of Lucerne, Russ was never allowed to return to his hometown. Melchior Russ was killed in an ambush by the earl Eitelfritz von Zollen near Rheineck. References Bergier, Jean-François. Wilhelm Tell: Realität und Mythos. München: Paul List Verlag, 1990. Müller, P. L. “Melchior Russ.” Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 14 (1881): 9-11. 1499 deaths University of Pavia alumni 15th-century Swiss nobility Year of birth uncertain