, 1879-07-17

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KULOT.-RULOFSEN. :,
10 ths Editor Of The Nsw York Slan: One, Sun
t1sy evening, at Mrs. Ca, in - street, rferc
wero gathered the usual Eronp Of celebrities
journalistic, artistic nnl musical, With Horace
Grec|ey as the ccntro Of the group, among TIM
subjects discussed Was Ru1ot, the murderer. and
bccamc greatly Interested In Mr.. Grccloy's
argument to spnre the mau's life and conane
him safely where he might impart bis inte'll-
ccuce to the world. Then followed, npart, be.
tween Ntr. Greeley aud myself, IN account Of n
visit had made, when boy, to the Asylum for
tho Criminal Insane in Auburn, to see this 1Ssl-
1os, then iacarcerated for the murder Of his
wife: remember that Mr Seward was
hnod. We were distributed about, on
upholstered kegs. Itulof md Mr. Seward re.
uexed q discussion on rome point Df national
Jurisprudence. Rulof became greatly excited,
Brussels carpet, means By which llo supplied
himself with Iururies, which meant books only:
fle was reclining, almost prone at the time, nntl
seized book from tho shelf, md opcncd It be-
forc Ae Sewarti'a facc With cout,tenat'ce titnt
beaned satisfaction 1t, the confirmation. That's
all TINT remember Of The Interview. save d
prisoner. On mentioning these facts to slr.
es' s ses Ralo! Ss!ore Tic nezt Friday, iho day
| he was to suffer death.
night train, taking with tnc somo Of tic proof
sheots Of u Faust" that Mr.. Taylor plt in my
hand to read on tho way. ! kept wiaeaWako
ion. / learned thnt Inc Sheriff aep. t. tl.e tatl;
Ththcr hurried, but lcarncd that llulot had
rclusct. to sec any one save his counsel. There
seemed to be no !upc, for he was firm in hts rc-
,aucsta,-so ilsm that they were resEectcd.
heard him read iny nnne on tic card, md then
say to the Shcr!H: "Plcasc excuse me 10 TIC
gcntlcnan,' in II voice rceretfu!ly determined.
Then down the stairway and along the stone
| walls shot my Y0ico: "Ar. Ruluf 1s ulsmlss-
| ing, trll1y. friend.'f
| Il took effect, und heard lin SAY 10 tho
Sheriff, "Show the ccn.le1nan down.h
found the prisoner seated o. high stool,
| with ledger fo!to sslpportea In some wnY I'M
the railing III front of hin. With a kcroseno
1anp over his head ul,l quill In Ills baud. IlO
IVES naked: not a stitch Of clothing on hiu1.
His cordial greeting had prevented my nnticlng
this nt first, but when lIo cnnEOh hss position it
was unpleasantlY aDpntcnt+ lle observed my
look Of surprise. and said ilnt sixteen years Of
Incarceration ut Auburn tlad proved to hiu. that
the only way to prcservo muscle in confinement
Seeing that t,e directly and cn,phatlcalIy re-
fused to be interviewed, md fen7ll's Il request
to Withdraw, | remained II listener, only urca.
sonully ycntrrtng all opll1ion. Ills eonnleut'a-
pleased Mr.. Taylor when rcpeutud 1t to him
attcrwara. Rulof pronounced II almost literal,
and sn!l that Noethe's spirit was manifest
throughout. lie recttcd from memory in tho
German. md tllen compared the original with
| The translation. Tl}cu he Ecritcd Byron's
''prlsoncr OF Chilon u in tllrcc languages, an.1
ln all was he equally intense: lic argued that
soul was entirely npart from Intelligence In ron.
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