The narrator tries unsuccessfully to have Turkey, Nippers, and Ginger Nut confront him, and after moving to a new office, the narrator learns that this character has been arrested for vagrancy and sent to the Tombs.  
His behavior reminds the narrator of how the provocation of Samuel Adams drove John Colt to commit murder, especially when he is caught one Sunday morning lodging in the narrator's office, where he has set up his "hermitage."  The narrator tries unsuccessfully to have Turkey, Nippers, and Ginger Nut confront him, and after moving to a new office, the narrator learns that this character has been arrested for vagrancy and sent to the Tombs.  Quiet except for his repeated, passive refusal to perform certain tasks, this is, FTP, what Herman Melville-created clerk whose catchphrase is "I would prefer not to?"
His behavior reminds the narrator of how the provocation of Samuel Adams drove John Colt to commit murder, especially when he is caught one Sunday morning lodging in the narrator's office, where he has set up his "hermitage."  
Bartleby the Scrivener