New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-14
A MURDERER FOUND AT LAST
THE DEATH OF JAMES LANGDON RECALLED.
TRACING TIE MAN WHO SHOT HIM TO THE KINGS
COUNTY PEyIrESTIARY.

THE DEATH OF JAMES LANODON hDUn1D
TRACING Tile MAN WHO SHOT HIM TO THE KINGS
COUNTY PEMrESrIARY.
rbrouyh the energy of Police Inspector Murray
the bringing OF murderer TO justice many years
after his crime was committed is about TO be ac-
com plished On the afternoon of August 81, 1873,
James Lang6on a young boiler. maker, was MUIR
teenth-st Between II and l O'clock on that day
James Mo0,ey, q GARDINER, was watering his
lorses az the entrance to the ward when the report
his attention. He left HI. horses AID pro-
coded to 'hs spot lie I saw .u young ang
straw i hnt un fIom behind the lumber
and scale the fence on the Nmth.ave. side. seeing
Mo0uey, the young man shouted; nave Eilieo
az wounded man down here don't know
a. DIS pyearsd int tclsireet Mooney found Lang
don dying from wound IA the eff breast directly
over ihe hesft and be died without beng able 10
siys az aosount - the affair -
she sii,a clsw irit by the murderer BAN "a the
2, TO- P'ss Ss s 1If m ls sSS iS
sss.ss lssei ihe eseaps u Llnglons pnr-
- Al 80 .ne-,sa iueq and
: ) ! : ' ! !, :, !, !,
s6a sam,ass sat
hst 20 seats t3f doe fifs
extasure went on uati she H. .aettl
that b. hsld the murderer ga ~ NtsP
tueilia ~ and uUi 0f thia eiiY had lgafn ff4fe'
much patience H. the work lusprrinf NaNN
had the assistance of Captain yuaH, ~ tuf ~
Precinct The clew which lcd to the iarniih1 sileh
of the murderer was a silver watch iOunt ~ we
murdered bOilef.Inakrr. HIS parents Anined that
the watch did not belong 10 bun.
The murderer IN "a native Of this city, lie befe an
evil reputation. and IN s74 for some offence ne VS.
mia aud Joined the Molly Magulres Among them ,ie
was knOwn rs Charles Jones' alias the "Nel4hmah 3
Ghost" This the Inspector says however, Is not MS
real name. Jones came 70 thls cry
frequently. On one OF his trips IA
1875. on the night of August TO- be got
the undergrad 10 sleep of he effects OF ms
LIQUOR While there he was beaten and robbed OF
his wa CHI and chain by three men One OF the men
was Langdon. BY blrth-mark on his face Jones
declared that he would know hin should ne ever
see him again. He threatened vengeance ana hung
about the lumbeT-yar for the next two days, hop
ing 10 set something of the thieves On the second
day, while he was passing the spot IN StreetccaT
LangdOn attempted to get on the car: Ihe fata
blrth-matk betrayed hun and a mutual recognition
took place between the men. Langd0n Jumped OF the
car and lied. lie was followed by Jones, aud when
eonered at length in the lumDer-yard was shot ana
killed by him
Jones 1pd again TO Pennsylvania. He worked in
coal add "A mines for wears, but old associations
continually drew hlu sock to this city. On one Of
his TINS lie was detected In an offence In Brooklyn,
tried and sentenced to q term IN the Kings county
Pemtentiary. He Is now confined III Llat Institu.
tion with only few days more 10 serve. LIS cad
of walk ing out free he expects weu has term is
ended Inspector Murray will be on hand 10 arrest
him for the murder of the bOiler-naker IN 1873.