Edward H. Rulloff the Serial Killer

### Occupation

schoolmaster, doctor, lawyer, photographer, inventor, carpet designer, phrenologist, philologist

## Early Life

John was born in Canada to German immigrants in 1819 or 1820, his brother William later went on to be a famous photographer, he would later got busted for embezzlement when he was 20 and go to jail for 2 years. He later moved to Dryden, New York and worked as a schoolmaster, while working their he met Dr. Henry Bull and his 17 year old cousin Harriet Schutt who he later married. they were married on December 31st 1843 despite Schutt's family not wanting them to marry because of Johns social class, he was an abusive possessive husband who weeks after being married beat his wife with a pestle, he once saw her kissing Dr. Bull and threatened to poison her, he also said he'd already killed his niece and sister-in-law but his wife began screaming and calling for help but he claimed her down by saying it was a joke.

## murder

They later moved to Lansing, New York where Harriet gave birth to a baby girl named Priscilla, John and his wife on June 22, 1844 got into an argument over moving to Ohio and that she'd been cheating on her with Dr. Bull which resulted in him murdering her with a pestle and killed their daughter, he later tired and failed to commit suicide, he borrowed a neighbors wagon and drove to Cayuga Lake where he dumped a sack (most likely with his wife's corpse) into it and returned. He later left for a few weeks and returned to be accused of murder, he tried to flee to Rochester, Geneva and Buffalo but his brother-in-law found him in Cleveland and took him to Ithaca and stood trial in 1846. He was sent to jail for 10 years for kidnaping, while in prison he studied the history of language and even made a theory on the evolution of language, he later had another legal battle over the murders and was found guilty but escaped, it is believed the undersheriff's son Albert Jarvis or Jane Jarvis. He fled west surviving off the land and had even lose two toes to frostbite, he arrived in Pennsylvania and was going to get a job at a high school when Albert sent him a letter threating to turn him in unless he help him and his mother. He decided to rob a jewelry store and was arrested and acquitted, John and Albert moved to New York and became thieves, in 1861 he met William Dexter and he joined their group. On April 17, 1870 John and the gang broke in and burn chloroform to keep the two employees Gilbert Burrows and Fredrick Merrick asleep, however Albert tripped and awoke the employees who tried to shot at them before throwing a stool at them, the gang attempted to flee but Dexter was stopped and beaten forcing them to go back, John shot Merrick killing him and the men tried to swim across the Chenango River but Albert and Dexter drowned leaving only John alive. John was later tracked after taking off his shoes leaving a unique footprint with 2 missing toes, he was also identified by the same judge in the murder cases of John's wife and kid.

## Death

John was found guilt of the murder and robbery on March 3rd of 1871 and was hanged in May 18 of 1871 at the age of 50.

1. ↑ https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/rulloff-edward.htm
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward\_H.\_Rulloff
3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krDIGA9PyEE