Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-12-08
|SAWTELLE IN COURT
The Murderer Tells How He
 Killed His Brother.
HIRAM FIRST SHOT IN THE BACK
His Body Filled With Bullets, and His
 Head Chopped Off

The Slayer Would Have Committed Sui-
 eide, But the Thought of His Mother < Stayed His Hand--Never Made Up His
 Mind to Do Murder--Ths Body Found
 in Maine, Which May Save sawtsIIs q from the Gallows.
 CONCORD, N. H., Dec. S.-The hearing in the petition for a new trial in the case of Isaac B. Sawtelle, under sentence of death for murde ring his brother Hiram, at Rochester, N. H., was held before the full bench of the Su- preme Court in the Senate chamber yes terday. The hall and corridors leading to it were thronged. Sawtells, in charge of Warden Colbath and manacled to prison officials, lcame into court and told the following story of the murder:
 II met my brother Hiram on Febru- ary 5, 1890, at Rochester when he got off the train. told him his daughter Marion was sick. I told him she was out of town. I got team at Smart's stable, and went from there to Wallace's hardware store where I got 8 spade, pick and shovel, and asked if they wou! take back the tools if they were not used. They said they would. I did up the tools and put them in the back VI UAo "dSOH.
 q drove past Raukin's in Maine. When I turned into the Marsh road he wanted to know where I was taking him. Directly turned into the little path near the woodman's shanty in the woods saw he wanted to get out, and he did. Then he got in again. I said, I have got some papers here that want you to sign.' took the papers from my pocket and said: You may sign these or take that pulling out 8 revolver and pointing it at him.
 He held my hand in which the re- volver was until after I promised not to hurt him. He then began to walk | toward the shanty, and after going | some 20 feet broke into a run. I started after him and called several times, Hiram! Hiram! stop, or will firer As he kept on running l fired. He ran 8 little way and fell. I then ran up and shook him, but he said nothing I then put the pistol to my head to kill my self and said: 'Good-by, Hiram, Pm going | to shoot. Immediately 1 said: My God! There is my poor old mother, l must live for herr
 II lowered the pistol, and as thought Hiram was moving fired three more shots into his body to put him out of pain. I then took hold of the boot s and dragged the body about 100 yarls ana began digging grave. hurried up and took off his clothing. The grave dug was not large enough, and took the hatchet and chopped off his head and arms. found I had not buried the head, and took it and put it in the bag with his shirt around it, put the bag in the team, and finally drove into the woods and buried the head unde CT some birch trees, I dug hole took the 1 head out of the bag, and, as buried it, said, 'goodby, Hiram I threw the axe, lamp and shovel into the river as I crossed the river from Maine back to 1 Rochester, took Hiram's clothing to my boarding house and went to bed.
 ''Dr. Blood gave me a plan of the woods anl the vacant shanty in Maine and I went over there from Rochester on Tuesday to locate them. .Dr. Blood said it would be just the way to go up tc Rochester and take mother and Mari on with me and send for Hiram. Hs also spoke about the vacant house. 1 never made up my mind to kill him, for l knew if I got him into the shanty and put my back to the door he would sign the papers without my killing him." The case is being continued to-lay.