The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14
GREEN UNDOUBTEDLY INSANE.
W. ". Mackall, Jr., IN New York at the
Time Of His Flight.

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The Green-McCrea affair, which was tel
egraphed from New York by the Associated
Press and which appeared in the MORNING
News dispatches yesterday, was the coca
sion here Of considerable comment. It ap-
pears that Douglass Green's family re-
garded him as insans and were about %
take proceedings 70 have him placed in an
asylum.
Sir. w. W. Mackall, Jr., Of this city, who
is II New York, was looking after the mat
ter, and had engaged Gen. Roger a. Pryor
TO assist him. Mr. Msckall stated in New
York that upon satisfactory proof of
Green's insanity, mis- family deemed It their
duty 10 commit him TO All asylum. and Gen.
Pryor stated that there was abundant evi-
! Gence OF his insanity. The papers were
being prepared in Gen. Pryor's Office to
commil him 70 an asylum when the news
| Of his departure for Eur Jpe was received
| by Mr. MacEall Mr.. Mackall stated that
thore was no doubt Of his insanity. 1t Is
stated that year ago he fell upon the ice
ana injured his spine. Nervous spells fol-
lowed, and it is thought his insanity is due
TO the injury he received by the fail on the
| Ice.
Mrs. McCrea knew that Green was a mar
| ried man. Green's friends, it is said, told
| her of the fact, but that seemed to make no
| difference TO her, and she resisted the efforts
that were made to keep her away from
him. Her name is Alice Shell McCrea, and
she Is the youngest daughter Of the muir
dered millionaire real estate dealer, Amos
j. Smell Of Chicago. When girl she devel
oped fondness for social pleasures, and,
being OF a vivacious temperament and pos
sessed of rare beauty, she became a
favorite in Chicago's West Side society,
which, IL not as swell as South Side
circles, is more gay. After her debut she
ma hal at hall NJ faTu
ment of note and was considered by the
West Side bloods as great catch on ac-
count OF the wealth she would inherit from
her fathers estate. At the early age of II
she was married to Wiley o. McCrea,
president of the board Of trade commission
firm OF w. S. McCrea g. Co., and eldest son
OF Samuel II. McCrea, founder of the house.
The union was an unfortunate one, result
ing after three and half years in divorce
suit. When she applied for a divorce on the
ground Of cruelty, McCrea made no denial
OF contes., his family advising him to allow
the decree to be granted. A year ago last
October Judge Collins severed the marital
tie between Allie Smelly Nc rea and her
husband, and shortly afterward the
divorced wife removed to New York,
where, with the fortune she inherited from
her murdered father, she could afford to
keep au eS Adjustment on a luxurious scale.
Since the divorces McCrea has lost all love
for mis- home, and lived most of the time at
the Union League Club, Chicago. He is
now treasurer for Crane Brothers, the big
elevator IN tkers. The McCrea family hold
their heads very high in the air.
Since her removal to New York Mrs.
McCrea has lived most of the time at the
Windsor hotel, and has mixed freely into
society. She was fond of horses and al
most daily could be seen driving a fash
lonabl trap in Central park and along the
Riverside drive, dressed in q stylish
costume, with a big bunch of violets, of
which she was very fond, as a corsage
bouquet. She is now % years Of age. The
circumstances Of the tragic death
of her father at the hands of
burglar il his house in February,
1883, together with the fruitless
search for the murderer, are still fresh in
the public mind A reward of $40, 900 was
offered, but Tascott, es he called himself,
has not been found. though a score of men
have been arrested on suspicion in different
parts OF the country and subsequently re-
leased. Mr.. SHELLS estate amounted to over
two million dollars. He left a widow, three
daughters and a son, and Mrs. McCrea in
herited more than half a million dollars
from him
Mrs Douglass Green was Miss Laura r.
Tewksberry, a Biece of ex-Gov. Straw of
Ne" Hampshire. She married Green eleven
years ago. Their children are a boy of
years and girl of z years.