The Portland daily press., 1891-12-09
SKULLS EVIDENCE.
0hastly Relic Testifies
Against Sawtelle.
Head Found In Berwick
Had No Upper Teeth,
Yet the Murdered Hiram
Did Not Lack Them.

CONCORD. N. H., December s.-The SEN
sation OF the day In the SawtelIe trIa was
furnished by the doubt raised as to wheth-
OF the head found in the woods In Ber-
VICE. Ne, Is the head OF the murdered
hiram. The head found In the woods had
no teeth In the upper Jaw, while It Is as
serted that Hiram Sawtelle was not lack
lug In that respect.
Dr. Z. (. Grant. physician OF Roches-
ter, N d.. testified that he was called last
Saturday to Berwick to examine head.
ne found material which consisted of grav-
ei and an undershirt, hair which were
whiskers, some flannel In which were two
studs. a lot Of bone, consisting Of a Jaw
and the top OF the head. The flesh was re.
moved from the b0ue. BY shaking and
stirring the skull the brain would escape.
ne found two holes in the skull, one back
Oh tne right ear aud the other over the
leIt. The holes were made by bullet.
he found six teeth In the lower jaw. but
no teeth were In the upper one.
Cross-examined by the Attorney General
DR., Grant stated that when the man died
ne bad six teeth In his lower jaw. The
teeth In the upper jaw were removed be-
fore death.
Henry +. Walker OF Rochester, Nathani-
ell N. Hurd and r. II. Goodwin Of Ber-
wick, Me-, who were present In Berwick
woods last Saturday, when the head was
found, testified In detail relative thereto,
being guided in their search by the plan
given by Isaac TO his counsel.
The defence rested. reseryiDg the right
Oh Introducing more evidence.
County Solicitor Kivel stated In gene--
al way the facts shown by the state at the
trial upon which the conviction was Sc
cured. he then caused the testimony OF a
number Of witnesses to be read to support
the states theory that the murder was
committed near the barn Of Jedediah Mer
I'll. In Rochester. N. FL.
The evidence OF DR.. Daniels was read.
showing that the flesh was burned near
the wound made by the ball which passed
through Hiram Sawtelle's body.
DIR. Granville p. Conn OF Concord, was
sworn. He said ''In my opinion pls-
tol shot would not burn the skin unless the
pistol was held very near. The burning
OF the flesh would be caused by the fash.
II the pistol was held as near as one foot
from the body Of a person with clothing
on. there would be no burning. In the
case Of Hiram Sawtelle, where the flesh
was burned, the pistol must have been
held very near the clothing when dis
charged. If enc man chasing another
time, II the man pursued was hit, he would
naturally fall forward or Ia a heap. He
would not fall on his side unless he extend
ed his arm and lodged ON his shoulders.
The state rested here.
Mr.. Edgerly asked the stenographer to
read the testimony of Ezra 5. Smart, the
stable keeper, showing the dimensions Of
the body OF the carriage hired by Isaac,
and OF James C0rs0n, showing that 1t was
common occurrence, especially In the
summer season, to hear pistol shots on the
road from Rochester. through East R0ch-
ester to Lebanon, Me. The plan of the lc-
cality where the head was buried with the
description given by Isaac Sawtelle TO mis-
counsel were introduced and submitted to
the court.
DR.. Conn, recalled, said he could not tell
whether there we're any teeth In the upper
jaw.
The evidence was closed at this point
and recess taken until s 80 a. IN. tomoI-
row. when Mr.. Edgerly will argue for Saw
telle and Attorney General Barnard FOL
the state.
Mrs. Hiram Sawtelle arrived tonight II
resp0nse to a telegram from County Solicl
AZ Ssa KtveL She states that her husband
ufu NOT have artificial teeth, but his upper
teeth were all right. As DR.. Grant In his
testimony today said that when he saw the
skull, soon after 1t was found In Berwick
last Saturday, there was no indication Of
teeth In the upper jaw, the question has
been raised in some quarters tonight
whether the skull was really Hlram's. No
evidence was presented to the court identl-
flying the remains as those Of the murdered
man. the opinion Is general tonight that
the court will deny Sawtelle's petition.