The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-25
Richest Woman Says That the William
Still PursueS Her.
THE VICTIM OF CONSPIRACY
Thinks That Her Father and Amt We're
Both Murdered and Imagines That
Band of Conspirators Is Thirst.
ing for Her Blood.
BY the United Press.


According to the story told today by
her lawyer, William II. Slayton, Mrs.
Green is in fear of her life. Glass, she
declares, has been placed in her food,
not six months ago. blocks of wood and
stones have been hurled at her from
windows as she was passing on the
sidewalks, and on numerous occasions
her life has been threatened.
Her story is strange one as she has
New Bedford people. Her grandfather
was trader and whaler, and Inherit
ed handsome fortune. Her mothers
sister, an unmarried woman, Sylvia
Ann Rowland, accumulated by her own
speculations fortune of over $780,
900. With her Hettie Green lived when
young girl.
Hetty's father, Edward NJ. Robinson,
had large business interests in this city
and lived here. Her mother died when
she was very young.
Mrs. Green's Strange Story.
Mrs. GREEN'S lawyer said today that
she tells the following story of the
death of her father and her aunt:
She was called to New York on June
IA, 1865, by an announcement of her
fathers sudden illness. She found him
weak in mind and declared that he was
In the clutches of some conspiracy. He
could speak to her only in broken sem
tences, but impressed on her the truth
of his belief that he was in the hands
nf crNi, i,ot % n1 hnp m ha-
ware for her own life and pleaded with
her to marry her present husband, Mr..
Green, in whom he had perfect faith.
About his will he expressed great con-
Germ and told her that he wanted Henry
Grinnell, of New Bedford Mr.. Green,
and a member of the law firm of Lord
Day G. Lord as executors. He feared
that all was not well with the document
and sent for it, but before it reached
him he died. 1t was discovered when
the will was read that instead of the
three names appearing as executors
whom he desired, the will named two of
his clerks in this city and one in New
Bedford, to each of whom he left $780,
900 for services. Instead of his daughter
getting all, as she says he declared he
wished, she received 100000 outright
and s., 900, 900 in trust to go to her heirs
at her death. "She has often told me-"
said Mr.. Slayton, that if she could find
who left her fathers room before she
reached it, when she found blood on
him, she would know who was response
BILE for his death"
Scarcely had her father been buried
when the young girl was called back to
New Bedford. When she reached Miss
Howland's bedside the dying woman
was too far gone 20 recognize her.
Then, she says, another startling sur
prise came. Her aunt in her will, in
stead of leaving her all her estate of
over $2,500000, bequeathed half to the
city departments and several men
whom she scarcely knew-politicians OF
the place. The other half was left to
her in trust.
A Queer Nurse.
A Mrs. Price, resident OF New Bed
ford, now aged so, has strengthened
Mrs. Green's belief that her aunt was
murdered for her money by story to
the effect that when Miss HoWland
was taken i'll she called on her. She
was Mortified to find the nurse giving
the patient doses of sixty drops OF
laudanum.
She demonstrated and the woman
told her that such were the instruc-
tions given her; that she was to hide
the bottles and keep the matter a secret
She showed her pile of bottles in the
chimney. Mrs. Price informed hel
family and doctor from Boston was
sent to the sick woman's aid. The
laudanum had been stopped, but the
woman was raving. He talked with
Miss Howland's doctor, and then tolt
her that he would have no more to dC
with the case. Soon after Miss How
land died.
Hetty Green believes that her aun
was murdered by powerful band o
conspirators, who were men of politi
cal influence in New Bedford. She be
lieves that the same men are pursuing
her today and are pursuing her chill
dren.
''Mrs. Green" says Mr.. Slayton
"solemnly believes this story. OF 1t
truth know nothing. She is a clea
headed woman and not a person to b.
easily led into wild hallucinations. Sh
does not imphcate her executors, bu
thinks the people are others NOR
powerful. She has suspicious, but o
whom do not know"
Mr.. Barling, the sole living executor
declares the story Of the aunt's deaf
ridiculous. "When she died." he sale
'she left Mrs. Green a life interest /
one-half of the estate and the other hal
to the town. But 1 shall not talk on thi
new story of hers. My lawyers, Evart!
Choate and Beaman, will take care @
all my affairs and do the talking"
Statement Of Barling's Attorneys.
Late this afternoon the latter CAV
out the following statement:
Edward Mott Robinson in his life tim
was n client of Evarts, Southmayd
Choate. He died June IA, 1865. Henry
Barling, Abner II. Davis and Edward l
Mandall, are named in the will as excel
tors and trustees and we have since bee
their counsel. So far as we know M
Barling, Mr.. Davis and Mr.. Mandell hay
at all times been faithful to their dutie
as executors and trustees. The litigf
tions now going on are in actions bega
against Mrs. Hetty Howland Robinso
Green and others, simply to present II
accounts of the executors and trustee
and have them judiclally settled. tt
examination of the accounts is pendin
before Mr.. Henry H. Anderson as re
cree. The proceedings have been presse
in behalf of our client, Mr.. Barling, al
will be to the end. The statements pul
lished In the newspapers of the 23d ins
in so far as they, by direct statement ,
by inuendo impute any wrong doing ,
neglect to Mr. Barllng or the other exec,
tors or trustees, are untrue. None OF II
delays that have taken place In this lii