New-York tribune., 1883-06-04
Mountains The hoses fred on some herders' but the
latter escaped unhurt.
AN EN1ERPRISING SWINDLER.

ARREST OF J. II. LANGLEY in BOSIoN.
TIE ORGANIZER OF MANY FRAUDULENT COM
PANIEs-soME OF HIS METHODS.
lBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.l
Bosroy, June 3.-After working persistently
for about five months. city detectives 1--WE hnaiy &c
cured an Indictment against James Jf<zlE3 Langley
charging him with obtaining various Of money by
false pretences and he arrested ths mornpg on ms
arrival from New-York by the Fall River pain. 1he
Journal says:
He Ia charged with a long series of elaborate and
successful frauds He president of tue United states
Construction Company, which Is elegantly quartereu IN
the Mason Building. langley also Interested IN long
list OF other pretenous corporations 1t Is alleged tha'
all OF these corporations are sinpy
devices for defrauding the public. He Is dentied Win
the Langley Son Medical Instrument Company inc
National Antifriction Car Box Company, the CONT
mental Construction Company, the Franklin foundry
Company the Anti Friction Journal Bearing Company
the Elastic Railway Frog Company the West lhdia
Guano Company the Crowther Dump Car Company. tho
Railway Live Stock Express Companythe Rodgers LOCK
Company and the Texas Land Syndicate Company.
"The cases brought against Langley are based Oh hS
dealings in connection with the United States Constc-
tion Company This concern organized under New
York laws on August g. 1882. At least one gentleman
named Of the corporators says tha Ills name "a'
used without his consent or knowledge The prospectus
and numerous artistic circulars issued by this company
from its Boston office represent that there Is pad-up
capital stock Of 5000 ZOO shares OF 500 each.
The attention tue police called TO the concern ny
complaints persons had answered advertisements
of the concern and been swIuded. In one place,
where the advertisement called for $1,000 ana offered
"a position at SO per month the applicant soughe
out Duncan Co., Ne. 10 Congess-st, according 10
directions and met by some person there VINO in
troduced him to Langley in his elegant oihce in tue
Mason Building He offered position as superin-
tof ahn lat
were being made. He put in $500 cash and gave his
note for $500 more, and went down TO take charge OF
tho shop. lie found loft where nothing was being
done and told to make couple
OF benches which would be needed This
he did and then began TO suspect the
honesty Of his employers. He made complaint out sot
no satisfaction, aud has Loaf his $500.
.Tbe extent OF the swindc may be inferred from the
fact that twelve or fifteen clerks employed In the
Mason Building II may be stated here that the elegant
furniture, carpets etc, were obtained ON the 'lnsa-
ment plan Most of the clerks deposited II is under
stood 800 each before securing their posons ana the
force has not been permanent one. one
Young man paid 5000 and was TO receive
so per week. At the end OF tue first
week he received his wages and dismissed on some
trumped-up charge Little Ia positively known IA 10
the stock operations OF the company but II Is under
stood that "A good many lambs nave been hhOrn On
the 9th OF Apr! last Langley Co organized special
land syndicate which thcy advertised ABOUT 10 eu
iu "A marvellous fuftune-iuAkNg Career. IL
Announced thar the United states Construction ana In
yesment Company To be merged lnto ths ahd en-
terprise The advertisements represented the resources
Of the COMPANY land and railway grants 10 DC ABOUT
$4,000. Inc town Of bridgeport Texas, was said to
10 tue chief seat Of operations .
Langley came originally II Il said, from Nor wood. ".
n and ia about for ,-OuI years old lie very aablc
and easily inspires confidence among his dupcH, Aot"th
standing the tAat lie has been exposed sever times
by tne newspapers or the country Ia lsI
ne Ind for some time business agency
ON stAte.st and II Is alleged no suddenly de-
narted leaving partner The amount o. 600
lie La. also operated IN kcwlcrk cay, ~ omond,
ana Clcgo ne returned 20 Boston 1879 aEd opened
a natcnt medicine establishment on MIX st. where he
secured partner and went away. leaving behind him
txo cart loads of neatly labelled blocks Of wood, mas
qneraoug as Auti-lcaD ,tc. Iu 1881 no organized the
toptnenal Construction Company Of Ncw-HdmpsAITc,
with n capital OF half "a million. and with OIlce on
E1chauge place, Boston. and began tho erection oil
faolOry al Concord ~ H.. where lac claimed lie solo
rght To make improved journal bearing His primer
IA victim was a Hos oman, who sunk $4,000 In the
entcrpr-e aud persons lOst $4,000 by the cheat
Ills otner swndles too numerous ~ mention. lie Is
held In $4,000 bail"