Rulloff murdered his wife Harriet in 1844.
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Al Jarvis learned philology in Rulloff's cell.
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Billy Dexter got to know Rulloff in Sing Sing Prison.
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Halberts' store.
The murder took place at the rear of the store.
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Frederick Merrick was portrayed as a paragon.
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Rulloff killed Merrick when the clerk had Jarvis painfully
subdued.
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Seneca Burrows photographed the drowned burglars.
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Rulloff's wealthy brother Rulof, the lumber merchant.
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Rulloff's brother W. H. Rulloffson (center), the photographer.
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Brother Bill was nationally known.
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Sheriff Martin invited local worthies to the hanging.
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Rulloff composing etymologies.
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Corresponding about words.
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The last portrait of Edward H. Rulloff.
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Anatomy students opened the headless Rulloff's grave.
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Rulloff's Brain, 1871.
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Rulloff's Brain, 1997.
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Rulloff's death mask.
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Rogue Scholar by Richard W. Bailey