The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-01-13

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property aud received the important
answer that Billy Dexter was all the
time getting into scrapes, and Howard
was a shrewd lawyer, who had got him
out of them. The picture of Rulloff,
taken after his capture there, was then
shown, and she instantly exclaimed,
"Why, that's the agent" The identity
of Rulloff with Howard, and his acquint-
ance with Dexter, was thus discovered,
and the overioyed but also overworked
District Attorney Hopkins came to his
office leaving the further working Of the
case in New York to Capt. Hedden and
Detective Kelley, with whom he left
two keys fitting doors in some houses in
Third avenue. During an interview
with John Dexter, brother of the
drowned burglar, forced upon that per-
son at the tumble-down house at the
dawn of an October morning, Kelley
forced from him the address Of a woman
known as Maggie living at No. IS Car
mine street, who had been housckeeper
for Rulloh, and knew where he lived
Capt. Hedden and Kelley instantly
visited her, and, falling by subtcrfuge to
get any information from her, as she
was then aware of the murder, finally
declared their true character, and de
manded the important fact which she
then gave, by telling them that RulIoff
and Jarvis, alias Curtis, lived at No
/ 10 Third avenue. The officers instant
| ly proceeded thither, and to their great
| 10Y opened the street door with the
night key taken from Rullof's pocket
and amazed the Jacobs family by an
noucing their mission and the true char
acter of the late dodgers. Upon search
ing the rooms they found many burg
lers tools, including iimmies, dark Ian
terms and masks, but Maggie had re-
moved, two days before, some articles
which Mr.. Hopkins had much desired to
get One was shoe which had been
worn by Rullof, but all of these she
had cast into the street and they were
irreparably lost. The other was the
manuscript book on lost languages, writ
ten by Rulloff under the nameSf Sen
rio, which she removed to her house in
Carmine street, whore Capt. Hedden
seized it,
\ DRAMATIC TRIAL.
With these discoveries and seizures,
all absolutely essential evidence had
been obtained. The keen lawyer and
erudite philologist of sixty fye-years in
the Binghampton prison had been
changed by the detectives art into a
marauder, at war with society for forty
years. The bloated bodies cast out by
the Susquehanna had been proved to be
those of apt pupils of the great master
in crime, and the quiet retreat of the
sedate and gentle linguist on outlaws
The lines Of three lives were found to
cross and interlock through years Of
lnavery, and these three lines were
those Of the aged prisoner, and those Of
his two youthful associates, Dexter and
Jarvis. As case OF circumstan-
tial evidence, it is complete aud the
presence OF Hon NJ. b. Champlain, At
torney General of the State who comes
to lead the prosecution, is more mat.
ter of ecat than necessity. The indus.
try and zeal of Mr.. Hopkins has so
thoroughly prepared the case that there
is little left for eminent counsel to &C.
comp,sh. There is a belief, however,
that the trial is to be intensely dramatic
Rulloff will Sight hard for his life, and
although he has counsel engage will, it
is thought, take the lead himself in his
defense as he did many years ago when
arraigned upon an indictment for abduc.
ton and murder which was the only
time in his life he was ever compelled to
confront the law until now. Then he
was successful in warding off punish
ment by the interposition of legal 4uib
blcs, and it is certain that he will not
allow an atom of testimony to be intro.
duced against him which is not warren.
ted b. the rules of evidence. Public
feeling is arrayed with singular intensity
against him but he will not, for that
reason, be abashed or cowed. Almost
every inhabitaut Of the city believes him
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rick, but he will not, for that fact, the
less stubbornly assert his innocence
The facts which have been dug up in the
path Of his tortuous career, have an uely
look, but he will not, therefore, be likely
to be lukewarm in his endcavors to con
vince Judge and jury that his life has
been free from stain. Shrewd, exper-
fenced in n certain way, and to some
extent learned, he is prepared to do bet
ter battle for his life than any indicted
burglar murderer ever did before.
The case was called for trial to-day at
Oyer and Terminer, before Judge Hogo
boom, Of the Supreme Court. Mr.
George Becker, counsel for the prisoner
moved for postponomout Of the trial,
which was denied by the court. The
case will therefore proceed tomorrow
morning, and will probably occupy sew