The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1871-06-06
RIJLLOFF,S BRAIN,


was so far completed this morning, as to
enable those having it in charge to ascer-
tain the weight of his brain. The brain
weighed fifty-nine ounces, being nine and
half or ten ounces heavier than the aver
age weight. The heaviest brain ever
weighed was that of Cuvier, the French
naturalist, which is given by some author
tiles at sixty-flve ounces, and by some at
siXty-four ounces. The brain of Daniel
Webster, (partially estimated on account
of a portion being destroyed by disease,)
weighed sixty-four ounces. The brain of
DIR. Abercrombie, of Scotland, weighed
sixty-thrce ounces.
The average weight of mems brain is
about so ounces the maximum weight G5
ounces, (Cuvier's,) and the minimum
weight Gdiots) 90 ounces. AS an average,
the lower portion of the brain (cerebellum)
is to the upper portion (ceaebum) as is
to 8 $40. The lower, brute portion, of Rul-
lofts brain and the mechanical powers,
were unusually large. The upper portion
of the brain, which directs the higher moral
and religious sentiments, were very def
cient in Rulloff. In the formation of his
brain, Rullolf was a ferocious animal, and
so far as disposition could relieve him from
responsibility, he was not strictly responsi-
BILE for his acts. There is no doubt that
he thought himself not very bad man, al
though on the morning he was led out of
his prison, he went cursing from the cell
to the gallows.
The measurement Of Rullon's head,
around the eyebrows, Supra orbital,) was
twenty-four and a half inches The skull
was probably the thickost ever known. In
no place was it less than three-eights of an
inch in thickness, and in most places it was
half an inch thick The usual thickness of
a mans skull is less than one-fourth of an
inch. Rullotf's head was opened in the
usual way, by parting the scalp over the
| top of the head, from one ear to the other,
and saving off the top. The surgeons who
performed the operation say that it requir-
ed quarters of an hour to saw around
the skull, and before it was completed they
began to think the head was all skull.
With the protection of skull half an
inch thick, and scalp of the thickness
and toughness of n rhinocerous rind, the
man of several murders was provided with a
natural helmet, that would have defied
the force of any pistol bullet If he had
been in Mirick's place the bullet would
have made only u slight wound and had
he been provided with cults vera equal to
his scalp his defensive armor against bull
lets would have been as complete as a coat
of mail.
The cords Of Rulloff's neck were as heavy
and strong as those of an OK, and from his
formation, one would almost suppose that
he was protected against death from the
gailows as well as by injury to his head.
Rulloff's body was larger than it was
supposed to be by casual observers. The
Sheriff ascertained when he took measure
of the prisoner for coffin to bury him in,
that he was five feet and ten inches in
height and measured nineteen inches
across the shoulders. When in good CON
dition his weight was about 175 pounds.
1t is very well known that Rullof7s grave
was opened three times on Friday night by
different parties who wanted to obtain his
head One Of those parties was from AL
bany, and twice the body was disinterred
by persons living in Binghampton. One
party would no sooner cover up the body,
which all found headless, and leave it,
than another company would come and go
through with the same operation. 1t is
now known that the head was never bu-
ried with the body but was legally obtain
ed before the burial by the surgeons who
have possession of it,
The hair and beard were shaved off close,
and an excellent impression in plaster was
taken of the whole head. The brain is now
undergoing hardening process, and when
that is completed an impression will be
taken of it entire, and then it will be part
ed the different parts weighed, and impress
sions made of the several sections Bing-
hampton Republican.
e5S" An important suit has just telmina
ted at Brooklyn, N. Y, that settles some
points of responsibility incurred by bank
directors.-A bank in that city failed some
months since, and failed to pay a depositor
who had left with them $4,000, in full
faith in the solvency of the bank. The
directors are charged with having declared
and paid dividend when they knew the
bank was in perilous condition, A de-
murrer was put in to this complaint. The