New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-19

permitlipg him to escape thcm AGAIN. IN. 49, az
an,,c,natca something Of the kind ana remover 'n0
prisoner before the appointed 'inie a. 70, 80
It,, o,n,od 10 the murder coinmit'eo ny h"ioh'
P'o ,, q, his victims sent to Prof.. Doremus
no,vs,s The report eIaspcrated still further the
noc mind and the criminal wandered about In secrecy
and continual rear. ,.,,sr cpuv
r the date OF his release In TO that OF his arrest
n p,rchomton I'm 1870 for the murder Of Frederick A.
irrck he aternated in the role Of professor OF Ian
s,lages lawyer, &c, between the metropolis and the
western district OF Pennsylvania, where his brother
Rulof Ruloffson a respectable citizen OF Ridgeway
resldes on the night OF the 10th OF August 1870 the
store OF Messrs Haock of Bnghamton was entered and
ouantty of silks stolen from the shelves and bundled
M as for removal, by party Of men wearing masks
Two of the party being three in ALL busted them
selves In securing the goods while the trd STOOD garu
at the bedside Of two clerks who slept In
the building. The clerks, awakened by these
arose and attacked the watcher whose cries
caused his companions to abandon their designs on the
goods and come to his In the ensuing struggle
two OF the burglars received injuries, and Frederick A.
Mrck clerk killed by pistol shot In the head' ~
the hands Of of the gang The surviving clerk ran
TO the street and gave alarm the burglars escaped
the rear and fed, leaving behind them, among other
things pair OF shoes, OF which was ishaped and
fitted by long to deformed left foot Gordon OF
pckets surrounded the city and maintained vigilance
for three days and nights The banks OF the Chenango
River near which the premises are situsted, were
searched and below tue scene OF the murder out
to no purpose the second night following the occur
renee two pckets stationed at the Erie Railway dry
bridge on the eastern border of the city, saw man
approaching nom the town along the railway track On
being ordered to halt and questioned az to his character
and how he came 10 be travelling on foot at midnight,
he stated that he en- route for New-forK, hau
been elected from the train at Union 10 miles below
| Bnghamton, for lack of money, and had concluded
TO walk to NewYork The pickes stated their business
| and said they must detain him for examination. Whhe
engaged in the parey freight train, eastward bound
arrived opposite their standing place another track
The stranger dashed ahead OF the engine 10 te
pel of his le aud before he could be reached the long
train rushed between the pickets and their man, ana al
trace of him for time lost After long searc ne
was found in an clubhouse by examined and taken
to the city al No tools weapons were found upon
his person. nothing hut unused ticket from NeWiork
| 10 Batavia, which attracted attention.
| BEFORE THE coRoSERs JURY.
On being summoned before the Coroner's Jury, then
engaged taking evidence in the case Ruoh maintained
stolid ind Inference the burglary and murder OF winch
| he was suspected accomplish He repeated the
story of his unfortunate election from the cars ~
Union but refused 70 state why he travelling toward
| NewYork with q ticket from the latter place 10
Batavia in his possession The attention tof Judge Bal
com OF the Supreme Court residing at Bnghamtoh' was
called prisoner, who had assumed haughy pro
fe
for suspicion he could not be held legally for examlna
ton The Judge after moments short scrutiny OF the
man, said TO him. YOU are Edward H. Ruof you
murdered your wife and child Iat Lansing In 1870 iou
escaped the gaows but sentenced TO 10 years lm
prisonnent then he said to the jury, This man under
stands his rights better than you do, and will defend
them 10 the last" Nothing abased by this accusation
the prisoner maintained that Ii left the Union
His business he said that Of lawyers he resned In
New.YOrk under assumed name, and was well known
in the courts where he had practced for years AT this
juncture DstrotAttorney called from the room
and Ruo allowed to pass out discharged Tor want
Of evidence.
THE CROOKED SHOE.
When the news OF the prisoners real character became
known on the streets, which at this time filled with
an excited crowd the Treasurer OF the County Mt A. C.
Mathews old resident OF Broome. came into the Court
room 10 obtain q view OF Rulof, whose case he
remembered in connection with the Tompkins County
affair On learning that RulO had been allowed to de-
part he procured a conveyance, and with the deormed
shoes left by the burglars tho night OF the murder IN
his possession, accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Brown,
succeeded overtakng the fugitive five miles east of
9pghamton which the latter had traversed IN
less than an leaving the court ROOM On this,
his second arrest Ruo began TO show signs OF uneasi
ness and being ordered the Sheriff 10 remove his left
boot producing at the instant the teta shoe ne
sank TO the ground overcome with emotion, aud when
stray bits of cloth stuffed in the boot 10 iii the cavity OF
n
its Mace naturally In the crooked shoe, sweat literally
poured from his brow. second time he was rcnandedto
custody with small hopes OF another release. sun
there was room for doubt The deormed foot might be
coincidence, and OF the escaped burglars might
vet be found to be doomed wearer OF the crooked
shoe But the morning OF the third day after the muir
der the bodies OF were discovered floating in
the Chenango near the OF the tragedy, the one
badly bruised and SCARED with open wounds in stocking
feet the other a tall, bury fellow, with feet encased in
rubbers both answering to the description given by
Burrows the surviving clerk. Neither OF the drowned
men had defOrmcd foot but one Of them dld nave on
his person ticket from New-York to Batavia bearing
the same date as that of Rulo These bodies sube
ouently identified those Of Albert Jarvis and william
T. Dexter OF York. and the fact OF Rulos Intimacy
with them was established beyond contradiction On
trial he was proved to have occupied rooms with Jarvis
for more than year Thrdave. in this city, where
burglars tools found His intimacy with Dexter
was also established Enthusiastically by proof that he was
in Dexters company In this city frequently that he did
business Dexter attorney under several aliases
that he was often at Dexters house in Williamsburgh
and that Dexter sometimes was at the house OF Rulon
The pair OF shoes identified positively as belonging
to Ruof and it shown in evidence that Rudolf was
seen I'm BnghamtOn the afternoon and evening before
the murder, wearing those shoes. The testimony was
relied that he there In company with his friends
who were wounded while engaged In the burglary and
murder, and afterward drowned
In the face OF this testimony the prisoner, after he
convicted, asked that sentence be deferred, and
time allowed him to review the evidence, and to ask for
a new trial. The penalty of death pronounced, not
wthstanding and the third day of March last was fixed
for execution The trial conducted in the midst OF
excitement among the pOpuaee equal 10 that during
the trial OF the prisoner for his former crimes. Citizens
from TOmpkins, Toga, Cortland and other counties adj
joining Broome thronged the city during the course Of
the trial. and eager the crowds TO obtain view
of the prisoner give vent their Indignation that
IL WINS with difficulty he conducted from