The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-27

Alleged Extensive Embs element.
HOW AN sArsY CLERK WALKED INTO The AvFEc-
rlONs OY hEssRs. PEELes, DOD5B CO-rBaW
YEABe' ByrBaIKNcg IN AN IsPoRrTNe HoUsH-AN
IHrRRBsrIke CAsg-COnhlYrAL OF WITNESS
f0R fARJUAY.
FOR day past Jusioe IIandresu, Of the Js0eron
Make. Police Court, has been nvestg interesting
Of all ged mbe41ement the part Of Henry Dupuy
the delivery clerk IN The store Of Messrs Phelps Dodge
Co., tin plato aud copper importers of Cliff sueet. Tho
accused taken INTO cusOdy by officer Farley, OF the
Chiefs office, days past, and bas remained IN der
arres. ever 'inoe appears from the sfidavu
made before the above named magistrate, that
Dupuy hiss been engaged delivery CLERK VI h
Nossrs Phelps, Dodge Co. fer the last twelve
years-'has during the las, three years he LIS been
N the habit OF embezAng goods 10 tho extent OF Zoo
per week That he used to ee the boxes OF Tin plate h
embezzt TO oiil~reni retail dealers In this city ard I
Aamsburg, and by making false enr Tie book
enabled 10 avoid detection or long period A5ou; taree
month"; sgo his emtoyers nrss sue ecsi him. IN corse
quence OF the ny which they found upon their
books and they then consulted In ocers Farley and
BowJ eY and placed the matter IN their hands for nves
gston. Tho officers watched tho movements Of Dapuy
sey, and found that he wss In the habit Of visiting sew
eTal IN shops In this City and Wilamsbrrg where nc LAD
selling large quantities Of tin without tha knowledge
Of tS employers They Alec found thu ho had
been IN The habit OF VISITING several OFT VOC where
hung mp tor the accumulation u merchants,
and there writing orders for them call ct the stere Of
bis employ 10 receive boxes of tin for No particular
cust'
On mo dsy Of h.s arrest Mr. DOxe called the accused
up bis counting aud charged him with having
been engaged 10 these embs4zlemens, when Drpry do
MED emphatcay having been engaged In any such bns
Blu, upon being quest ned cloely TO what ne
doing at tho dDerent lin shops IN question and 60 TO
came frightened and frankly "acuno the cornD
He then admirsoDs which led 10 the recovery OF
good deal Of property which no had sent 10 hs customers
for sae and Also TO the Of several Witnesses
who helped make q complete axaDst The accused
me then brought before Justice Fiandreau
when he held TO bail in the OF 81 600, which he
-rstDdy.
day after he liberated be was re arrested GA new
charge preferred assinst him by Mr. Lames Conner type
foupdcr, Of Rekman sreet who charged him with hsv
pg at various times collected various gums duo kessrs
Pheps Dodge Co. for goods Furnished them by ha arm,
Dupuys bondsman found that be had been resressd he
slgn!ned his dere 70 deliver him up on The rsl charge,
and accordingly the accused was committed 10 prison
both charges, IN default Of 81 900 bail.
on the examination before Justice Fsndroir, Of the
Witnessed for the prosecution named Thomas Gallagher
swore falsely az Is ia alleged. and was Committed 70 pr
charge Of perjury The witness, being asked II
he ever purchased any tn from Dcpiv, or If tue later
ever vbied him on business, swore positively that he
bought any tin from him, that be had any
visits iom him. and that he mover resolved any TN by
eHprcs or IN any improper way way whatever re expos
bringing least too boxes OF TN per 70 allaghers
store, situated at No 500 Grand street, IN this city The
quently as Il on BUSINESS Dupuy n,ser admitted that
be had often sold Gallagher Yin, that he owed him
dence was ARA, ed ssaps Gallagher ho admitted tina. he
bad been guilty o. perjury and begged officer Farley 70
ntercede with the nag trato In behalf, say thai he
would reveal the whole nutb and nothing but the TRUTH
y ne allowed 70 go at large. Ms entreatss, how
ever OF avail, the magistrate decided TO com
NIT him TO prAon on charge OF perjury, In default OF
bail ..
The evidence OF o.cer Farley adduce1 al the close
Of tho examination yesterday, Will be read with interest,"
Is follvws;-
Philip Farley, Of the Chiefs oefce being duly Urn,
doposcd-Tbst about Tho 18th of Junc, 1851 he
rested Henry Dupuy complaint OF Phelps Dodge CO..
for embe Element, when he ADMITTED ths; lie had sold
quantity Of tn which he had embezzed from his en-
poy ers henry Knox and rcreInand Sple, tnsmhs
doing business in Williamsburg, which keox and sple
aimed, and gave up quantity Of tn which they had In
ther posseon at the e they sso admitted thai there
aSu0unt hen due " Oupuy for goods furnshcd
them, which he had embezled r ,m hs employers, which
corrobated statements and adn!seaps made by pupuy
tho occr that upnn The admission OF Dupuy ho found
ing some Of the embez1led goods; tina. naruy tod
him that he used 10 send Il " Gallagher by Fowler
expYess, and would then alter the order the
books and substitute the name Of Connolly; that
the statement corroborated by NJ Fowler,
the proprietor Of tho ezprcss; the officer
the people against Dupuy, and that the examination be
forc Justice Fandroau said Gallagher commttod foul AMI
and wiful peruyr; that subsequent 10 the examination
Of Mr.. Fowler said Gallagher admitted that he hso
falsely and anxious that the officer should n,ercede
with The msgsrate in his behalf and that no would tell
the hole truth in r. lation to The matter.
The nvestgaion having been closed yesterday, Dupuy
aston of the Grand Jary. Du ,uy . Nova Scotsn by
birth and for years pas, has been ivog in the mot
uavRgan style. In estimated that the aggregate OF the
weekly mbeszls nenz Will not fall short OF %, 900. Un
within the ast three months tho prisoner has always
dyed Tie confidence and esseem OF his employers