Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-05-06
NEW YORK pOIIEE

Public justice IS again called upon to redress
her wIorgs by another sacrifice upon her altar OF a
promising ard intelligent young man, under TWEEN
~ years of age who has been suddenly oyrr,al,cn
in the midst OF his of cri,oe aud so uncxpecl-
cdy TOO that but momen, before his arrest ne was
ccngratulatlng himself upon his fanccd security.
Vany surprising that the secret Of his crimes vas
deposited IN his own bosom, he felt perfectly secure
from detection, aud was just on the eve of indulg-
ing hm>o, with n rleasurablo ride in fashionable
establishment whirh he had hired for the occasion,
whom he was taken in charge by an officer and CON
veyed To priSnn.
Ii appears tia. Mills Brothers & Co having on
two or three occasions received invoices of French
fancy goods for sale at auction which were hastily
lt IN the midst of their sales Ivy porter, who was
paid IN advance 10y the employer, took up n sus
plcion tina, all was not right On Friday last re.
ceiving unothcr invoice in lhc same manner witt,
directions to sell them tor the account of Mi
II, the same individual for whom the pre-
,Ious sales had bccn made they resolved TO asccr-
tain more particularly the from whence they
we're obtained. For this purpose they enqulred oi
various importers ofthc description of goods con
tanned in the invoice, and among others Of tho house
/ of Carow g. Moore. Que Of the hrm who had
missed goods from the store Of the kind described
Immediately proceeded to the auction room, and
there recognized them as part of what had been
missed The subject being detailed to the police
officers on Saturday morning, Messrs. Holman and
s.crr'tt started IN pursuit Of Mr. f., whom they as
certainod TO be young man IN respectable dry
good store, who was ultimately found and convey
ed 10 the police office. Being examined in relation
10 the invoice he stated, that the goods belonged 10
young man by the name of w illam II. Pye, who
had merely requested the loan of his name, MS lac
did not wish to be known himself in the transae-
,lon--that Pyc being person of irreproachf BILE
character and not entertaining the slightest suspi-
cion that there was any thing wrong he had con
scented to his name being used. Mr. II. was de-
tanned in custody until yesterday, when Pye was
arrested, and confronted by all the parties.
lie fully confessed in his examination, the illicit
manner by which the property was obtained, and
satisfactorily exoneraed Mr.. H. from any know
ledge of it upon which, Mr.. II. was discharged
Pyc had been formerly in the employ of Carow 4
Moore, as clerk 81 had been latterly EN- oyed
caslonally in their to write He had been there
as recently as Thursday last Hc awaited himself
as he admits, of an opportunity TO procure false
keys to be made, which would open the store, by
means Of which he went in on several occasions
within the last month, and carr ed off goods to the
value of abou, ssl5O0.--Fhc invoice of goods sert
on Friday TO the auction room Of Mills, Brothers
q Co. for sale, were procured by him the previous
night in similar manner He also admits the sale
of goods in Philadelphia and Baltimore to the a.
mount of 500 sent on by him under the fictitious
name OF Joseph Richardson, the avail, Of which,
enclosed in address TO the same name, were
received by him. He has been fully committed 10
answer at the next Court OF Sessions for the burg.
larry. m y Courier.
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