Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-01-27

disappearance OF tbt vhS uANa NAstsNS S -
Rulioif, who has been sentenced at Blng'
hampton for their murder. Rulloh was
very Jealous Of his wife, and made sever
Al aitempts 10 kin her, by administering
noison. She, like devoted wife, for.
cavo and forgot The paper goes ON to
saw: at was dark. sHftry night, the
oSd of June. 1s45. Mrs. Ballof was de-
voting her attention 60 the little bahe
getting ID ready 10 be put 20 bed. Rul-
loff had gone over 10 see his neighhor,
farmer who lived directly opposite
There were a number OF Indians and
suuaws onoamped out on the road short
distance from Rullofl's house, and he ask
ed Mr.. Robortson's daughter, Olive, TO
run over and keep his wife company un-
I'll he came home, as she might he afraid,
The girl went over and found the woman
with her babe. apparently fearing no
harm either from the Indians, or the
strange being whom she called husband
aud her dear Edward. Olive staid until
o'clock, and at that tme Rallon came
in. bringing with him several Of the In
dams. He began mixing something IN
n cur, the Indians looking on with child
ish curiosity. Olive asked what he Was
makngp Horeplied that he was making
tea The girl saw him give
the Indians something which looked like
money. She then went home, and the
Indians left the house. The doors TO
both houses were closed and the lights
went out In that rural spot night
brought the stiffness OF the grave. 1t
was now late, and not even the chirplng
OF the cricket could I've heard. That day
Rullofi~s wife had been over the way and
borrowed some articles to assist her IN
doing her washing. when, for some rea-
son, she concluded that she could not
wash until the next morning. She was
now probably asleep. with her young IN
fant All Of Mr. RObertson's family were
asleep. In the morning Mrs. II. awoke,
and about the first thing she did was 20
look across the way 30 see If her neigh
bors were stirring. She saw the shutters
all closed and no one moving. Her
daughter Olive also noticed ut q late hour
Of the morning that the blinds on the
other houses remained closed, q most I'M
usual thing. Toward noon Rullof came
strolhng over 10 his neighbors and asked
ii he could borrow horse and wagon 10
carry a chest TO Mottville He sand that
his wife's uncle, who lived at Mottville,
had been up the night before, and that
as his wife was going of to visit "be-
tween the lakes" her uncle had agreed
to carry her and the baby 10 Mottville,
taking a chest out of his wagon and leav-
ing ID behind so aS To make room for the
new passengers Rullof pretended that
he now wanted 20 get G horse TO take the
chest ON to Mottville, since his wIfe's I'M
Gle had been SO very accommodating.
Mr.. Robertson thought the departure a
rather sudden one, but accepted Rulloh S
explanation, and not only offered 10 let
him have the horse and wagon, but pre-
vailed upon him 10 stay and take dinner
with them. After dinner, Rullotf took
the horse and drove across to his house
and soon he was seen pulling the chest
ont Of the door. When he went TO lift
il into the wagon Robertson saw that Is
vas heavy, aud ran over TO help HIM.
They got the chest in. Rulloff thanked
his neighbor, went into the house and
brought out flour sack about half filed
with something, pnt that in the wagon
with the chest. got in himself, and drove
of. Rullofi returned during the after
noon of the following day Although he
professed TO have driven from Mottville,
which is distant eight or ten miles, and
the weather was hot, the horse did not
appear to have been driven more than a
mile or two. Cayuga Lake Is only a
mile and half from where Rulloff lived,
and is now supposed that he drove di-
recuy down to the shore of the lake, and
did not 90 Mottville ut all He had no
more than taken the borrowed horse
home than he went into his house, got a
large quantity Of goods, collected them
in shall, which he threw over his back,
and then started of on foot in the d.
rcction Of MottyiIIe or Ithaca Mrs
Robertson only remarked that this shawl
was the one that Mrs Rullof always
wore when she went travelling. and won
dered why she had left it behind this
time. Rullof met an acquaintance
named Gibbs ON the road, aud being ask
ed where he was gong, replied: " Going
to Join my wife she went on visit be-
tween the lakes. Good-by, old pap.
The next day Jane Schutt, Rulloff's sis
ter-in-law, who was living at Ithaca, was
surprised ut the sudden appearance of
her sisters husband. She received him
Hospitality, inquired about her sister and
the little baby, and brought some pres
ents which she said Rullof could take to
the little one. Rulloif at first male some
excuse for not taking the presents, but
afterwards concluded to take them. Jane
noticed that he was tired and asked him
to eat. At first he said be didn't want
anything, but he afterwards went down
stairs and ate ravenously. That night
the keeper of the livery stable at that
place was applied to by Rullof for n
horse and wagon. He said he wanted TO
20 three or four miles. He selected a
light lumber wagon and started. He re-
turned about three o'clock in the morn
ing. ##6EH f
On the morning OF June ., the
same morning that Rulloff returned from
his night trip with the livery horse and
wagon, Rulloff entered the stage Office
and secure passage to go West, entering
his name on the book as John Doe. He
had two trunks, which he had brought
from his old bording place in Ithaca,
and they deposited in the rnck Rulloff
got in, and the stage started on its
tedious journey. There was passenger
named Harrison Robertson, who lived at
TTumansburg. and who knew Rullof.
He asked his fellow-passenger where he
was going, but he only told him that he
-w "a Al.
Robertson got out ct Trumansburg. and
saw Rulloff pass ON through the place.
Having had ample time for reflection
on all the circumstances attending the
departure OF RullofFs family, the people
concluded that there was something that
looked suspicious about the affair. The
town constable, then the sheriff, then
the district attorney for the county,
began TO think and to act IL was found
that RullofTs wife had no such uncle
living at Mottville, and that the story
about the chest being left was not true.
Matters began to get very exciting.
The old threats OF Rulloff against his
wife were recalled. People passed by
the house, and then began TO imagine
that it's closed shutters concealed all
sorts Of spirits and dreadful shapes.
They were afraid to pass it during the
nighttime and even the sherif-when
he came to break into the house six
weeks after Rulloff had Ieft-brought o
posse of nearly fifty men. The door
was broken in and the crowd entered.
There lay every thing just rs it was left
ON the fsted night. The clothes which
were to have been washed the next day
were lying where the hand OF the lost
xrornan hnd left fbarn The tai,Ia xxaa