Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-12-11

the woods. On reaching this point Isaac
produced the papers and told Hiram hp
could sign them or take this. at the
same time presenting a revolver at his
head. At this Hiram jumped from the
wagon. falling As he did 50. and begging
Isaac not to shoot After getting up Hi
ram started To run. when Isaac fired at him
and lac fell. Isaac then went up to the
body and fired three more shots into il to
make sur" of his work. He then dragged
the dead body by the boots a distance of
100 yards. where he attempted to dig a
grave. hu' i'm his Ncitement and fear of be-
mg discovered he did not get the grave
long enough 10 hold the entire body and he
thrrcupon cut of the head and arms. His
story Of thi, part of the horrible deed is
this: "Ihc gray" / due was not large
enough AMI took the hatrhpt and chopped
of his head and arms; found hadn't
burirI the head and took it am 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 heal under some
birch trees. dug hole. took the head
ont of the bag and a. | buried il said.
'Good-by. Hiram. Was frightened by the
light of the moon, otherwise should have
dug TIA" grave long enough to take the boz
dy without mutlatng il: found the head
right 10y the side of the grave after had
partially covered the body. | threw the
axe lamp and shovel into the river as
crossed from Maine back to Rochester:
took Hiram, clothing to my boarding
house and went To- bed. not meeting with
mother and Marion; went To- Boston
threw the clothing and revolver from a fer
ry boat into the harbor: his clothing wa,
bloody. also my own; bought the revolver
in Boston the day / went To Rochester"
Al the time of the discovery OF the muir
der last February the head was not found.
but under directions given to his LAWYERS
by Isaac last week another search wa,
made and the skull was found. with bul.
let hole behind the ear and wrapped up in
remnants OF bloody clothing. Sawtel
stated in this confession that hp had re-
peatrdly lied in his previous statements
this including the story that hc did not Il,
the murder himself. He says now. how.
ever. that no third person was present. hut
that the DIR. Blood whose name figure.
prominently during the trial laid the plai
which Isaac carried out
THE curEr DECIDES THAT M ur-r
HANG.
The arguments of counsel were made ol
Tuesday and We lnesday. following which
Chief Justice Doe rrmandrd th, prisuuc
to the state prison at Concord The de-
ci>ion of the court was given iu the after
noon denying the motion for new trial
Sawtrll will therefore hang. iu arcordauc,
with his sentence, ON the first Tuesday %
January, lN92.
The only point hoped to Dee gained D.,
Sawtrll was that OF convincing The cour
that lie committed the murder in Maine
This would release him from the iuri,dic
ton of New Hampshire. AM under Ia,
law of Maine his neck would bee saved. tn,
law of that state now making the peualt,
Of murder imprisonment tor lite Wi'hou
the power of pardon.
The evidence at his trial showed beyuu,
reasonable doubt that he killed his hrufhr
in the woods IN Rochester and then carrie,
the body across the line into Maine. whrr
he cut OF the head and arms and huric,
the body in one place and the head in an
other.
Isaac Sawtell wa, pardoncl out Of tn
Charlestown, Mass, prison in December
lSS9 where he had been for 10 years. BE-
fore his liberation lac had made great pre-
tensions to piety, and had got some OF tn
prison visitors greatly interested in hi
case.