New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-24
RULOFF IN THE HANDS OF THE DOCTORS

UFENED IIKEE IIMEN.
From TAf Hinnkan,ion RepnbLienn Nav 81.


OPENED THREE TIMES.
From TIE BtngkGasOn RepHbHdB, Mdy2l.
, Rul0ii : brain, which was carefully examined
inns morning, weighed 80 ounces being % or 10 ounces
heavier than the average weight. The heaviest brain
ever weighed that OF Cuver. the French naturalist
some at 81 ounces The brain Of Daniel Webster party
estimated on account OF portion being destroyed by
bic OF scotland weighed 63 ounces The lower Cbrute)
portion OF RHo brain and the mechanical powers were
unusually large The upper portion OF the brain, which
directs the higher moral and religious sentiments, was
very deficient In tho formation of the BRAIN RuOf twas
ferocous animal, and, far disposition could TO
lleye INN from responsibility ho was not strictly respon
sible for his acts. Tie measurement of Rulors lead
around az the eyebrows supra 0rbltaD was 2s~inches
The skull was probably the thicest known. In no
place was II less than threeeghths OF an inch la thick
ness ana IN most places IL was haf an inch lnIek fne
usual thickness Of mans skull is less than oneiourhOf
an inch Rulos head was opened in tho usual way. by
parting the scalp over the top OF the mead RON one ear
TO the other and saving of the top Tho surgeons who
performed the operation say IL required treequartera
OF anhour 20 around the skull, and before IT was
completed they began TO think the head was al skull
WITH the protection of skull half an inch thick. and
scalp OF the thickness ana tOughness OF rn0eeIos rhd
the man of seven murders was provided with natural
helmet mat would nave deied tne lorGe OF any poto
bullet III be had been IN Miickb place. the Dulet would
have made only slight wound; and had he been pro-
Vded with cults equal 10 is scalp, Ills defensive
arnor against bullets would have been as complete as
coat OF mail.
The cords in Ruo neck were a. heavy and strong
those OF OK, and from his formation, ono would
almost suppose that nc protected against death from
the gallows well AZ by injury To his head Rul0h
body was larger than II was supposed To be by casual Oh
servers the Sheriff ascertanod when he took the meas
OF the prisoner Tor CONN 10 DiiIp nc
five feet and 10 inches In hight. ana mssured 10
inches across his shoulders when III good condlOn MS
weight about 175 pounds. II is very well known
that Ruiof's grave was opened three different times
last Friday night, by different parties VINO waaieu 10
obtain his head OF these parties from Albany
and twice the body dsuterred by persons living IN
Bnghamton Ono company would 10 sooner cover up
the body which all found headiess ana leave IT, than
another company would and 20 through the same
operation II is now known that the head was never
buried with the body, but legally obtained before
the burial by the surgeons VINO have possession OF IT,
The hair and beard shaved of close and an excel
lent impression in plaster taken OF the whole mead
The brain UNDERGOING n hardening process, ald
when that completed impression w be takea OF 1t
entire aud then it will be parted, the different parts
weighed and impressions made the several sections