The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-14
1 PRODIGAL'S DEATH.

srNouLAR CAREER OF AN xNoLIsHMAN IN 1HE
WEST r. sQUANDERINo asitA-l ToRTUNK OF
So, 0OO, OOO AND DYING BIZ PoIsoN-0ENIUs
AND GENTLE IIRTH CONE TO NAUGHr.
From the Leavenworth Times. July 1Ol
The announcement which spread yesterday through
shs city like wdGrs that Henry Green, ''crazy
Englishman," sns cognomsn by whoa ne was moro
fauiliarly known, had bean found dead IN a rav,ue on
Twentieth street. was matter 0f no considerable sur.
prise TO any one. the event had been thousand
10, esoId, the surprise beng fact that Il had
sooner Tho freaks sccentri cities OF
Green have formed the basis OF many a newspaper
story, and his career or ut least that portion u
connected With the earlier period OF his residence IN
Lcavsnworth, Is familiar 10 nearly every one. Pos
sessod Of memory cosxtensive grasp with tho
scope vi hundred aostruse subjects, he fascinated
tuosc VINO cacic near HIM when 10 hun
sell III the dcghuu ART OF pleasing ana thcn in The
short space OF u lev hours Transferring himself
IRON The polished gentleman, lhe travelled
scholar and the ot science and letters
INTO wiid and reckless devo. es Of SIN who's. so,.
aim seemed TO be TO set vt dcuance :ho code OF
morality aud goodness In tue mad sndeavor to satisfy
an insatiats thirst, an nordinate craving Tor the
notoristy OF an abandoned debAucnoc. He was
graduate OF oil tue first OF EngIands uLIversities
but during his college lie aud succeeding period
his fanny. and beng STUBBORN yeId departed
from home, frieads aud Kindred and became u wan-
liable N gathered Thu ~ property
estimated at $4,000. QUO, the estate org naiiy
VI tho family being $sOo0, Gvo, and divided equally
between three heirs, oil VII tie MAS sister
SAID 70 bs somewhere IN Germany, aud brotaer,
Hugh Percy Green, IN England. IL Is believed thai
he OF gentle b,ooJ tho story oil hs fortune is
told IN various ways, but all agree that he very
wealthy. Not being able TO compctentiy anu ia.
dciousiy manage the estate himself II Was ION out
OF his hands and certain silo cd him
ing, about $40 900 year. lie took OF him.
sell IN his manner Of nvlDg. aud even when
having control vi an almost unlimited sup
ply Of money he unmindiu oil hts dress although
not what might Dv called slovssIy his habits HIS
nrst Appearance III Leavcnworth nearly years
ago, mem he made most tremendous str by MS LID.
crafty ana generosity, spending thousands upop hrs
ficnhs ana rcservins mot single cent Tor himself.
His iquor os were frequently from $500 $500 per
month, not Tor himself most certainly, Bat or MS
friends. oi whom, AZ a mater Of necessity, he had
hundreds
one night whie disordercd fancy was noiding high
rsvsi IA hls brain, he hired hsarse colin aud
eral mourning carriages anu proceeded 10 have u iu-
neral all by himself He placed the conin inside the
hcaise got into the coniu, attended " bottle OF
whsgey and with tho birsd carriages follow ing tho
solemn ~ OCCASION took It's course through tho prnci.
pat streets OF tho city just as the mantle vi
night was teiug drawn about the tired
the cort6ss as II wound lis way through
tho crowds OF carriages aud bugeies laden with pleas
urs seekers, mercy remarking perhaps, tina, u was
queer time VI day Tor such an Observance. But when
tns procession maze its appearance upon
cssslou, not having bean to any one o. the Gem
eseries IN the interval, the idea gradually daw ned
upon the people tnat hey were being auped and upon
closer investigator Green iound siItug upon
conin the ncarsc drinking having tho best
imagi nabie, and 100 much under tue influence Vt
liquor 10 realize what sacrilsgious pcce mockery
IL really Green's one great mania was rioing ia
hscKs he would hirs hack In tive city by the
monte paying fabulous sum tor u, wouia rarely
ever DO seen waking No was uneasy when
seated In any other DESCRIPTION vi vehicle, and
there are hundreds who have doubtless noticed
THIS same peculiariy ne was generous 10 a tsult,
never looking twicc bill when rendering
II IN pay mcUt for anything, and thus u was that he
was continually imposed upon and incontiuently
robbed OF thousands For tue pas, three years so
he mas been living a. the res'dence OF MI. Gsorgs
Waller oil Usage aud Tenth Streets ana during
the past year has been down In towu NO seldom anu
pubIic little that he was we'll nign
gotten by tue majority Of our citizens he existing in
tLeir miu ds Simply AS
srKAseE AND FANTASTIC DRsAm
until the Whole city was startled yesterday by the
port OF his death. IL seems that no haa evntiD ued
ms old dtioking habus, though IN somewhat moai-
hsd form, dcvvtiBg his umo manly to the study OF
chsmistry, vi wbioh ne was passionateiy fond. 10
would appear also that tue failure VI the usual remit
tancs from England, together with the load OF &C.
cumulaied doot, weighed 30 upon him that, In weak
and nguardcd moment, With tue 0bres OF MS being
ali but unstrang BY the influence OF deep potations
no prepared tho fatal lose whicn tho tho
unvciIIng TO Money sas~ns ~ me mysteries Of tho
silent Iana