Show m P T ARREST R R JOB l KM VAIL ll I f I I daIs caI of Of Mormon Obe Ob Ob- I and iid Others I h I e r f Letter Attacks s I Supposed Fanatic iSu Mormon church I th lh of or industrial leaders sub sub- t jand and i to be one to o that hat at is declared I Idest attempts at wholesale be record rested easily mill on Oil n received ht when en Ariz word that was Voas Orlando J Ji J. J s II fanatic and auf aur auth au- au i religious d letters had hadit extortion r f th the lId Postoffice it there by X J. J Sail ards of this city it tar tor ds as W took up Langfords Langford's s sI t I the ins Instance ance of f Apostle and former Gov- Gov Talmage almage E- E Ii chased the thebe thee Bamberger amberge mon be e blackmailer across four fourt t him to bay yest yes yes- est es iBata ranch near the Arizona t t a was Immediately f. f reUnited United States Com Com- iner ner r Edwin Jones and bound boundo o the federal court on a charge chargee the te mails malls In a scheme use e of u l H He Be is held in Jail there therea a court order for his re- re here bere d nt Heber leber J. J Grant Charles f ible presiding bishop and A. A Widtsoe of the Mor- Mor John 1 to Henry Ford and nd othere other aff t prominence are known to toa e e the recipients oford's of offord's been among a ill fords ford's ord's letters demanding pay pay- ranging from to toSO Ie tor sums oms SO MO un under el threat of harassment and and perditions spirits 1 until eVers awer of death and hell Langfords Langford's only known on nd it it irett ireat t of or direct personal violence aa In his latest missive Dt- Dt Talmage which was mades madee made nade e s basis for Inspector s in instigation In- In litigation and which contained the lolling And If It be necessary will slay you Ou NIT QUESTIONED sanity Is questioned I who have examined his the tha majority of which were a religious character and In hl he I be set up claims of being n and Thy God whom Langford has In the formers former's office that Langford discussed and other subjects ra- ra nally His letters however were coherent without point and con- con wd oed chiefly of liberal quotations J tibe he scriptures from which the TIter liter rambled Into Illogical con- con Langford disagreed with postle Talmage on p pints ints of doc- doc in Jand inand to took k Issue with the work ruti ti the tha Christ o of ot which Apos- Apos Is the author Langford Is believed to be or to lq cen a member of the Mormon ur ll though officials of that or- or have been unable to infirm 1 his present fellowship His l U rs i commenced about two years nd at first were lo of doctrinal points and the thet t tUrg nr forth of his claims of ot per- per with the deity When le tere were Ignored his writings be- be MH more violent His letters old wd from points In several west west- n o flite states Ates began to demand money financially aid him in In the bil honest ent of his claims He lie built I mailing list to Include other kely victims outside the Mor- Mor church ii- ii From President Grant demanded at first and when i was ignored he Increased the T to 2500 From Governor Merger erger he asked Va- Va amounts mount were demanded from he nJ victims In each case he in- in f rutted aled that the funds be depos- depos the Utah State National under the of rf V name Strong itten signed d Orlando J Jord J. J ford ord TH THREAT MADE of his do- do fn e resulted finally in a letter r postle Talmage about two again i which for the first firste n e e h ih made mace positive threats of ofas as a penalty for pay non-pay- l T This ii ils s iM letter r with two others almage turned over to 18 or With these and fT erger jer letter lettel Inspector S a a. complaint from id States fi tes elf I Commissioner Van CCo Armed Continued Tn Q with this to L authority n nV ih rity f i n on en pa a 4 |