Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-08-13
CONSCIENCE BOTHERED HIM.

Now that Rudolph Fulweiler has
pleaded guilty uf the murder of Jennie
Richie, and is safely lodged behind the
stone walls of the Waupun prison, we
are at liberty to give some of the details
concerning his arrest and the evidence
gathered which would have been used
against him had he stood trial.
At the inquest held over the remains
of the dead girl, it was noted that Full
weller appeared to be very anxious to
tell all he knew about the crime, the
finding of the body, measurement of
tracks, ETC., and seemed to be directing
his efforts toward fixing the guilt upon
the two tramps held.
Shortly after the inquest a detective
appeared on the scene, to work upon
the case. He pretended to be making
plat of the country in that section,
and for several days worked in the
woods near the Fulweier home and in
the vicinity of the murder. He found d
clothes line near Fulweiler's house of
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the girls hands and from which piece
had recently been cut off He asked
Fulweiler to assist him in finding sec
tion lines and later hired him. They
became chums, as Fulweiler thought,
and the latter soon brought up the sub
ject of the murder He told the detec-
tive of killing deer out of season, of
dynamiting fish and showed him salt
lick. He had fixed a sort of watch
tower in a tall tree, from which he
could see long distance in any direc-
tion. He showed the detective many of
the arts of wOodcraft, among them how
to tie a double slip knot, such as the
murdered girls hands were bound with
He told a contradictory story of his
movements on the day of the murder.
Little by little the detective was forg-
ing chain of evidence around him.
Finally, upon some pretense, the de-
tective brought him to this city, and
took him to one of our leading hotels,
where the two remained several days,
the detective being constantly in his
company and watching his every move
ment. They occupied the same room,
Fulweiler sleeping, while the detective
remained awake and listened to the
outpourings of the mans troubled con-
science. He called the girl by name,
fought with her in his dreams as he did
on the day of June 80, and her face api
peared to be continually haunting him.
He jumped out OF bed one night, wound
a quilt about his head, and crawled
under the bed to get away from the
awful scene before him. At one time
he indicated that his wife knew some
thing of the crime, for he said, "Susie,
You will not give me away" Susie is
his wife's given name.
Finally it came time to make the
arrest. BY pre-arranged plan Sheriff
OConnor went to the hotel and placed
both under arrest, putting them both
in the same cell. The detective pur-
posely started quarrel with Fulweiler,
and the sheriff, upon the pretext of
removing the former to another cell,
took him out and let him go-to work
further on the case. The detective also
Investigated another case, that of the
death of Fulweileg's brother, John,
which occurred two years ago. AS
Johns death occurred under mysterious
circumstances, il was thought that
Rudolph might be responsible for his
brothers demise.
After receiving sentence Fulweiler.
did not express the least regret for his
deed, other than So far as it concerned
his liberty. He IS ignorant, being
scarcely able to read or write his own
name. He has been law breaker the
greater part of his life, too lazy to work.
and it is well that he is where he is TO-
day. The thought which rises in ores
mind in this case is that the laws of this
state do not fittingly punish the crime.