The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-01-21
RICH MRS. GREEN.
Peculiarities of thu Woman Who Precipitated
the Cisco Failure.

Peculiarities of thu Woman Who Precipitated
the Cisco Failure.
New York World.
Mrs. Green is one of the most extraordinary
women in America. Wall street has long been
filed with stories of her wealth, her penurieus-
ness. her Shrewdness and her wonderful ''finan-
cial operations" That she is the wealthest wo-
man in the United States is without question
Her $50, 600 600 of irstclass securities and gov
eminent bonds in the vaults of John j. Cisco
& Son are only a part of her riches. Her wealth
is believed to be about $35, 000 900 $40 000 000
To all irtents and purposes she owns con-
trolling interest in the Louisville & Nashville
railroad, of which her husband was long di-
rector and for a short time the president Most
of this immense wealth she has created by her
own financial ability and by a habit inherited
from her father of strict economy and accumu-
lation.
The shrewdest brokers on the street admit her
remarkable business ability. Her knowledge of
Wall street is extensive, her quickness in dis
corning the chances for making turns as in
avoiding pitfalls and ambushes amounts almost
to intuition. Many mysterious but powerful
movement in the financial world has been traced
to her. Many of the stories about her are OF
course, romances, but enough is true to warrant
the statement that she is positive force in the
street. She is credited with even greater ability
than her husband, who is level headed and
acute financier, and who had created fortune
for himself before ne married Mrs Green
Her maiden name was Harriet H. Robinson.
Her father, whom she is said to resemble, was a
rich old whaler of New Bedford, Mass. He
made So 000 600 in whaling vessels. and left this
amount to his daughter many years ago. Fol
lowing shortly after his death was that of anaunt
who left her 81, 000 900. Out of this $l3 O0O 600
she has accumulated her present immense pos
sessions. This she has done by patient accumu-
lation and by successful operations in the street
On several occasions she has ''cornered" Reading
to her profit and the discontinue of the unfortu-
nate persons who happened to be short. of the
stock She dealt freely in Louisville q Nash
vile when her husband was prominent in the
management
Mr.. Green had made fortune Of about $780,
900 in Manila, in the East Indies, before he met
his wife Many amusing and romantic stories
are related of their courtship and it is said that,
though her wealth was twelve times larger than
his, she had clause inserted in the marriage
contract providing not only that her fortune
should be kept entirely distinct and separate
from his. but also that he should, out of his
means, defray all the living and personal ex-
penses of both. He is a man remarkable for his
height and figure He is a man of great intel
ligence, affablc in his manner, and natur-
ally of a broader and more liberal DISPOSE
ton than his wife, though it is said he has
been more or less influenced by her character.
He has been member of the Union Club since
1860 1t is understood that with an income of
million dollars year their joint personal ex-
penses do not exceed 900. While in this city
they reside at the Glenham Hotel, but Mrs
Green spends most of her time in Bellows Falls
They also have apartments in London, England
Many are the stories of this eccentric lady g
economy. She is strictly honest but demands
the half cent every time The ambition OF her
life it is said, is to mako her son, cripple
fifteen years old, the richest man in America
She has been known to carry lot of securities
worth hundreds OF thousands of dollars to her
bankers, the Ciscos, in her 'yalise, riding down
town in stage.