New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-10

DETECTIVE DORsEYS LONG CHASE.
A THIEF FROM ToURNAY, BELGIUM TRACED BY HIS
REORGANIZATION HE WAS TRACKED BY THE
DETECTIVE.
Detective Dorsey of Inspector Byrness stan, re-
turned Yesterday from long ana succesSu III puII-
suit after the defaultlng Canon Leon j. L. DcrnaII,
clerk of the b. shop of IOuTnay, belgium bernard
taking advantage Of his position as receiver o an the
ecclesiastical moneys OF the ui2cese m No
of the bishop, ran away with l,IOOOOO francs
about a wear ago and sailed for this country. Ihe
crime was committed just before the installation Oh
a new bishop IN the diocese, ana Of was his
bishopric. Then for many months no steps were
taken to bring the embezz er TO justice, as the new
bishop wished to avoid a church scandal ana hoped
that Bernard would return to Belgium ana maze
restitution of the stolen moneys. AS he dla not 90
this the Belgian authorities finally were informed
of the circumstances OF the theft ana they TOOK IN
mediate stems 10 discover where the ihlet was Inc
Belgian Minister at Washington was informed ana
he sent the details of the case To the Del9lh consul
In this city. This nine months after Inc cOhl-
mission of the crime. cp
By the advice of the legal representatives OF Bel
GUM this city, the Coudert Brothers inc case vac
placed Ill The hands of Inspector Bynes, VINO detailed
Detective Dorsey, Of the Central Once squad tolol-
low the criminal and arrest him. The detective
learned that when Bernard reached this city Ill
June 1881 he took ROOMS at the tlith Avenue
Hotel Prom there he Ne.lt TO 1--we AT NO. Oo Nest
Thirtv-nnth-st., where he rented an apartment
and was known under his own name. lie INed III
several bOarGing-houses in this city Tor SIX months,
but when he found out that the police were on his
track he quilted NewYork III March last Dclolo
leaving this city, however, he placed %4o,ooO III
bonds with the Credit LyOnnalSc banking mouse AT
Cedar and Nassau-sts., but he failed to get the
money ON them a. the invcstg atOns OF the police
coalpeed his hasty flight from lie city. lie pnr-
suit OF the criminal after he lett TINS, city
reflects much credit Oh the detective VINO followed
him. never losing the trail ~ the lace Oh az ehorC9
on The part OF Bernard TO elude pursuit, Inc EN-,
bezzer was traced first TO Boston, then 10 MONTREAL
and Quebec. At Quebec Bernard employed a law
Yer named Goodhue to 20 to Belgium 10 try TO make
otuis vii
Goodhue's efforts were unsuccessful ana he hilnseI
was locked up as an accompilce OF the thleI since
,he are OF Bernard, however he mas been released
Learning III Quebec that BERNARD had gone 10
Chicago detective Dorsey went there, but he failed
10 discover any trace OF INN. lie returned 10 this
city. whcIe he found out that Bernard on leaving
CaHada had gone South and had
been living III Montgomery, Alabama In the
latter part of March Dorsey went nj ,, 10
10 MOBILE. lie followed HIM TO Mobile thence TO
New Orleans, where he learned that Bernard had
been living III house III Caual-st., under tne name
OF Leopold Ball. Duilng Ills stay III NeW-OIieahs'
Bernard had hispbOtOgraDh TAKEN and TO TINS luls-
Greet act his ultimate detection was largely due lie
is a large aud porty man, anu although lie cohtliu
ollv changed his whskeTs and went under false
Names OWING to the photograph he was success
fully followed. Bernard went 10 Atlanta from
New-Oreans and then he returned 10 tle crescent
Clty Alter sOjournng there few days, he III
formed his landlady that lie was gong 10 South
America This was done with the evident lnten-
ion OF misleading any pursuers.
Instead OF going TO South America, the
thief went to Houston, Texas, where lie registered
az the Hutcnins House as Joseph Leopold. lie only
remained there two days, and then he informed MS
landlord that he gong 10 san Antonio, Dul nc
went instead, to Galveston, ana stopped au INC
fremont Hotel under the name oil Leopold beItTanu.
He lett Galveston alter say OF two days Inc de-
tcctye who had been following MN. was banned al
this point and unable to hnd out whether the lmeI
lad started Tor ST. LOUIS or Vera Cruz. None OF the
steamers which left Galveston Tor Vera Cruz coI-
taiued the name of his man, and Dorsey, hearing
that he had gone TO ct. LOUIS went thltner NOT
hnding hlm he went TO the Hot Springs, Ark,
aud Then to New-OTleans again. AT the office
of the Morgan line OF steamers he learned
that a man answering the description
offs bernard had bought ticket for Vera Cruz,
b1t had not sailed. Nevertheless Dorsey heard
from a passenger Oh the steamer Whitney that such
n person had gone OH board the vessel al Galveston
on AprIl 2 and had gone 10 Vera Cruz. HIS buying
his ticket i'll New-Orleans was the cause OF Der
nard's not being registered among the passengers
who sailed from Galveston. he passenger, 1IahL
Henderman, had accompanied Bernard To the Slty
of Mexlco and thlther Dorsey followed lliI Inerc
fire landlord oil the Hotel dc BaZar ldentinei the
photograph of Bernard Us that Oh man VINO hstd
bearded with him from April , 20 April lo. under
tbc name OF L. Brown. On going away, he told the
landlord that ii any mali came Tor hl III was 10 DC
for,yarded 10 Apazalco up 10 June l, and TO San
Lnis Potosi until June 70, aud 10 st. Leon until
July 10. ,o.... e.
Dorsey went TO Apazaico and had letter ior-
warded there but Bernard did not call Tor IL.
Dorsey following various clues, went nIst ~
OrizaDO, then TO COrdoya and thence Dack 10 vera
cruz At the latter place lac once more discovered
the trail Of Lie 1n4lYe and iouAu ~ coApu stA' eA