Telegram-herald., 1890-02-16
SLEW HIS BROTHER.
On the Brow of Isaac SawteAs
Rests the Branc of Gain
aE IS ACCUSED OF FRsTRlClDE
ghs Terribly Nutii.tsd RsaaAius al Hs
yictina feasd IA me wseas Near Ges-
snen. As.-Tks neaa @1e Ara.
al 1hs Serpss Nlzsin9.

IN the woods near Lebanon, Ne Ii has
been oeos y tsts1 snd the head hSs not
vet been discovered Nhen found the
bods WAS projecting from e poorly made
grave and bad bullet n the
heart. TIE corpse lay feet upper
most not three yards from where
al 0faOer haa previously iouad paper
wrapped around a. axe bought by .
brother of tbs dead mGn The body a.
naked, with tie exception ~ the iee.
which had OF pain 81 socks. Beside a.
where the arms aud head Lac been cut
off vas mass Of elotted blood isaac
sawbelle. brother Of the dead man, is
nov aHeer arrest on suspicion ~ having
been ooEoerned ia the kllAng he vas
arralgned Friday AFTERNOON on charge
OF m-r1er and Was committed without
bail He has not vet been tolo q fhe
discovery OF his brothers bodv
In Deoem Der last Isaac b SkWtelIe
Mas pardoned from the State prison.
where he had Sed long seHienoe.
Since that time be bosroea N4th lie
brother Hiram IN Ko1bury. Mass
The latter kept fruit store
together with his residence. had
been owned by their father snd Was
held IN their mother name. Isaac had
deceived his mother and Ind need her 60
transfer the property % him. bat Hirsm
secured ar injunction restraining Isaac
from selling IT, The property is said o.
De worth from SIS COO 10 go 600
Hard feelings existed between the
brothers. snd u IS believed that
Ia order 30 remove every obstacle
from his own path Isaac plotte6 70
remove bis brother and the latter's en-
tire family. consisting Of the wife
daughter aged years. = 5-year-old son
and an infant Week before last Isaac
asked Mrs. Sawtelles permission 70
take one of the children 10 Lowell Tbis
request She refused and on February I
be came into the house and told Der
that ber husband had given him per
mission 20 take the little girl The
Laother finally allowed the child % &c.
When the father came home he de-
nied having given his consent From
Boston Isaac and the little girl went 70
Lowell, staying Snul Monday. when
they proceeded 70 Rochester, =. Il The
girl claims that while az the latter
place her uncle attempted 10 poison her
with medicine and pills. which, how
ever. only made Der sick Then he
telegraphed 70 his brother Hiram
that the child WAS ill with the grip
and asked the father 90 come immedi-
stely. This Was Februarys The next
morning a telegram came 70 the mother
urging her 10 come 70 Rochester The
inference is that bad she responded In
person she, too. would have been mur-
dered. 1t was finally settled that Hiram
should go alone. and be left Boston
Wednesday al ! o'clock p. N. Prom that
time his movements became shrouded
in mystery. and he was never again seen
alive by his friends.
The following dsy Isaac and tho little
girl arrived home. and the former de-
MED having seen Hiram. Mrs Sswtolle
was suspicious % foul pla@ and a.
cused Isaac OF being connected with bis
brother dissppearsnce. This be siren
uously denied. and remained in this city
until the following Sunday. when be
Cd 70 the police Saturday. and Mon
day, February 10, Special Officer
Shields started for Rochester. From In
vestigations IL is learned that Wednes-
day. February 3, Isaac Sswteile hired a
team az Rochester livery stable and
met man, supposed % bavo bcon
Hiram. a. the depot They drove away.
and within half an hour Isaac re-
turned alone with The team. il Is be
lieved by some that be delivered
Hiram into the keeping of his con
f,derates. Later in the afternoon be
purchased a hat pickaIe and spade %
a hardware store. he also bought .
canvas bag in which 20 carry them.
II seems that on his departure from
Boston the second time. February ?. he
again went 70 Rochester. where on
Monday he bought two tiokets for Port
land. His companion may have gone
there directly. but Sswtelle did not al
though he resched tbers in fhe evening
whore be Registered a. the Fslmogth
House ss Il. Bridge. Dover" He was
assigned room and Vas not seen again
for two DAYS.
Wednesday the clerk o. The botel
identified Bridge" ss SaVtelle frou the
photograph in 81 evening paper, and
Thursday caused the mans arrest Saw
telle a. tied bis Identity and was taken
70 Rochester Thursday night on tbe
way he refused r. make any ststenenter-
cept % say that Hiram wss a. rightsnd
would turn " 81 the propet time
Early Friday morning Ofcer Shields
went n the station and ordered lsasc ~
remove bis clothing. which vas minute
" examined Blood spots we're found
upon fbs shirt. drawers ana trousers
searching parfT VS. organize ans
more than 400 men we're mustered IN
ths public sgusrr They divided frto
squads and = sysfsnstir search 90
Hrsu ssvtslle'a BODY vas begun Ths
result vas ira disoevery ~ The
ho-r v-mutilsted rsusins ss ststeo.
Ths arms were cut of a. the
sbouldsrs ans the bead hs1 been 70
moved y two blows ~ an aye vhich
c1t aowu ipto ths BODY ~ ths SHAPE -
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