Show I RECEIVER FORI FOR I BOSTON PROMOTER BOSTON Jan J 1 Through Through h the failure of George LiYing Livingston ton Richards lo to return from Europe 1 where he went last Jul July on pern permission of or the court and andI to the dissatisfaction of or man ninny many in e investors invest invest- tora t- t ors ora in iii a number r of If Richards's 5 co com coin I panics paniC's Francis fraucis W. W was Tas today today to to- day appointed receiver lr 11 by Judge ludge Lowell in the tiit United States Stabs Circuit court for forthe forthe forthe the Geor George o Richards company con com JHIO pany and all the A new Auto Mailing Mn- Mn rt chinn ehino company compan i from th the tim Limo he lie ten years ago Hgo penniless has lias haul had a I me mp meteoric career and anul is now believed to lo be br bea bra a m millionaire 11 Ito HI built huilt a ma magnificent residency in and his reputed stable of racing horses received wido willo attention He lie attracted small investors in from nil parts part of the country and started numerous nu DU nu- nu enterprises enterprise the golden tide constantly con ron lag flowing in as ns new propositions launched were The Tho Brown Bron Book was the first publication which brought Richards Richard's s a name prominently before the public the mB magazine hain having a claimed circulation of over rr half a million It was nas used to to advance anco thin tho interests of later companies promoted by Richards More than n year Tear ago it is said aid Richards was arr arrested at the tho instigation instigation a- a tion of a dissatisfied investor and was Tas obliged l to give c bonds The litigation is il still pending An As AIt a a. r result when hen Richards wished to go o abroad in iu 1007 he had hall to get permission of the court and gave Jao two additional bonds The appointment of fit n a receiver lr receiver toda today was the tho result of a n petition brought by John A. A Goodwin of or Richmond Va an anold anold anold old soldier I who ho invested in each sh of the two compan companies es the Geor George Livingston Livingston Liv Livo ingston ington Richards company compan and the Agnew Agnew Ag- Ag new Mailing Auto Machine company compan The petition alleges mismanagement and fraud According to the last statements filed in in July of last year tho the George Livin Livingston Livington Living Living- ton ston Richards company had a a. capital stock of assets of 16 1670 1676 15 and anul a floating indebtedness of The t statement of the tho Agnew Auto Auto- I Mailing Machine company showed a aI I capital of assets of 2886 2836 51 and a Seating floating indebtedness of 36 |