The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-01-19

ride, and they got in, almost filing the
wagon. They laughed and chatted, ana
Hulloff whisilcd and sung. and IT. was
rare scene of animation. So they went ON,
the fun often uproarious.
THE JOURNEY TO THE LAKE.
But Rulloff did not go to Motifs Corners.
He drove direct to ithaca, and thence to
the inlet Of Cayuss lake. There the wagon
stood. with the chest in It, during the day.
Rulofr was absent. He was not noticed.
when evening came on the wagon moved
down the inlet toward the lake, but from
that point trace Of it was lost.
THE CHEST AGAIN.
Nothing was ascertained Of Rulloff 8
movements. and he was not observed by
any person until about 10 O'Clock Of the
next day, when he returned with the wagon
and the same chest. 1t was an emlgrant
. box. On Rullotf stopping at his door son
| of Mr.. Robertson approached TO take the
horse, and RulIoff took hold of the chest to
| lif it out. The boy said, "Let me assist
you." At once taking hold Of the chest,
he noticed that it was empty. RulloH went
into the house, and the boy drove away
with the horse. The shutters remained
closed.
RULLOFF's DEPARTURE.
| In the afternoon Rullof came out with 8
bundle under his arm, and passed Mr.. Ro'
bertson's garden. where Mr.. Robertson was
at work. Rulloff spoke to him in q careless
way ''By-bye, Mr.. Robertson, by-bye
don't be alarmed if we don't come back in
1.-TWO or three weeks. and my wife talk o
going on 4 visit between the lakes" (that Is
Cavuea and Senaca lakes). He added, jocu
larly, PLEASE don't let any man carry away
our house while ne are gone" He ther
walked away.
A NIGHT MANGUvRE-SINGULAR FLIGHT.
Rullof' went directly to Ithaca, procured
q horse and wagon. and drove back TO hi!
own house late in the night of the same day
and took the chest he had left away from
his own house, without the knowledge, al
that time, of any person. He drove to the
stage office in Ithaca, where he left the chest
The stage started for Geneva at O'Clock lr
the morning, and he, with his chest, was
on board. On that passage he registered
his name as John Doe. He wa:
seen by a relative of the Schut
from Jacksonville, place not far from
Geneva. The chest was seen, and there was
no passenger except Rulloff. He was finally
traced, with bis chest, to Ovid. where he
crossed senaca Lake, and then to Crooked
Lake: up that lake to Hammondsport, ant
then by stage to the Genesee Valley canal
Here the trace was lost wholly at that time
We should say, however, that the chest
was taken to Chicago, as is now we'll estaD
lished.
FAMILY COURTESY.
Afew days passed, when one of the Schut1
family, whose members knew nothing O
the absence of Rullofl, was sent by the
parents to Rullotf's house with some fur
| nit This 1nnp n Shnw the intarpS
OF the family in his welfare, and desire tt
encourage him to do better than he haC
done: but the doors were found locked
Information was gained of the absence, az
was supposed. of Mrs. Ruloff, her child
and her husband, and the furniture wa:
necessarily taken home again.
Little or no suspicion was entertained O.
RullVGs movements, and least Of all, per.
: haps, by Mr.. Robertson, the neighbor
in kullo1, partaking almost Of the nature
OF affection. Their association had been
very intimate.
THE FIRST SUSPICION.
Two or three weeks had now passed, and
suspicion arose, particularly in Ithaca, that
Rullotl'S : absence was more significant than
Robertson, or even the Schutt family,
thought it. a man from the village went to
i the house, forced open the shutter, and
looked in. He saw enough to convince him
that Mrs. Rullotf had made no preparation
for journey, and he communicated his
strengthened suspicion to the Schutt bro
thers. who were living in Ithaca. This was
the first cry Of murder. The brothers went
in haste to the place, broke open the house,
and were convinced that something was
wrong, though they refused to share in the
suspicion of murder. They knew Of Rul-
| lofts violent temper, his threats, &c, but
| thought him incapable Of killing his wife
and child.
Returning to Ithaca at perhaps O'Clock
in the evening, the store of one Of the bro
theirs was closed, and the two sat discuss
ing the matter alone, the door beng ajar.
| RuLLoFF AGAIN.
| Suddenly Rulloff entered. he was very
warmly greeted. One Of the brothers adj
vanced to him and said, doctor, anu glad
to see YOU; where is your wife 7" He an
| swered promptly, Between the lakes"
the brother. "Why,' he added, 18th PEG.
pie here have been talking about your mur-
| dering your wife," Rullotf laughed, mere
" answering "Have they" Then the bro
ther invited him up stairs to a sleeping
room. But little was mentioned further
about the report of the murder. Rullotf
| Salu IG anu hdlIICG DCCll lilC
time between the lakes; that they had made
many pleasant acquaintance, &c. In the
morning Rullotf went to his wite's fathers,
in Dryden, eight miles from Ithca. Mr..
and Mrs. Schutt had heard nothing Of the
slight suspicious that had been aroused in
| ithaca. They received him kindly, and in
quired concerning his family. Here he
placed his family farther of. He said his
wife and child were in Madison, Lake
county, Ohio. The object was to
prevent easy inquiry. He went on to
say he had engaged school in that
| PLACE, and spoke Of the beauty of the
scelIcry how well his wife was pleased
with the prospect there, and that he bad
goods, Sc. He said, also, that his wife
wished his sister would come out with him.
Mrs. Schutt, however, in the course of
earnest conversation, became fully con.
vinced and at once said that Rulloff had
committed murder. Her Woman's intui-
ton was the first to fathom the mystery.
She expressed to her son Henry her
thoughts. The son then demanded of
Rullotf that he should show him, beyond
all doubt, where his sister was. hulloa'
became abusive; Went Immediately to the
barn and took out horse to go to Ithaca.
A sister, who was at home, took this occa-
sion to Visit lthaca, ana denFy ueclueG 10
follow with another horse.
THE WEB THAT RULLoFF wOyE-HIs SECOND
FLIGHT-THE CHASE.
On Henry's arrival at Ithaca he called on
one of his brothers, and, bursting into tears,
said, "That wretch has murdered our Sis
ter" Rullotf drove to William Schutts
house with the sister, and RulloH had been
there but short time when some six or
seven of the first men in Ithaca called on
him, and said to him that his wife had very
mYsierinuslY disappeared from her home,