The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-14
MARRIAGE rs HIS TRADE.
ONE ARMED SAWMILL VETERAN
VINO Is AN EXPERT ~ Nd7RIMONK
Rnuchman Taylor OF Tayicrsviiio I.assoes
Thriny French Hnirdresser. steals
Her Savings. ard Disappcnrs-About to
Marry ~ NylGOw waen fIc Mss Arrested.

Rnuchmun Taylor Of Tnylcrsvilic A.assoes
| Thiry French Huirdresser. steals
| Her Savings, and Disappcar.-About to
| Marry Willow wacn lie Mss Arrested.
James Taylor. alias William Langdon. alias
| Turner who was held in $1,000 bail for trial at
| Jeffers m Market Court ycstc day morning on
| o charge OF having stolen $50 and lcWelry
| valued at $3.50 from his wifc. Henrietta y.
| Taylor. is what might 10 termed an expert IN
| mntrimony. In fact. lie makes his living in
| that way.
| He is II one-armed man. His other arm was
cut or by buzz saw in Maine when he was
| boy: it was shot or by II cannon in the civil
way: 1t was bitten by n rattlcsnake and amru-
| tatcd 70 save his life while NO wa prospecting
| in the far West: it was crushed to pieces Ivy II
railway train as he was cndcnvoring to save
| child which had straycd on the track. and 1t
| was blown to pieces by q premature blast III
| tho minin:. regions of northern Michigan. ac-
cordinG a the fancy Of invention moves him.
Not loss varied Is his business ani place Of
residence. He is n retired shipping merchant
living in New Hampshire: cotton planter
owning a large plantation in Georgia; the
| owner OF an orange grove in southern Calfor-
min. and stock raiser in Idaho. But which
ever it is. he is always. in his stories. enor-
mously wealthy. In reality he is a crook who
for years has been cheating women out OF their
prnro.ty. The police have part OF his record
and are lookin. for more.
On Nov. u. 1891. Taylor married Henrietta
Coste u French woman. 80 years old. who
owns hair dressing establishment ut 81 East
Twrnty-irst street whore sho Is known as
Mile. Leroy. She did not go by her real name
| OF Coste on account Of aristocrhtic relatives in
| France. who wanted hcr to change hor name
| when she wen. into business Taylor became
acquainted with her through persona"
| inserted in New York paper. He told hcr
| that 10 owned n large orange grove
| at Tay.orsvlle. Cal. iltcon mile south
! OF Los Angeles. and that no was very rich;
| Ecin.:, as she thought. II shrrwd woman and
| wealth. she was married to him by Alderman
Flynn after few days nc1paintan"r,, and they
| IN he way he ccntrvcd to get pos session OF
$50; which she hai ,lrawn from the hank 10;
fore LEAVING New York, at his instiEatton' and
Thcy wen" Vent to Ihe Western Hotel at Niagara
T and MI a III thu d ts aas ne TGa VINE hyH n tss
stairs to do this and did not return. When
tho bride, went t, tho Office to inquire about
! him sil" learned that no money or rings had
| been deposited and that her new husband had
left, taking his satcllcl with him.
| matter into tho hands Of n detective agency.
and Taylor was tracked to AZ st. Marks place.
wherr he had been living for two months un;
=, Ho had $500 and two rings h"lonsing to Mrs.
Taylor Yesterday morning TAYLOR was taken
to Police H"aIaarttgf md tt cSnroptsd by his
seen her before. hut aitcrwari admitted that
In looking over tho prisoners papers IL. was
MIA schemes through 4 bureau in sixth street
under the name Of Lrnsdon. and II mes
'rmns tho bnron" Of SEA Tayors sf0 ch n
hcter. This messnEo came, Just in time
" vy as nqsr nn fG% to
marry Mrs. Julia +. johnson Of :t.,i West
tlninth street on SATURDAY v mhortIng He
women In the city. one OF whom had promised
A Sun reporter saw Mrs. johnson at hcr
! rooms. yesterday evening. She is q, widow.
about b Years old. brunette. with an at
W GSsaMs acquainted With NJ. Langdon
ti, s Wil var. not siety man. but t with cha
81 Fonns st nay T sha MS ySM t" mat ron
and after that he came to call on mo. He told
Idaho. that he had II large ranch and beaut-
full house With fifty, rooms in it. There was IA
foun ain in the r'.rlor with flowers around it.
al" ' rs i wt t lied sven years s' az" and he
wanted some one to look after his house. He
h "f s' here wa" tn%o " Sn hs asy lie
aid 'ti to me. to marry, a lady Who lives
Catholic and i m Msthoiis' and as nsithsr
Of w. would chang" the match fell through.
Now that we met You. m s'nd uiGn marry
hc-. ! correspondent also with a French Lady
here. but sh" didn't SUIT NO.
'.Mr. Iangdon took me- to dinner at the Plaza
Hotel" continued Mrs. Innglon. :" II number
of times. lie always acted liio gentleman
AMI seemed to have II plenty OF money. He
asked me- on Thursday to sell out all my prop
erty and marry him on Friday morning. and
then we would so West. but said that was too
"Thcn hc said that he would come again on
Saturday morning. When he did MT come l
got suspicious. About noon tho bureau pro-
lie sent mo word that h" was swindlrr Tho
nGonry tried 10 gel 50 ont OF me for what they
had done. but would not give it. Mr. Lang
don showed nc two diamond rings. and pat
ono of thnn, or my ginger lIe sad it would DO
my wod linz ring.
From the description given by Mrs Johnson
~ The ring it is PROBABLY ono o. those stolen at
Niagara Fall. from Mrs. Taylor.
part Of TaviOg's record is in the hands Of
the Chief IT Police. Mt Ningara Falls. He
learned that the prisoner WAS married last
year in Chicago under the name OF Turner to II
w:downl some property. whom he fleeced out
If 100.
Taylor nc he now calls himself. is n short,
rather stnc;y man. who looks 40 years old,
although ha gives his age as ~ years. He Is
clean shny"n and hn'h. save fer a fringe 81
srart, light colOrnd hair. IN erect carriage
and his empty coat sleeve give hin u solderly
Lir.
WHO BOSSES THIS HOTEL!