Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-04-13
DR.. BLOOD
OF Great NstsrlslJ With The
SiItsn Murder

|: Is Uaslrthd BY q Boston Haed
Il. Reporter 1t Spfiilhsh. liss.
He Dsuiss counsctioa with the Cstn
, and Gays Isaac DID Il
SPRISeFIELp, April 1l.-A special Z
) the Boston Herald says: DR.. Charles L
, Blood, the magnetic, has at last chow
! himself; not willingly, but BY force o
, circumstances. and . Herald reporter ha
interviewed him to considerable length.
This 10 the man whom Isaac Il. Sawtel
declares il responsible for the death Of hi
brother Hiram; and be 10 the much talked
about individual who for over IA month";
has kept the secret Of his retreat closely Il
himself, and has refused to let the public
see him or hear from him, although occs
sionally ambitious policemen from vsriou.
J parts Of the United States have announced
that they thought they had him.
Il But the doctor was found to-day and he
admitted his identity. after he found it VA
useless to deny it, lie bfAved the vigilance
Of the Massachusetts police when be came
to this city week ago, and in fancied
security had opened An ofiice where hernis
and kindred trouble were to be treated BY
"Dr. Lewis" Twenty.fbur hours after HI
reached this city the police knew be VA
here, and 48 hours later the authorities il
Boston and Dover were informed Of the
fNt.
j The office of "Df. Lewis" in White.
block will probably be closed after Mon'
day, as the man who CO o4ducts it prefers moi
to do business in places where his true
name and his previous reputation are mo-
90 well known.
The discovery Of this "doctor' is really
one Of the closing chapters in the famou.
Sawtell tragedy. and although he is no,
wanted for completely in the crime. hi.
story is of importance in view OF the ale.
cations Of the convicted murderer.
i The credit for his discovery 10 due to the
work Of City Marshal Fred G. Souihmayd
Of this city principally, and secondly to hi.
able assistant inspector, Fred Had. They
"piped" the man when he first came rs
town, and they will probably look afte,
him as he leaves the city, for the doctor
said he recognizsd the futility of remain.
ing in the place if it were known that hs
was the far-famed DR.. Blood.
Marshal Southmsyd learned Of Blocd'i
presence in town q week ago last Thursday
Fast day. He wrote to Chief Inspector
Eidridge Of Boston at once, and learned thai
the man was
Not Wanted for Any Offence
in that city. Sunday the marshal wrote tc
County Solicitor John Kivel, but had moi
ascertained that Blood was not wanted wher
. reporter called on him this morning, and
astonished him BY asking il DR.. Blood was
in town.
He was pretty careful to quire whether
the attorney Of Steafford county wanted
the man before he answered, and then he
furnished all the Information in his power
When the doctor WAS seen, he declared
his innocence strongly, and said positively
that he. If the charge was brought against
him Of being COZ cerned in the CRIME, could
furnish as strong an alibi as any man who
has ever yet been held on criminal charge
Perhaps in all bis story be used no stronger
argument to show his innocence than was
his last remark to the reporter 1t was
this "If 1 had anything TO do with thai
job never would have the victim 60 to an
obscure spot In New Hamshire, Where every
one would be likely to see and identify hirn
l would not have been SO foolish as to have
the murderer purchase pcksxes and shovels
in broad daylight, aid then tell by his con.
versaion the very place he was going to
bury the body Of his victim. /, was the
most absurd work ever done, and it wa.
shown that the man who did it had little of
a murderer's common sense. II I ever do
q job like that, and l hope God forsids it,
will warrant that it will be cleaner one
than that one was, and I won't leave tracks
that can be uncovered so readily as were
Isaac's"
Whites block is one of the best known
buildings for business and other offices in
the city, and Blood occupies two very corn.
Portable and well furnished rooms. They
are not sumptuously fitted up. but almos,
everything is new, and when reporter en-
tered the apartment today, almost seemed
to shine in the influence of the DOCTORS
Benign Smile OF Welcome.
There is no sign at the entrance to the
block at No. 1888 Main street to tell where
the rooms Of the noted physician were
located, as he hs1 not been in the place
long enough to have an outside sign made
but at the top of q flight Of stairs, at the
left one would have no difficulty in discern.
ing the legend in black On the ground glass
panels of apartment No. 6, which reads
"Dr. Lewis" II didn's ray what the
doctors speciality was--that was to be
described in circulars and newspaper adver
tisements.
Now the dream is over. The medica
business will be transacted in some othe
piscs than Springfield.
There was one psten. in the room wher
the reporter entered. He went out directly
Then the doctor actually beamed as h'
stood to ask his callers business; but ths
words, II am from the Herald" frozs th'
smile into lcok of combined astonishmen
and chsgrin. As soon as he recovered hi
equanimity his first words were How d4I
I you know was here?' That remsrk msd'
it out Of the question for him t5 say that h,
| was not the Dr. Blocd Who was wanted.
. For half an hour it was rather ificult 70
J him to talk very succinctiy. The man VIA
completely taken aback, and he showed hi
nervousness and excitement by continue
twitching Of his hands. He felt badly
because his business prospects in the cit
were TO be ruined, and be would lose pesrl
all be had expended in fixing up the roora
In which he expected to develop profltabl
practice.
II am as innocen, of everything in con
nection with the murde, Of Hiram Sawtel
as . man could be- were the words b
used, after his curiosity was satisfied IS
how The Herald man learned of his where
abouts.
II have an slibi as complete as I coul
e wish, and it would not rest on the state
{: ments of one person, but on those Of 20 o
more. l have not stepped ny foot out o
> the state Of Massachusetts for four years
+. three Of which were in The institution q
: Charleston. 1 have never been in Me-
= !. York, as Isaac Stsvtell stated. since nj
: discharge. have never seen him in al
other place than Boston, and he nevs
> mentionsd d to me anything sbout getting ri
! Of bis brother or doicg something to g.
, back the share Of the property, the rights
:. which he surrendered when he was Sci
, fenced to 80 yeaTs ia prison. l kno
i, nothing whatever abou; the murder.
know next TO nothing about Isaac Sawte,
> and his affairs. except what
i LEANED ircm Him fn Prison "
ii when did you see Isaac Isst7' vi
q asked
). 81 will 60 into detail in regard to thI
:, and tell all the occasions on which l %
+ him after he left the Institution. | daI
/, him to deny that my statement 10 true.
!. II wss discharged from the state prist
j Nev. 20, 1889. I went directly to IT
}, home ss Aver Janeticn, and stayed wi