Source: Grand Rapids Herald - Michigan
Dated: Sept. 26, 1899 SHOT AT HIS MOTHER
CHARLES SARTWELL ARRESTED FOR DEADLY ASSAULT.
BULLET MISSED ITS MARK
HAD THREATENED TO KILL HER ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS. Unfortunate Woman Expressed the Wish That, the Bail
Had Relieved Her of Her Burdensome Life. Revolver Found
Upon Sartwell With One Chamber Empty.
While In an ugly mood last night a few minutes before _
o'clock, Charles Sartwell fired a revolver at his mother
as she was fleeing from him down the stairs at No. 11 Crescent
avenue, where Mrs. Sartwell lives and rents rooms.
She is a poor woman and is employed at times in hotel kitchens.
The bullet went low and did not touch Mrs. Sartwell, but
she had a narrow escape. Her son stood at the top of the
stairs when he fired the shot. Mrs. Sartwell rushed into the street and a
bystander who learned what had happened went to police
headquarters for an officer. DetectivesJackway
and McDonald ran down to the place, which is only one
block from the station and placed Sartwell under street.
When he was approached and asked where he revolver was he denied
having one and showed fight when Detectives Jakeway
attempted to search for it. He was overpowered and the
revolver, a 38-caliber gun, was found in his hip pocket with one
chamber empty He was taken to headquarters and a charge of
deadly assault will be made against him. Charles Sartwell was a soldier in the Spanish
American war. His mother and several others who know him
well said last night he had special dislike for work He is
a banjo player and has made a partial living by playing in
saloons. He often lived for weeks at a time with his
mother, but never helped her pay for rent or buy anything to
eat.
Source: Grand Rapids Press - Michigan
Dated: Nov. 7, 1905 Cut On Her Hand - Wife Appealed to Officers to Save Her
from Husband
Mrs. Sartwell Refused to Go Home After the Affray - Will Be
Tried on Drunk Charge. After a quarrel and fight with her
husband last night, in which she sustained a cut across the
fingers of her left hand, Jessie Sartwell appealed to
Patrolman Launiere to be sent to police headquarters in
order to escape her husband.
The woman was intoxicated, according to the officer and
Sergeant Howell, and after the officers had seen
Sartwell, taken away the knife and secured his promise to
remain peaceful, the woman refused to return to the home and was
sent to headquarters under a charge of drunk.
She pleaded not guilty when arraigned bandaged hand and
told the story of her trouble. The case was adjourned
until tomorrow, Sartwell is the Thomas Sartwell,
who was court martialed in the Philippines for attempted assault
on his superior officer and who was saved from paying the
penalty with his life by Congressman Smith. He is
the same man who shot at his mother, and who has figured in
various other scrapes. Sartwell is white, but his
wife is colored.
