The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-08


mortgages were neglected. and Mrs. Green's
millions were brought down to Wall street.
Mrs Green was always influenced in buying or
selling by her own judgment only, and the
soundness OF that judgment is spoken OF with
enthusiastic admiration by the brokers, even
though they may have suffered by it.
"Shes dandy a full blown sunfower,p a
Broad street broker said, with sincere, though
irreverent admiration. Catching E weasel
asleep is nothing to getting the better of her.
Every time she makes move it counts and she
moves big blocks at time, so as to affect the
market her way She has done this repeatedly
In Erie and Reading, and almost scares the bears
to death, for she's bull from the word 60 They
say she has even squeezed Jay Gould once or
twice ana yet she never gets caught herself
Sne likes cornering Reading, and has made piles
of money at it."
. Mr.. Green was for a long while director and
for a short time president of the Louisville 81
Nashville road, his wife dealing heavily in the
STOCK the While. But, while she was backing
her judgment with so much success, her
husband was far less fortunate. He is reported
to have suffered heavily in a louisville &
NASHVILLE speculation, and to have been cleaned
out In an opium pool which resulted in a loss OF
over 81 000 900 to the adventures In january,
after the failure of John j. Cisco 81 Son, it was
revealed that he was in their debt to the amount
OF $500 600, which he could not pay, and which
MS wlfe would not pay. This failure, which
showed the depressed condition of Mr. Green's
finances, also gave tangible evidence OF the
truth of stories concerning Mrs. Green's wealth.
which had been locked upon as somewhat mag
NATIVE. Twenty-Five millions in frst-class So
curities and government bonds were turned over
to her all in a lump. This revelation of treasure
set the public talking, and Mrs. Green has been
for a month past an interesting subject for every
one to wonder about
Personally she is like any middle-aged lady Of
quiet tastes, and the notoriety which she has
gained is most distasteful to her. She is of mid
die height, and wiry, always dressed in plain
black or gray with her gray hair done up in a
French twist. Anyone who might see her riding
down town in stage with bundle of $500 600
IN bonds would never imagine that she had any
thing more important on her mind than the best
recipe for a pudding. or that the bundle con-
tanned anything more precious than d crazy quilt
nearing completion When asked why she car
ries half million dollars under her arm ina
public stage Mrs. Green replies that if others can
afford to hire hack, she can't. She further ex-
ercises economy every month"; SO it Is said by
buying few cents worth of whiting at a grocery
store and going down in the vaults where her
boxes of silver are stored to polish up and count
over the silver herself
For several weeks past Mrs. Green has been
In the city, living in boarding house, as usual.
and looking after the welfare of her securities,
rendered homeless by the Cisco failure. She
now has them safely housed in the Chemical
Bank and other institutions, and has returned
to her home at sBellowsl Falls, VT. She lives
there with her fifteen-year-old son, who is lame,
and her daughter Silvia one year younger. Her
home there is very simple, her yearly expenses
not exceeding S., 600 out Of an income of over
million. She is described as devotedy attached
co her children, and her great ambition is said
to be to make of her invalid son the richest man
in the world. Her fortune is at present esti-
mated at from $35, 600, 600 to $40, 900, 600.