The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-06-27

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essedescs Bsraysd-DurinK the last i've years
the afm Of Messrs. BlsshAeid = Clark, dry goods
mesenaass % q, Ldbersy street. have, from time 10
time lcst large qnsntisies Of eoods, which they
supposed were taken by clerks In their employ
In 0rder b detect the d. liuquents and have them
eronght 70 jussee. the firm, having the most i'm.
pnes. conhdsnce IN Lewis 6tryker. porter Ia the
800 ~ ,nmsns vino had been 20 employed for eight
yesn ies him into what they supposed 20 be q Sc
cres respecting ther frequent losses, and employ.
ed nlm TO keep sharp watch upon the suborffin.
ate salesmcn In the store
Occasionally Stryker would report progress 10
the firm, and cast suspicious upon q certain clerk
who thereupon would be discharged forthwith
In this manner, several worthy young men were
cast ON, with stains upon their character: bat
noiwishstandine the supposed vigilance Of Stry-
kef IN the matter, the daily pilferines did not
cease, and the firm were completely puzzled ~ TO
what was best to be done TO project themselves
from the great losses they were sustaining.
Fortunately, while thus soliIoquizine officer Jo-
seph keefe, one of chief Mafsell's most yalua.
BILE aids, received positive information that Stry-
ker, the c1lored porter was the thief who had been
committing the entertainments 30 loudly complain.
ed Of. This information was impaired to Messrs
Blashfield and Clark, who were perfectly astound.
ed at the idea and would not believe IL for some
time. They thought it quite impossible for Stry-
ker, who had served them eight yearsto thus base.
IL rob them.
At last they reluctantly consented to take action
in the matter and Stryker was arrested by officer
Keefe and contrary to the expectations Of all con-
cerned. he confessed that he had been daily rob.
bing his employers for the last five years, and es
fimated the value of goods so taken by him TO be
from 81, 900 TO $4,000 He owned that nearly
every morning he would take whole piece of silk
other equally valuable article of goods and sell
the same to some German receivers In Mott street
for the paltry sum of $5, If he could get no more
for IT, And to these wilful and corrupt purchasers
of stolen goods Stryker says he disposed at equal
ly ruinous rates. of all the property puroined from
his employers. b
IL Stryker failed to take the receivers' goods
every morning, they would threaten to expose
him to his employers and have him arrested. He
says that they would even come TO the store and
demand goods of him. Being in their power, he
was compelled to and did yield to their de
mands, and on getting possession of the goods
the bold receivers would, the same day, ship them
to Philadelphia Baltimore, Chicago, Boston ant
other large cities, for sale at auction, that nc
evidence Of guilt could be found in their possession
In possession OF Stryker, at the time of his ar
rest was found quantity of valuable laces, taker
from his employers, which, In few hours more
would have been transferred TO the receivers for
mere song
Messrs. Blashfield & Clark have succeeded in re
covering back some of the proceeds of the good
stolen from them, consisting of land warrants fol
land located in the State of Iowa, real estate il
Sing Sing, &c, &c, to the amount Of 81 4,S00. Thi
il one of the most extensive and long continued
embezzlements which has come to light for many
years The dishonest porter is in prison, awaiting
an examination before Justice Osborne.-N. Yori
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