The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-25

ana Rullons acquaintance was In ike manner
established. IL was further learned that while Da-
venport was in Cortland jail ne wrote 10 some per-
son In Brooklyn by the name Of Dexter. With these
facts the District ATTORNEY and CHIEF of Police went
10 prosecute their inquiries In New Jersey in Brook
iyn, IN New York and elsewhere
/ IN NEW YORK CITY.
Taking specimens OF Rull0nrs handwriting, the
pictures OF the drowned men and the one OF Rul-
Ion taken at the jail here under much dncultyl
and stereoscopic glass. the District Attorney
drews went to New York city. Their first act was
TO secure the services OF Captain Hedden, OF the
Of the Fifteenth precinct These officers were will
Ing to undertake the case, but said that they could
do sSs eSseps ey sa starting point and
thought. that might enable them to prosecute tho
investigation. So delicate and doubtful The threads
OF Information are. that without probable identity
OF any one OF the three persons-Rulon, Davenport
or Jarsis-with any known to the police it was IN.
pracntcabie 10 ,ane STEP large city Is the best
THE uNAyaLlNG SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE.
The mhas Mss none ts emergency was , s ,ne
detective 10 the various police stations and
police courts :, in New York aad to tho Tonnes,
criminal lawyers. among whom was Judge
smart who knows more scamps than any
man In America; visited District Attorney GAR
vim, &C., without any result, except that the party
were thoroughly disgused with the paucty OF the
we courts to catch an unknown thier or murderer,
" ugh every other man they met might have been
tilht luIei OF murderer.
IN BROOKLYN
me district Attorney then suggested they should
try their luck IN l;rooklyn He remembered that he
nad IN some way learned that ilulloif had gone by
the name OF William Charles Il. Thornton, and that
his once was al No. 0 Court street, Brooklyn. With
the detective they went 10 that place, and onnd the
office occupied W lawyer ofhigh standing. named
William Charles y. Thornton. The District Attorney
for. making the visit by saying that he thought
he lad the OCCUPANT OF that ONCE In Jail IN Bing-
hamton. Mr. Thornton made pleasant reply, and
/ In a
cause for his visit, showed TO Mr.. Thornton a nemo-
randum he had made In Cortland county, In which
the name OF Dexter appeared.
LIGHT.
Mr.. Thornton said ne knew family named Dex.
ter. The District Attorney then asked him to look
NJ tue stereoseoplc picture OF the drowned murder
! err (Which nad before been shown TO hundreds VI
person srSos Mr.; Thornton noticed particularly the
dld not recognize ~ yet he SAID IL bore remote
semblance 10 William I. Dexter, whom he had
this Dexter was thief, did nothing but steal for
living and that he had already served one term m
street, In the Eastern district OF Brooklyn.
:, me visit at Thornton's thoroughly CONVINCED the
District Attorney that he HAD an available clue as "a
the Identity and character of the Davenport OF Cort
| land county jan.
MORE LIGHT
visit was at once made to Graham street. A
| house was found in which lived u family OF Dex.
| ters-a mother and two sons, William and John. a
house and from her neither Of the Dexters being al
homel the fact was earnea that "Bllly'' Dexter len
4
inquiry II appeared that during summer or 1859
billy" had been. according to the woman's recol.
| lection, up the country, in Jail.'
| FULL BLAZE.
She was then asked TO look at The picture OF the
| drowned man through the stcreoscope Upon seeing
is be dead II ne is he must have been shot, for ne
was the devils own boy" Then the District AtOr-
pey, feeling that he was in truth ''n the midst Of
things.' but with no small degree of anxiety, ex
hiDited photograph OF RulloR. with the utmost
unconcern, not having been Informed thai so much
tttot,
quickly and decidedly said that the picture was that
OF jun Howard lawyer, who collected the rent OF
Attorneys memorandum from Cortland contained
this specialization, that letter had been forwarded
THAT tact, corroborative Of the wonan's
feeoansi1n' S was very essential link Ia
Brady could Tell nothing about Jola the brother Of
Billy Dexter, except that he worked In New York.
The mother Of the Dexters had lost her mind and
came home on Saturday night Qhs being Friday.
The woman brought INTO her house several OF her
the likeness Of Davenport Dexter. The District
ATTORNEY, hoping 10 secure evidence in wrt,ns Of
the identity u Howard ana Rullof. asked Mrs.
Brady II she had any receipts for her rent given to
her by Howard. She answered that she nad great
many ana ,, by request o. the District Attorney sa
n nnay We're ny as MSnkas W.T. Knew sao rSeep
ard, agent" me faces were deemed SO Conclusive
OF the completely OF the Dextefs ana Ruiion
me s g Rry %a s 10 aes se ROOMS os
cupled by the DeXters. THIS might or might
not have been IN strict accordance with legal rights
pat the purpose OF the party was 10 convict mar
derer, and they had no Intention OF permitting any
mere technicality OF law to come between them and
tlce SO they went IN. They found letters from
RuloH to the drowned Dexter, dated as far back
as 1866. IL was here demonstrated fully that the
Brooklyn Dexter was the Cortland Davenport. Tnc
personal relations OF Dexter and Jarvis aside from
We wee Gi 81 30 a se IN
New York police desired was not only found, but
the case, go far as 1t affected Dexter was substan
TALLY worked up" IL depended however, upon
so slight circumstance as the memorandum Cd.
tanned In Cortland county, which, when 1t re-
ceived, seemed not TO have the remotest connection
with the case. Hence, the fact OF Tie superscrip.
ton or letter written more than year before ihat
WHICH uuraveiled the mystery.
RULL0fFS HoUSEKEEPER FOUND.
The next step was TO find John Dexter. IN order
to do that detective Riley was assigned to watch the
house, and when Dexter came home 10 see him.
THIS closed the investigation by the Bughamton
tain Hedden and gave into his charge the further
examination OF the matter 10 New York ana Brook.
person named Maggie Granam, who proved to
have been once honsekeeper Of Rullofr asking
Dexter to come TO tue house No. 10 Carmine street.
Riley went 10 this place and saw Maggie Graham,
VINO at hrst insisted that she knew nothing OF Ruilor
TO Police Headquarters sac admitted She did know
Howard and that she kept house for him spell
at No 10 Third ayenue.n
TIE THREE MISUNDERSTANDING LAST HOME IN NEW
YORK.
The place In Third avenue was visited by Riley
who unlocked tile front door with a KEY taken from
Rullof when arrested in Binghamton. This accom-.
pllshed he smut the door and rang the bell, which
brought the inmates He then presented another
Key to the andlady, and asked If they had any door
about the house that that key would unlock On
being toiu they had Riley was invited to the second
story, and with this key he unlocked room that
had been locked since the 18th day OF August, when
lts occupants disappeared. lie Inquired who were
the tenants OF the room, aud was told that 1t had
been occupied by two men, named +. Leurio
ana the other Charles Curtis. He showed the PEG.
ple-whose name was Jakobs-the photograph of
the drowned men, and they recognized the larger
man at once as Charles Curtis A photograph OF
Rull0ff was shown them, ana they recognized that
as Of Leurlo. Here was Rulor fully identl-
fed as Leurio aud Jarvis as Curtis while
their personal relations, as those OF Dexter
and liullof, were likewise shown. 1t also
appeared, from the statements Of the Jakops,
That the TWO men left their rooms between