New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-18
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3s,dy W III rect and is Installed tut, a little
efseice n.d els ger week. lie sits ia his oai "a
zee, 10 DO anything fhH Mf. HuHiostOn,
grfsnN. he bad great conhdence) may tell him
10 WON 40 passed, asd nothing WAS g'veo hin 10
vetk came 10 HuntiDs ton and TOLD nun th>t hs
ID ara ~ .omoth'ng given hin 10 do. NJ. uuatny.
pSa ba' Ia him TO 20 To b. Office and be you'd sead
10 ps rork According To bis prom'e, he sands
hs.,o Barry, 10 bis own hand Thong' IN which ae
1Ce a.. 10 6 up certain bOs-, be specifying dates
fItes. time Of maturity but say NJ nothing ia the
fncess AZ 10 the names Of the parties who we've 70
a. potee which Of Itself is mos' suspicious cir
pax. One would have thoaght at the oatset
esp sT.,tiocton would have specified the name Of
tsn Ia Dodge a. Co, a largo firm who have their
PhAr. Of credit and respoLsibiIty; bat nothing Of
cip;sa nothing but a simple memorandum UPON
na a ospsr signed by bis Own name wi h no names
$3.50 snd IothDg but the bald matters which are
fo..sT, 10 be put into The note. Among the notes
- Barry filed up appears the very mole whicn Is
s"h..is al this indictment We therefore start In
- With the principal part Of the note seed d.
i' - IN the manufacture Of Huntington. Barry
ave that very n'te 70 Huntington, aud whas he
"a With it Barry knows not; the secret lice
o. .. huntington. But soon Huntington makes his
.ssrapoe at the Office OF William Il. Harbeok a
s!11temsn well known as business mac, and asked
q. Il he bad any money to loan. Mr. Hsr beck knew
1.,snotop and told him that he had. Huntington
~ stated that be waited Ell 900, on Leonard 4
soanas's note with bis own check, and cetsain an
s1ed oollsterals, some Eve six In osr, one of
bih the subject Of this indictment, fJr &C. 500,
a rurpofting to be drawn by Phelps DJd.e a. Co
sOse of Gfaytop, Swanwick Il Co., Bliss Riggs Il
Douelass and other obligations forming part Of the
~ seste in this attached, annexed aod for Mug
psrt to the altering Of this Dote whloh lie specified 10
Indictment and therefore most proper to be out in
whence Mr. Hsrbeck gave order, 10 his c..i.r, in
lbt presence Of Huntington, to draw a check for
sg Co. 1t wild be perceived, therefore, that Mr. az
ieck receives the note Of Leonard & Hof naa for
en- OOO Huntingtons check for the same amount aud
,yse oolaterals not yet mentioned. Toe check for
al OOO given to Mr. Huntington, ia used by him,
kcsuss upon its face Is Mr.. Hanting'Ons stamp
fr deposit In the Bank Of tbs Republin, which
iDdjcsts him to be shrewd methOdicsl, and accas-
sned TO take proper precautions in his business "a
nan who knows what he is about But vs. say at
oVe that be might have been discoveries bat there Is
% Wall street system of robbiDg Peter to pay Paul;
nd while loan may be got from upon forged paper
spo.ber loan may be got of b upon forged paper TO
Vy A. and on, until the unfortunate drama Of crime
Discovered. 1t IL not for me to say how often this
cmina drama is perpetrated 10 this city for il is
hing difficult to guard against. Confidence is the
lsence Of commerce. All our dealings Of h(s are
ignded upon confidence. Ny learned fdend (Mr.
Bady inspeaking yesterday as cynic rather than
political and social phlosoph said tina, il wac the
stdeDoy Of man to think evil of bis neigh most
iAy the statement. The very essence of society is
Opfdence In man, although we may Affect, With q
hrvp, and say that il 10 a very wicked ~ord vel We
~
nn 1t is the essence Of sOcistythe dictate Of char
w. that we judge OF others let We be jadxod our
elyts; and Mr.. Hsrbeck rposins con6denes IN this
man, in bis assurances and tho collatera sdvanc the
roLey. The notes were handed to the book keeper,
,ho placed them in the safe for perfeot keepug and
ar Hubtr gton went on his way to do as he pleased
be next point in this little Glory is that one mo,sias
he unbound face Of Mr. Bowyer looks ia uoon Ham,
Igon and informs bin that be is wanted. The
comes. Mr.. Huntington 10 informed that
e has been borrowing money on forged paper from
i Harbeck; for, upon inquiry OF tbs different houses
bose signatures purport TO be signed to the colat-
rsf il is found that the coaerals are all forged
Of only the ore which forms the basis OF the indiot
snt but all. 1t is possible for q note broker to de-
Ost forged note with Others and he DO hone stly de-
eyed but every one Of tie cOllaterals depoted With
H. Harbeck are discovered to be ca nmefc al lies
sgiits. The reputation Of Phelps Dodge Il Co., in
le very language of the law, has been i.jdred, as
ave been also the other firms whose names have
cen forged, while Mr.. Harbeck has bsea defranded
hough the offender may say :" l didn't intend Tn do
aud" it 10 perfect snswer to say, =" You did de
and" Mr. Harbeck accepted those co)latsrals. He
tLfved them TO be geDulno paper; bat be hnts they
re not, and his money 10 gone; and he has not ouy
ehsuCed him, but has injured other iadlyiduA ais
hose names attached 10 this forged paper. Aud
V very conclusion of the act shows that lniug-
n intended to ipjare. because Sc he did irjsre.
lifted furgeries and 10 taken to the Tolnbs
' Mr. Bower This il the outline of the story. You
ay appeal TO your bookcases Of novels and dramas.
ID you will never find stories Interesting a. those
solytd in court loom. This IL q little story and
prehepsiye ope II s not thaiMr Harbeck has Lost
n tOO that a spendthrft may trfe with the of
btlps Dodge Co-that has but lutte 10 do with the
We. That man by this act has stabbed at tie con-
ercal reputation Of which son and have an inter ST.
has Inflicted blow upon the people of toe State OF
ew-York, upon society-has committed crime
,sinst the ststue book; and whether Mr. Haebeck
fool for taking there notes or not or whether any
an would he fooled, is not the question. Say some
wyers the checks were made ~ deposit, aud not to
but that point net by tho stern voice VI the Law,
hicb said that the npoeing of pledge or oDstera,
pom the faith of which money Is advanced, aud by
hch rights may be affected or transferred, places
an equality with negotiable paper: You ota nov
q how chrOnologicay, the case will 60. We shall
., Mr. Bany on the stand and eIpoes him to cross
animation by my frienos the other side. We will
low that be- the agent OF Huntington 10 this par
rulAr transaction made this note, which duntnyton
lher filled out, or had filled out, In the name of
helps, Dodge and Co., and pl dyed it as part OF the
curity for the me ney which he received. Th's Is
bject for explanation; but what explanation caa
ssby 10 made. 1t must overthro" the Original
of the law that il was without inoent TO
frsnd and mutt ovei throw the increasing presamp
M of the law caused by fact that all ths oollaeras
re forced hope the defend in. may DO abe to e.
sip am to do my duty, ard you are - do yours
ais case 10 one Of great public Interest Ia every
pect in which you may view IL - ct,zess or Jurors
ibis great commercial metropolis, wnile We cannot
spce the current of hum an nature by lesrl4'oo ~e
ay al least restrain and csro vice oy ooidiag up
cper example to offenders; and this metropolis,
h}ch is called Sodom aud Gomorrah, may bs yet
we'd. bcc.use there may be f1and within our limits
'eve righteous men.
The Cont then went into the examination Of wit
sseA Subjoned Is the
EVIDENCE.
Henry ii. Barry sworn: an twenty three yeTs OF
e; am brotL er r-sw Of the prisoners in Nay 1855 wass
for Jsmes Nash Co. 1t the foot Of E,ahtc-ntn
rect E. River; le their employment in the early PAT OF
yi leh the request Of ends and among tne res'
~ Huntington employment was that 81 note pfoA
that s.o gtons business had an ONES corner OF
and Wall street was ens-sed III
ID sgn OUT Mr. Huntington paid me then go w-eA 70