The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-23
RUBENSTEIN'S DEV0TIONS.
THE SJNGUL.fR ACTIONS or TIM
MURDEBER IN ms CELL.


binding himself with Straps and Mouthirs
over bis Bible aud Prayer Book-fIcw he
was Brought to while Feigniuq Death.
ruby" US Pesach Rubonstcin is In
military called by the inmates of the HAMMOND
street jail, sat on the steam pipe ia his cell YES
terday, bound in his straps. informing his PRAYER.
and reading his Bible. At7 A. NJ. he bound him
self, wrapping the thin. narrow leathcrn strays.
one around his right arm beginning at tho
LARGE muscles above the elbow and
winding 10 around and around his arm until IL
reaches his finger nails. and the other about the
upper part of his head. on his forehead and on
the inside OF the arm, at the elbow, are firmly
fastened two small cubes Of wood about two
and half inches thick, with n marrin at tho
bottom Of half an nch and u covering or case
Citing over the cube ana resting on the margin.
On each Of these cubes arc written In Hebrew
the Ten Commandments. The straps are bound
so firmly as to interfere somewhat with the cir
culation Of tine blood, but the devoted Hebrew
endures it as a duty. lie says 1t is necessary to
rid himself OF a certain amount Of animal force,
and that the muscles being the scat OF that
force, he begins to strap himself at the place Of
greatest muscular Development, above tho
elbow. The finger nails. 10 saws, are g. ono Of
!nc essences OF religion and Is vital for o
leaves the muscles and enters the strap ut The
end and travels its entire length, escaping
lhrpugh ne nmls Of tho nugcie, where tho oiher
end OF the strap terminates. Ho prceenfcd a
curious, q ote quc appearance with his blocks
and STRAPS ON, nd his long black HAIR tuned
under IA rolls about his he "a. Ills face IL unie
rs neck cN remedy small, and his body small
lie possesses much cunning, and shows 1t IN nis
face. - u.s.
No one Is permitted within the cato that soma
rates Nuidcrcis' Row from the other celia Of the
Jiii unpccompnnicd 10y dcpgty sheriff. Watch-
man Richard Howard. vino attends Hubcnstein
by day. says he lets no enc inside tac gate, not
even the prisoners own relations. ana no one ia
allowed 60 approach nearer than six feet OF the
prisoner.
Rubenstcin shook hands with Col. stereman.
and scanned with caution the other visitor. Not
fecogniAing HIN rs reporter he was content to
allow hm to remain. lie drives reporters from
his cell. lie took the Sheriff into his cell. and
sat down az the extreme end Of It, a lar away
as nc could net. ana In muilled German asked
HIM 70 use his influence with tho Judges and
INC i,isurict Attorney TO obtain stay roprieve
Tor three months. He said lie could not ret
ready to die by the 24ih OF March, and urged the
eheiih % get him time enough to pieptre to die.
AZ times lie put his lips to the shenn's ear and
,oGo,hing 70 see whether any one was listening,
whispered something very CONFIDENTIAL The
shern would not say what II was. At times he
smiled and seemed IN good spirits. He says he
Will not be hanged because he Is Innocent and
In the hands OF Goo. who will not allow
him to be hanged. on account Of his
confidence of csc ping the galiows the
strictest possible watch IL kent over MIN The
him for fear that the leaves arc poisoned
Twelve dollars. sent him by friends through InE
SUN was not gwen to him for the same reason.
Inc sheriff took the bank notes sent and gave
him Others In their place. The wary Ru1en.
stein hcsiiated sOme dine before accepting Tho
money. The Sheriff, after consldcraIle talk.
persuaded HIM that it was right and safe to take
II. and explained that 10 was from his fiicnds to
ala nun III obtaining new trial. Rubcnstcn
took tho money, and signed receipt.
lie afterward prayed win his face to tho cast,
rocking MS BODY to a. fro and sniting his
breast. lie moved his lis In smothered utter
ance, placing AZ times his unstrapucd hand over
his eyes. Ihcn no read his Bible. intoang a
short prayer tciore beginning. After THIS was
gone through with he unbound his arm and fore
head, kiaeiug repeatedly the len Command
ments on the cuhcs ns no carefully wound the
STRAPS about them and placed them IN bag.
lie a-ked the Sheriff 10 let him 20 to New
YORK. (, tie synagogue for two hours, but his
request ~ rs denied.
JOAN COwen and Andrew j. Lyon. the night
watchers, cav they fear to leave Ruhensten
alone ave minutes. lest he tear tue sneets 10 mis-
to bhths ON Monday, md while In the water he
became apparently dead lie md NJ pulse, and
his ucart seemed to stop beating. To all
appearances he was dead, and his keepers
said they Thought tnat they had lost him."
here was slight pulsatiln Mt the pit
sgined he was playing pussum. 10 test HIM
Keeper Siinson took hold of his hair and asked
| Tor scisso 10 cut IL OF. sheriff Stegeman told
| kubenstein in German what the keeper intend I'd
70 d., and asked whether he wished ii done.
| Rubenstein thereuoon opened his cyes wide ard
gave an onlnuus shake # the head. swert Ig
at the same lime, on no, no." lie ate eight
eggs on saturday night after fiatlnr All day. llo
eats lie rtily at every meal. llo SAYS thtt the
detectives took has boots OF and carried them to
| the cOrnNrli an pressed them in,O the ground
TO M ~ tho tracks. aud den besmcartd them
with the murdercI ilii'~ blood.
kubens- en- burns two candles every Friday
night as y II of his worship. lie cri Is. uravs,
sipEs. and rea his Bible IN turn. anl his time
IL almost wholly spcnt in this manner.