF the muir
>dered man and positively identified the body
by certain unmistakable peculi aritieS as