The Osceola times., 1879-04-19
VANDERBILT AND GREELEY.
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Vanderbilt vas so1sEhxs IN ci.svoy
with ii. fKthsr, { Cz1o1crs Esn3ernii
On aco1c: o. b. reckless h2bi-. an
sxtzvAgAnce. To11z C1rrsel n1r
ags- C 51zrztiste hiE-eif II I1s faTc-
o. the ATE Horzcs GreelfT. Tae ecu-
nocors had cut icEn C5rreliu.'s inzn-
cal rss5urcs. toE Lers living Ai0ssrcs,
xa1 vas irsx0rsb.s ~ - al iur-asr A.
Fss-. O. th2- s1bj@c-- Il The c11n-e o..
tie &c1uA-1tSnoezei9 s11 i1.iz2cy
Ehicn resulted he.wee1 C5grs,ius ard
NJ. Greeley, the ,Etssr va. induced 70
scVzrcs or lend e05zi1eTsbIe .uns ei
money 70 the younz nAn, bat upon VI
representations, eIpectEtio1. o. security,
i Dot nor very gsnsrslly ErOEn- The
total Of these loz1. has been stated 81
fsrty thousand dollar. Corneiiu. J.
gave Mr. Greeley bis ro.e- fOr TIE
amount he has never since been il 4
oondiIiou 70 iquidsts the debt, although
he wAs doubtless eisp1-e,1 70 90 -. Tie
comm0tOrs and Nr Greeley never
undertook any settlement Of the sENir,
although they are un.er.tood 70 have
bad bret dsoste on the subject On oLe
Cccz.i .. since the ciose oi the trial Of
he Vanderbilt viii ezse, negotiation.
have heen completed By which these
l0ng overdue notes have a. last been
iAksn up and paid by Mr.. ". Il. Van
derbilI in behalf Of his brother, s1d
partly, 10 doubt, under -eu.e oftcui-
table justice 70 The heirs o. Mr. Gre .ev.
TIE matter WAS finally closed 81 t1e
Holman house, il & corferencs, When
w. II EsndeF5il. cA1.ed 70 b pad %
Ms. Ida Greeley Smith and Mis- Ca
5rieile Greeley, Mr. Greeley's surviving
daughters, Ihe sun OF twenty-eizh.
thousand five hundred dollars each, being
the principal OF tie notes, with accrued
oOnpozn1 interest There Wa 10 lecsl
liability whatever against the estate Of
Commodore Vanderbilt On account Of
hi. debt, and IL prOmpt and gensrou.
settlement ref acts credit upon the execU-
tors, and .iil, no doub., Prove acceptable
- tie recipients
In connection with this debt a ..orT
]. tod that when the commodore heard
CJrneel hzG been borrOEi1g larze
sIns OF money from Mr.. Greeley. be
tsczre very angry, and assuming that
Mr. Greeley had losled the money
mainly in the belief that he, the cnnno>
dOre, you'd repay IL, determined lot 10
pay IL, q. : warning 10 other. not %
lend money 70 his wsywsrd son. After
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geoH TO see Mr.. Greeley, and " give hin
Piscs 0i his mind sbou. it, Mr
Gneley VA. very busy when the com
nlodSFe care, pafhag and iniiznsni,
into E.s Office Ia hi. Gsuzi biUf, in.
pet1ous way the commodore ssid Nr.
Greeley. | understand you've bes1 lerd-
ing my son C0rneel money Mr.
Greeley, locking up quickly, and then
slmo.: instantly re=uning nis work. re
Piled, IN hi. usual lrswling war Yes,
commodore, I've let him have some
money You have, eh bl1Sed in
the commodore, you Lsve-wel, |
want you TO understand that | sin't
responsible Tor il, and chant pay you :
cent OF IT," Mr. Greeley ran BIS -,ec
t4clss up on hi. brow, stopped Whiting
for moment, and, turning full isce on
the commodore, fairly yelled out, % You
Wont, eh? Well. who the devil asked
you to pay it2 I didn't. did -" Gree.
ley dropped hi. glasses over his eyes and
bent again 70 his work The c0mm0-
dcre, nonpluszei and boiling over with
iury, steamed out OF the Office, and ].
va. a matter Of rumor that the tSc
men were never Sf.eruard on a. gocd
terms a they had previously been