The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-27
HUSBAND AND SON DIED.
While the Mother Lay Helpless Ii
An Adjoining Room.

When grim death visits a househ old and
silences forever the lips of a loved member,
the loved ones of him who is called to the final
cruel. No mourner's cup of sorrow could
have been filed more than that of Mrs.
Michael Green of No. TAI Ocean avenue
whom death at a single blow deprived of
husband and child. Mrs. Green's case is GER
tainly one of the saddest that has ever been
brought to the attention of Greenyille.
Six months ago Mr.. Green was taken i'll
and had to resign his position. he was EN-
ployed by Contractor Keiss of G%reenville
and earned a fair salary. He lived happily
with his wife and four children in a small
fiat in the houses known as Firms Row."
When he became sick, however, his savings
soon disappeared, and during the last weeks
of his illness his wife found it extremely
difficult to provide the necessaries OF life.
Mrs. Green worked hard to support her fam
lily and went out washing and ~scrubbing.
Two weeks ago she was taken i'll, and a week
ago Sunday she gave birthtto a child.
In the meantime her three-year-old son
also became i'll and her husbands condition
became worse. Mrs. Green was unable to
look after either her child or husband, and,
as she lay on her bed suffering, she was
worrying over her inability to provide the
necessaries Of life for her children. Her
last penny had been expended for medicine
and food and she knew not where to turn
for assistance. Her condition made it inn
possible for her to solicit aid, and no friends
called upon her to help her. But the worst
was vet to come.
On Thursday afternoon her son began to
grow worse and died. A few hours later
his father died. Mrs. Green was so ill that
she could not even go to the death beds of
her son and husband. Their dying groans
were plainly heard by her as she lay in an
adjoining room and she made several heroic
attempts to rise from her bed of pain. Each
time, however, she sank back until sheer
exhaustion forced her to lie still. On the
following day her condition had taken a
change for the worse, and on Saturday it
had not improved much.
Sunday was the day set for the double
funeral, and, while the undertaken was max
ing the necessary arrangements, Mrs. Green
was nearly driven to distraction. The time
set for the services at the house was half
past two O'Clock, and at noon Mrs. Green,
determined to get a last glimpse of her dead
husband and child, rose from her bed. and
with the assistance of a few of her relatives
who had arrived in the meantime, dressed
herself in a light gown and went into the
room where the two casketS stood.
At the first sight of the caskets she gave a
scream and tainted. When she recovered
she went to the one containing the body of
her husband and kissed the cold lips. When
the tim for closing down the lids on the
caskets arrived Mrs. Green wept bitterly.
The scene was a most pathetic one.
The remains were taken to st. Pauls r. G.
Church where the last rites of the Catholic
Church were administered, The interment
was in the West Side Catholic Cemetery.
The bodies were placed in one grave. Mr..
Green was buried by the A. 0. f.. of A., he
having held membership in Court Pamrapo
of that order.
Mrs. Green at present is very, i'll and in
destitute circumstances. Although Mr..
Green was buried by Court Pamrapo, his
wife viii not receive any death benefit as he
was in arrears at the time Of his death.