Daily Kennebec journal., 1891-12-08
THE CONFESSION
Made by Isaac SiItell YES
teTday 10 Save Ills Neck.
Ia Detail Hs Relates the Story Of xur.
dsriBs His Brother.
Locates the Act Oh Maine Soil~A told
Blaaied Murder.


He told Of meeting Hiram and taking hin
In the carriage, sre continued "Dfri
direct TO SiDelxir's store from the Rochss
ter depot, got there Al 5 S5 L. NJ got pen
ink, and lamp tiiled there; while wxs II
the store Hiram remained in the carriage
drove over the bridge into Maine, snt
while We were goias there talked socially
A. ve drove past the RApkins house in
Maine asked Hiram il it wasn't better 10
sell the land and pay Up the mortgage SO q,
to have an income from The hpase on Dad
ley street. Boston. He said be would like
to have the income. This vas the business
about which wished to see him.
When turned into the Marsh road be
wanted to know ~hsre | vas taking him
directly l turned into the little path neat
WoodmSn's shsnty 10 the weeds. | saw
be wanted to get out. lie did and then got
in sgain. ! said. Hiram, came down
here to talk with you; | have been trying
to resson and talk with you; don'I want
to lose the property on Your sccount and
don't want you TO lose it; | have got some
papers here | want you TO sign"
took the papers from my pocket and
said You may sign there or take = shot,
pulling out the revolver and pointing 1t 3,
him he Jumped from the wagon. after
him he Tell down and said: ''Don's, Isaac,
don't" said: mo, Hiram, woht. Do
% want you and Won't hurt you"
He held my hand in which the revolver
Was until after | promised not TO hurt him
then stepped away and he got upi then
said II came here not TO do you any
harm. but l want some property from
mothsr;' he then began TO walk toward,
the shaniy, and after going some 20 feet
broke into . run; l started after him
called several times. Hiram, Hiram, rtop
or will fire, and as be kept on running,
fired; after firing he ran 4 little way aud
fell, l ran up and shook him; he .aid moth
ing.
securing ii came back to where Hiram lay.
lie did not speak; then put the pistol to
my head 10 Kill self, and said Good
bye, Hiram, I'm going TO shoot "
immediately said My God there .
my poor old mother. must live for her, '
lowered the pistol. As ! thought Hiram
was moving fired three more shots into
hi. body 10 puI him out Of rsin. | then
took hold of his boots and dragged the
body about 100 yards and began digging a
grave. While digging | thought s,esm
was coming down towards us, bu; IL didn't
come. hurried up and tcok of his
clothing the grave | dug was not large
enough. took hstchet sud chopped otf
his head and arms found | badn't buried
the head 90 took /, and put in bag with
his shirt srou7d it, pat bag in the team
and drove into the woods and buried besi
under some birch trees.
/ dug hole took the head aud as
buried it ssid, Good bye Hiram" /
threw the axe. lamp and shovel into the
river as | crossed from Maine back to
Rochester. Took Hirams clothing to the
boarding house and went to bed. Not
meeting mother and Marion, | went to
Boston and threw the clothing and revolver
from the ferry boat into the hsrbor. His
clothing was bloody, also my own.
tought the revolver IN Boston the day
went n Rochester.
To Chief justice Doe: Didhi buy The
revolver for any particular purpose; in-
,end,d d to use il upon Hiram If necessary !;
never expected it would come TO that (;
DIR. Blood told me in Boston soon after
returned from Chsrlestown prison to get
him down in Maine to Sign the papers re
those papers At Portland. Ds. Blood told
me what to write; one was something as
follows: 81, Hiram +. Ss~tell, relinqush
Gil my right to my property in Boston and
withdraw the attachment and Injunction
from the same
The other was ''I swear that shall
never mention snytbing Of wha. has &C.
CURED here" Ny idea was to get him TO
sigh the p,pers 80 a. to ciesr up the attach
ment and iujnnction and leave the property
in my name; | knew IL he signed lhem
there in the woods he would meter say
anything about what took place between ne
afterward DR.. Blood gave me plan VI the
woods and vacant .hauty in Maine; went
over there from Rochester Tuesday to
locate them.
DR.. Blood ssid it would be Just way to
10 up to Rochester, take mother and
Marion with me and send for Hiram. lie
also spoke about the vacant house. |
never msie up my mind 10 kill him,
know if had got him into the shsn,y and
put my back to the door he would sign the
papers without my killing him. wouldn't
have killed him il he hadn't run.
He WAS truthful, honest man and | be
lieved il he said be would do anything he
would do it. therefore / felt il he signed
the papers everything would be all right.
Had my hand on the pistol that was in my
right band pocket, Bought the lamp TO
light the shanty. Knew it was occupied
because vas there the day before. Bought
tools the day before to have them IL
wanted TO use them. Didn't expect to use
the shovel Tuesday. Wrote the papers in
% 40. To-. - A.
In Msiae. When we got into the wood.
Hiram said, Where are you going TO
and began to sppear uneasy.
To MIR. E3gerly, bis counsel: Hiram
drove part Of the way. | returned TO
Rochester from Boston the Monday af,e,
the murder, and drove ever to zee IL the
head or body had been discovered, but they
had Dot been drove back to Rochester,
vent to Portsmouth; doht remember
whether shot him in the head gave
counsel directions last Tuesday about hnd-
ing the head never told anybody before.
Cross examination by Attorney. General
Bsrbard-Hirsm AID myself nad some
words abou, the property 10 Boston. Took
mother AID Hfrsms dsnghter TO Rochester
because | knew Hiram wouldn't come
sent teis gram to Hiram ray
ing his daughter was sick and he came
Hiram had no hsrd feelings anAins, me nor
| agsinst him.
Then sad the attorney general. ''you
killed your brother without having hard
feelings sssiDst HIM"
There were no particularly hard feel
inRs between as. sail SswteII.
lie continued. When Hiram began to
show signs Of unss.ines., told him msrioa
vas lF;tls farther down; be KEEP, ssking
where she was all the time ~ We we're ad.
vancing into the woods in the carrisgs.
said You can either sign these, show
log lin papers "or iase ,ais. paiiing ont
revolver. lie .aid "0h, and Jumped
out Of the csYiisse; he nere. had seen the
papers tefare that time. Held the revolver
in my hand and followed him aud told him,
Hiram, If you viii SsIK right alosg
Won't hurt you
We ~alis "a along % fact, and he began
10 run, I called Hiram. stop or III shoot,
! repeaisd this and fred AMI rou,; bsve hit
him. then went TO take care Of the herse.
When returned put roy ear down TO his
hear; snd thought he vas breathing.
The pistol three times !nio h.s
body to put him cat CT ,ssssina in case
he pss ;hen living. / took the tools asd
dragged the body eaEte q dssanee, aad
took the clothing on and got the body into
the smslisst place In the grave, ard then
found couldns &c. the body il.
Seooped some sand out Of the grave; cut
of arms and head With axe; buried body
srd left bead out by rsistsks; intended
to have buried head with body pa, arms
on top of body vas frigh:ened By Light Of
moon, oshersise should have dag grave
long enough TO .sxe body vithoa: nut.iat-
ing II. Found bsad right By side Of grsys
after hsd partially covered body; have