The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-30
A WONDERFUL EATER.
HERE IS A MAN WHO IS A TERROR
TO FREE LUNCH COUNTERS.


Ions of Oysters ON Another Occasion.
His Digestion Is Perfect.
William Green appeared at the four
courts and before Assistant Prescott
ing Attorney Dierkes swore out q war
rant charging Otto Feldt with embez-
element Feldt lives at 2 oil Blair ave-
nue.. 1t is alleged in the information
that he borrowed from Green photo
graphic outfit of the value OF GAO, which
he has refused TO return.
The prosecutor, William Green, IS
something Of an eater. In factShe Is the
champion of the country in his line. hav-
ing defeated all corners at numerous
matches. Years ago the challenges sent
out by his friends, who wished to back
him TO out eat any man In the United
States, were never accepted. end forfelts
which had been posted were takendoTn.
Green has a record. The first match Of
any note in which he was engaged came
off in 1872 From his boyhood he had
recognized that he had an enormous
Capacity for any kind of food. yet his
fare for day or a week would compare
in quantity with that of any ordinary
working man. 1t was only when he tined
to eat that he devoured such an immense
amount of food.
GREENS HISTORY.
In 1872 Green, who Is a collector. was
at work with number of bills in South
- rxrhar, be OF brsaa OF the
lunch counter. One of them was a tailor,
another a constable and the third dep
uty marshal Green felt little hungry
after his walk and set in to eat the whole
of a five pound sausage. The tailor, the
constable and the marshal thought they
could eat little bit themselves, and a
match was prepared by some of the by
ISLANDERS. 1t was agreed that the man
eating the least was TO pay the whole
bill, and the quartet set TO work. Such
confidence had Green in his own abilities
that he took bets right and left at even
money that he would beat the others.
As the contest proceeded he offered alb
surd odds that he could win with pounds
to spare.
He was not known about the place and
the bystanders fairly crowded for his
money, having seen what the marshal
sions. Everything in the saloon went on
the bill of fare and the men ate for an
hour. Then the tailor gave it up in de-
spair and sat down to watch the others.
Ten minutes later the constable had a
pain under his jacket and retired. The
and then gave up in disgust. Green ate
with such vigor that everybody was
surprised When he finished he had de-
voured 1875 worth Of food and his APP
petite was still good
Green collected his bets and went
home. The story of the match spread,
and the following day Drs. Gregory,
Mudd, Ludwig and Hess called at his
residence expecting to find him dead. He
was rs clipper as cricket, however,
and RECALLED his medical visitors with
the stories of his eating feat. Sworn
statements of the amount the man had
eaten were made and accounts Of the
affair were telegraphed all over the coun-
try.
GASTRONOMIC FEATS.
Green made no more matches for .
number of years, being decidedly averse
to obtaining notoriety on account of his
peculiar abilities. On several occasions,
however, he went with some Of his
friends to places about the city, and sur
prised all spectators by devouring every
morsel of food on the lunch counters.
Proprietors of restaurants where the
sign "All you can eat for fifteen cents"
was hung up soon grew TO know him,
and barred their doors when they saw
him about to enter.
Finally his friends backed him to eat
cove oysters against the record. A Con-
necticut man had devoured eight quarts
of the bivalves, but Green almost dis
counted him by swallowing twelve quarts
in an hours time When the craze over
the eating Of one quail day for thirty
days was on Green won numerous wagers,
first by eating one quail day for twenty
five days, then for thirty days and finally
for fifty days. His friends offered to back
him TO eat two quails day for month,
but could get no answer to their challenge.
Green's latest match was less than
three months ago. He was In a small
country town collecting for a st. Louis
glass company and met horse trader IN
q restaurant. The horse trader thOaght
he could eat oysters with the next man
and offered to back himself against the
crowd. Green took ali the bets be could
get, and then bet his opponent two TO one
that he would eat two quarts TO his one.
The horse trader was game and the beta
were made.
When Green offered him three 10 one,
however, be weakened, and the contest
was commenced. The horse man sval-
lowed three quarts of the bivalVes and
cult. By this time Green bad Pnt HIM
self on the outade Of Eve quarts BE
then offered TO bet that he could eat a.
many more and won all the money II
sight by covering an additional ten
quarts This made almost four gallons
Of the nollusks which had entered his
stomach, yet he was not even ''PhAsed-
Green Is a middle aged man, Of medium
height, yet short in build. He weighs II
the neighborhood Of S5s pounds and hA'
never been sick in mis- life. His aPpstItc
Is normal. but his capacity is abnormal
70 say tie lezst--St. Louis Post Dispatch
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