The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-09

CoScoRp, y. H., Dec. S.-IsaacNB. Saw.
tcllc appeared yesterday before the su.
prcme court full bench 10 tell the story
Of the killing OF his brother Hiram, oil
Il motion Tor n new trial. Isaac is al
ready sentenced to die in New lamp
shire, AMI the present action is 10 es-
tablish tho fact which tho prisoner
alleges that the murder was done in
Maine, where there is no capital pun
!shment, inGtead Of New Hampshire,
under tho laws OF which state he is
under sentence Of death. Tho spectacle
is presented OF q murderer conicssing
murder OF his brother to save his own
life.
Sawtcllc's story consumed three hours
in Tie telling. He told how ho met his
brother ut Rochester, n. H., February
!, 1890, whittier he had !urcd him from
Boston BY 4 telegram saying his child
WAS there; Isaac had q revolver in his
clothing, 4 pick anil shovel in tho wag-
on. lie had writing materials, with
which in q lonely shanty ovcrthc Maine
line he ~(lsaac) intended to have his
brother sign 10 him certain Boston
property, or kill him ior refusing. The
murdcrcr's story OF the final scenes runs
thus: when ! turned into the marsh
road no wanted TO know where | was
taking him. Directly | turned in the
little path near the woodlands shanty
in the woods. ] saw lie wanted TO get
out and he did, then he got in again. |
said: Hiram, | came down here to
talk with you. | have been trying to
reason and talk with you. don't want
TO lose tho property oil your account,
and | don't want you 10 lose it. | have
rot some papers here that l want you TO
sign
Il took tho papers from my pocket
and said, you may sign these, or take
that pulling out Il revolver and point
ing it ut him. lie then jumped from
the wagon and | after him. lie fell
down and said Don't, Isaac, don't
Il said: No, Hiram, | won't. Do us
! want you TO and l won't hurt you
"ile held my hand in which the re.
volvcr was until after | promised not to
hurt him. Then stepped away and he
got up.
81 then said: Il came here not TO do
you any harm; l want some oil the
property from mother lie then be-
gan 10 walk toward the shanty, and,
after going some twenty feet, broke into
arun. | started after him and called
several times, Hiram, Hiram, stop, or |
williirc,' and, as he kept on running, l
fired. After the firing be ran 4 little
way and fell. l then ran UP 10 and
shook him. lie said nothing, and, MS |
thought he was going, l fired three
murc shots into his body to put him out
oi pain. l then took hold OF the boots
and dragged the body about 100 yards
and began digging 4 grave. |
took off his clothing. Tho
grave | dug was not. large enough
and took the hatchct and chopped of
his head and arms. L buried the arms,
but took tho head and put it into tho
bag with his shirt around it; put the
bag in the wagon and finally drove into
the woods and buried the head under
some birch trees. l dug 4 hole, took
the head out OF the bag, and as ! buried
it, said Goodbye Hiram l threw the
axe, lampand shovel into the river as |
passed from Maine back to Rochester;
took liiram's clothing to my boarding
house and went to bed. | threw the
clothing and revolver from q ferry boat
intO thn hnrhor