Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-07-29

AIRY. EST OF THE ROEgERS TIRE
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Thef Who on the night Of the Ill
Of last .5bbed the safe in the Treasur
el's :oiii ~, Independence of $4,000 il
gold and greenbacks have been ferreted on
and arrested. The only particulars we hav,
seen of the arrest, are contained in the fol
lowing from the Chicago .IogrHal
Very soon after The robbery, Captain D
G. Yates, Of Chicago, an experienced dcteC
tive, was employed to pursue the matter
From that time until the present, he has beer
engaged upon it, working with ceascless Wig
lance, travelling hundreds of miles, and as
Stunning all sorts Of DISCUSSES. lie has beer
plow 10y, wood sawyer, fiat.boatman, log
rafter, and fisherman, following one Of the
suspected parties, in skiff, over one hun,
bred and fifty miles. .a...
Having obtained satisfactory clue, Cap
tain Yates never for moment lost sight OF
scent Of the game, until satisfied that they
were quietly settled down for period. The
difficulties were greatly increased by the fact
that the three robbers pursued widely differ
ent routes after the robbery. This may be
seen when it is stated that g. a. Rorabaeher
was arrested in Black Hawk CO., Iowa, while
4 Wallace Pollard was ponnced upon at Mara.
I thon, Cortland county, New York, and Will
liam II. Knight. the other party to the affair
was arrested in Dubuque. The place of con-
cealmertt OF large proportion Of the stolen
money has been found, and it is thought over
100000 will be recovered. The prisoners
are safely confined in Jail awaiting trial.
This Rorabacher has for year or more
been living at Pilot Grove, in this county
Last spring he was arrested on suspicion Of
being concerned in this robbery. but was dis
charged for want Of evidence. There were
three brothers who bought tlIe pilot Grove
Farm" and shortly after coming to this
county were arrested for robbing a bank in
New York, but there was not evidence sufi-
cent to convict them, and they were roleas-
ed. 1t is generally supposed that these par
ties are accomplished burglars, and that they
have been connected with several large and
successful robberies. This Rorabacher re-
ferred to is a sharp, keen fellow, and We
should not be surprised if he had so laid his
plans that even if he is guilty Of this crime
for which he is now under arrest, that he
will be able to slip through the fingers of
the law. He has piles of money, lives in
magnificent style, in sumptuously furnish
ed house, which he fenced in with very
high fence towards the road, with no gate,
so that ingrcss to the house had to be thro'
a roundabout and difficult passage. When
the Federal Assessor called on him this
spring, he remarked to Rorabachcr that he
seemed to have taken particular pains to iso-
late his residence, upon which he replied
that he had, and did not wish to receive COM
pany at all and appeared very uneasy while
the assessor remained there, enquring par.
ticularly if the assessing of him was all the
business he had there. We understand that
the detective who hunted out and arrested
the rascals, worked as hand for nearly two
months on this Rorabacher's farm.
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TIE CRoFs IN NORTHERN IowA.-Despite
the ravages of the chinch bug, we think that
Northern Iowa may be counted on for an
average yield Of wheat tho present harvest.
The following notices from our exchanges
speak quite layorably Of the prospect:
The present wheat crop of Floyd county
will fully equal the average Of former years,
Harvest hands are charging from $3.50 to
$500 per day.-Chd,leS city lntet!igcncer
The Wavcrly Phqniz says the ehinch bug
is doing much damage in that locality, yet
the crop will well pay for gathering. Farm
ers in Bremen Co. are all busy harvesting.
We understand the yield of wheat in tbs
county promises TO be full average crop
Hands are scarce and good help is in much
demand.-Ne,o Hampton Courier, (Chlc&a,
Sd1 C0.)
One fact is evident. Northern Iowa will
average fair yield Of wheat, in spite OF
chinch bugs and drouth.- West Union Rec.
ord, (Fagette Coz
Of wheat there will be more than half q
crop. Some fields that w,re sown early are
yielding larger crops than ever were known
before in this section. The chinch bug has
done good deal Of damage, but not as mach
as it was supposed - layton Go. Journal.
Most fields have escaped the ravsgss of the
chnch bug; those that have not viii hardly
pay for cutting. The yield will be far better
than was anticipated The stalk is short,
but has large and well filed heads.--NamI,
ten Co. Freeman.