The sun., 1891-06-03
DOUGLASS GREEN'S RETURN.
HE rs SAID TO BE IN CHICAGO NOW,
WITH MRS. M,CREA.

Since Green's Divorce-Ho Has Come
Back co Settle tho Claims Against His
stock Exchange Seat and Save It.
Douglass Green hos returned to the United
States and is said by his friends to DO in Chi
caRo. Mrs. Alice Smell McCrea and Baby
McCrea returned with Mr.. Green. Personal
friends Of Mr.. Green said yesterday that tho
party arrived from London at Montreal last
week and from there proceeded to Chicago.
The return OF Mr. Green was the talk OF Wall
street yesterday. He was a poor boy from
Vermont when he entered the street ten years
ngo. He fell In with Commodore Arthur Edgcr-
ton Bateman. Eventually Mr.. Green was
taken into tho firm.
Along In 1884. and for several years after
ward, the firm OF Green Il Batemnn made
money in Wall street. A fortune was piling up
for both members
Nearly two years ago Mr.. Green began to
neglect his homo. and soon 1t was whispered
about that he was one OF the devoted admirers
OF Mrs. Alice Smell McCrea. She was widow.
young and remarkably pretty. with q little
daughter. Hor father had been rich man In
Chicago, and she and q sister shared his
estate
she came to New York and took house In
West Ninety.third street. Not even Mr..
Green's most intimate friends know how he
became acquainted with her. but they are all
positive that from the first day he met her he
was Infatuated.
Green began to neglect his business affairs.
and In January. 1890. his friends were startled
at tho announcement TINT he had been prl-
vately married to Mrs. McCrea BY q colorod
rarson in Virginia. Mr.. Green did not hesi-
tate to confirm tho truth Of this statement. He
was infatuated beyond oil bounds. and without
the slightest recognition Of responsibility TO
his lawful wife. unhesitatinGly declared that
tho Virginia marriage was legal.
Within forty-elght hours after the Virginian
marriage was known Green sailed with Mrs.
McCrea and her little daughter for England.
30 5 has hasty w"s his derar1nrs that he LETT Mebts
s2,o6o and 5000. '''eA A'n""s' " '''"''u
He as perfectly solvent at the time but he
C"mmoiore Bs.eman 1niYkly ,urnoJ him out
Of the firm. Green's creditors on tho. Stock
him Gay o where
and Mrs. McCtea and the child located, :,
But no word came and no checks. and finally
rended By tho Governors ot the ESchsnee Of
which be was member Under the laws Of
sEsnss tie seat % until one year eS had espssd.
, The year will be up on June Is. and unless
GreeR S settles the adsb.ednsss s Of 5000 or
II Il WAS isarnsd yesterday tina. Green had re-
sotstIns for the payment Of these Claims Is, anil s
the retention Of his seat. He WAS spurred TO
this action by the knowledge that his wife hnd
secured n divorce from him. with claims for
alimony and that her lawyers were deter.
mined to leave no stone unturned for the col
An evidence OF their determination was OBJ
served on the Cotton Exchange last week
when. after Green's seat In that Exchange had
been sold for f505 TO satisfy dues and assess
Green was immediately attached By a, deputy
sherif acting IN the interest Of the lawyers
who represent tho divorced wife.
These lawyers hayo also been looking for
ward TO the sale OF Greene seat on the Stock
EAchange After all claim. against i had
lnainder and apply It to tho slimony awarded
to Mrs. Green by the Court
Green has been represented In this country
by lawyers and they notified their client in
in tho 81 ock Exchange With ali haste he has
sped to the United States and opened neRotn-
ttons with his creditors to satisfy the claims
against ,lis sent II he pays these his !seat In
the Stock Exchange cannot be attached.
to pay the claims against his seat. so greatly
hos his fortune been diminished in the last
lew yeRrs. but Mrs McCrea has money In her
own right. and one or two OF Mr.: Green's old
friends sad last night that II the debts against
edly come from her. The seat is Worth 500. 900
1t was said last night by very close friends OF
Green that after his arrival In this country, and
on learning that his wife had se-
cured a divorce from him. he has remarked
taken place In Chicago. because ali the licenses
Issued In that town are printed. and Green Ia
the last year or SO has dislikod undue noto-
riety. For that reason the marriage Ia said to
have taken place in q quiet town not far from