Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-08-12

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BUCA1ANAN COUNTY TREASURY
"a+@ ROBDERY. go. '5sR Wee
From the Independence Guardian, Sd Inst.
Ma. .EDlroR The examination Of d
Rorabacher, w. HI. Knight snd W. Bapol.
lard, for the robbery of the safe in the Treax
nrer's office of this county. on the 17th ,dav
Of last March, was concluded ON SATURDAY
afternoon. The examination took place be-.
fore w. ii. Barton, Justice Of the Peace the
State being represented by Messrs. Wood.
ward, Jamison, and Chandler, and the, pris.
dljers having Messrs. Barker Of Dub,,o,e
|1rId Leavitt, of this place, as COUNSEL, The
animation commenced ON Vednesdav y
|<nofping, and lasted nearly ysfour DAYS. and
ended in the prisoners being held for tr;ol Il.
the sum Of $50, 600 each. Our State has /.
criinirsi csscs. 1hxrs ,,r;soners s.'os .,a.. !"
ara ~ this thesa rr;soaars ,aas a"u .I..' ~
thrs H xclnd;nr ~ sr,,hEa va asa".asc,
anxious to be- present Rai;cv;r,.ss .,,"
tax.payers Of buchanan countv-.the Mar
tiffSe this case--.hsve 4 rirht "a know snm ..
thinS Sns to that testimonv.s and hsY;ns Is,,
some opportunity to know What sh.t ,a,,;
monyxwas I.feeif ain h,stif,ed ;n g;v;na !,
through your columns. feel that ;nSs;cc
to our county officials. demands fmnero,ivo.
ly. that the nature Of that test;n,onv shnuIa
be made public. Lifelong renntations far
integrity, morality, and uprirhtness Of char.
acteT, have not prevented ins,nuations and
inuendoes against them, from men who ac.
count all men dishonest until thcv are nrov.
en- otherwise. High minded men conscions
of their own integrity. and knowirg or thass
assertions. they have felt them keanIv And
" hen. after months of natient waii;ne thro,
tho ,,ntir;nc cfforts and vk ;llfnI sasI os o..
Yates his Assistant md Shcr;T yvostra,i
thew have unearthei tha robhars =, = H.
oer.+r !, tr;o NJ v;,Io;ns "a oyor ',r.a a.,
should baya h.a :. r;ab, 20 s.,;se,, ,h LIZ, III
Fhv hr;ng;,r ,ha ey;aencc hoc,ra ,,,ar, 'oae Z
,bov wssa ,,o,.e,,ess 80 40 ~. nS az a.
,;on ~ th' tas,;,mo,,, 10 ~ Ia ~.
T pnIv rSr,.;,s a. = sau,M 2a and the people the
justice O! giving, in general terms, the case
as il bears against the prisoners. e. 's @
First, lot ms saw that this is not tbe f,rs,
case Of tho kind charged AGAINST Tho prison
ers. Two wears ,ro' thev were nocnsed q
the robbery OF 4 safe IN Marathon. Conrtlanf
county New York. the Nome Of Pollard =
The testimony against Them led to Rornbach
ar and Knipht beino followed ont hcrc bv !,
detective. whom thew were enabled To s,tis
lfv hv some means that be w,s On the wron,
trsrf Al Marathon M do. IN scers toyh,
orte, io;ned of th.;r an;lt 1,rh. robherv of
| nl.nter in I,ouisi,na nrev;ons 10 thai t,me
Of a vsrv larp, sun thew baya, also, hen,
nro.ty snrelv connocted with 'hv invsst;ao
lion =, =, = % 20
T.WeII now for tbo rohhcrv or or, s,fo
hs inning NJ Msrcb nm ! S;nv;tst;on hs .,vs
of Korabachcr. in order to MAKO a modcj q
mouId board for n breaking. plow. ITnde
this pretehce. they obtained room in An
4 back part of a punsmith shop in Cedar Fall
| and there worked several days. unduestiono
l,bly manufacturing the necessary appliance
for opening the doors Of the Court Hous
4 and of the Treasurer's offiso. They finishe
1 their Job on the 7tll Of March. and cam
down to Raymond, (i,car which station Rc
rabacher hRs farm, on the train. ] J y I
That night our safe was blown opcn, an
thesmoney taken, the work. AZ every on
well knows, being done by skillfui hands.
With the details OF. arrest Of two of ther
shortly after ward, our people are familiar.
The cool, unconcerncd bearing they the
maintained only fortified the keen,witted
long experienced detective. Capt, Yates, tha
4 Wsstfaii, and sometimes both, had their eve
ION tho scoundrels from that time to this
Knight soon went of, protesting to travel q
ain Insurance Agent. Yates followed hir
everywhere. He soon found that his insui
lance business was only blind. \ And whc
knight got to Davenport, Yates called in on
of the kecncst rogue catchers In the Unio
to- assist him. This man, whom we shn
Icdil Sam, in o SHIRT time put hifnself upo
the most familiar terms with knight, an
was taken int into his fullest confidence m Kngt III
boyss had mads, up in Buchanan county
Sam len him several times ostcnsibly to loo
up business, and on returning from one .
these trips, brought with him a inanufactu
ed paragraph from NEWSPAPER, purportin
a to describe hlm tSam) as the robber OF u
Tioga County Bank, winch vas broken ope
WHINE he was absent. The Interview ;wll.ee
followed ths Fetarnss soIi SAM ates and She
III Westfall, oy arrangement, contriycd 4
overheay BETH sessstseeA AAat 1fhc iotlowla
tconvefsatlon TOOK place ,za,,-
r SansF5,blly( 9 name used by Knight IN .
letter to SAM how came thai Sheyf to .pu
4 you on that Buchanan county matter Is
sharp So sts,.grf y ..Gs -. - tsa,.A ls..ss
ha'gAs--No, he is Like al country Sho
lfs, not sharp. But they had detective o.
from Chicago, and il they had tweaty 9
ttectiyes they could not have 6ot that none
icr It went through the gran6ry:
Knight then asked How wiH you trat
your 'whack' IN the Tloga job Tor my '~hac
IN the bochanaH 900 F'fas .-sa .e !. = I
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