The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-13
Langdon Won Miss Waite's
Love by False Pratenses
SO SHE HAS NOW CHARGED
She Says She Thought Him An
Unmarried Man.
AND SO ACCEPTED HIS PRESENTS
Acknowledge That She Now F'as
1926, 900 that Langdon Gave
and intends to Hold
On To It,

Anothe chapter-the most Senatorial
of them all-was yesterday added to the
written history of the Langdon- Henszey
Snit. It is the answer of Miss Katie
X. Waite to the charge made by Lang
don that she is unlawfully Withholding
from him bonds to the face value Of
1926, 900.
In if she acknowledges that she has the
nronarty. but says that it was given her
by Langdon on account Of his great ad-
miration and sincere love for her, and
that she does not now propose to give II
M. She says he deceived her, pretend
ing to be a widower, but in reality being
married man.
Miss Waite makes formal answer to
Iangdon's complaint as follows:
/. That it is not true that said Langdon
ia the bona fde owner for value OF one
hundred of the consolidated mortgage
bonds of the Langdon- Henszey Coal Min
ing Company eff the face value or SoV'-
600.
2. That it is true, however, that sad
Iangdon was at one time the owner OF
said bonds, but that on or about the ITO
day OF 1895, the said Langdon, on ac-
count Of his great admiration, ana SIN
cere love for fer the said Katie IL. ante
as alleged by him, and his declared, earn
est desire and intention to marry her'
freely. voluntarily and absolutely gave,
presented and delivered to said Katie *.
Waite all Of said bonds, and the sala
Katie X. Waite fully believing that said
Langdon's protestation OF admiration and
love, and desire to make the said Katie
\ fully and 1Innnn6l-
tionally accepted the said bonds as her
own. That afterwards, to wit: On OF
about the month of March, 1896, it be
Game known to the said Katie K. Waite
for the first time, through the public
press. that said Langdon, who had repre-
scented himself to her and her friends as a
widover. was a married man and had so
eontfnuedly been from the time or her
engagement to marry him, was then and
had been grossly deceiving her and was
unable to comply with his promise TO
marry: that said LangdOn having thus
been exposed and made known to said
Katie X. Waite rendered harmless for
further mischief and well knowing that
the secret, sinister, and wicked purpose
which he had contemplated could not be
possibly accomplished, demanded Of said
Katie K Waite, the return to him or the
said bonds, at the same time threatening
her with litigation If she should refuse
TO aecede to his demand; that shrinking
from the publicity that such litigation
would cause and the exposure to the
world OF what had proved to be her mis-
placed confidence and affection, she, on
or about the 2nd day OF September, 1896
made with said Langdon n compromise
and final settlement OF the matter, by
making to said Langdon present OF
ene-half of said bonds, at the par value
Of 500, 900, which she then and there
delivered to him and which said COM
promise and final settlement was then
and there duly executed in writing and Is
in the following figures and words, to-
wit:
Here follows the receipts for 100000
capital stock Of the Langdon- Henszey
Goal Mining Company, $4,000 Of first
consolidated mortgage bonds of the Lang,
Son-Henszey Coal Mining Company, a
lot OF household furniture, horse, wa
gon, two sets harness and two carriage
robes This certified receipt was pub
lished in this paper Sunday morning.l
Miss Waite further sets forth in heI
answer that she is the sole owner Of the
bonds now in her possession and says
that she is ready to produce them in
court. She prays the court that she be
declared the owner OF the bonds and that
Samuel p. Langdon be taxed with the
costs Of the case.