Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-07
No. ioe

% about week before they made this dis eovery, and then they posted of to St
 Lonts. wondsrins If they would evsr catch up with tbsir hushsnd- In s. Louis. with the aid of the police, thsy found No. (. but they couldn'i And Grsena "tOh, he's looking for sncthsr ons,' said No. 1. T<tis kesp up the chsse,' and away they wsnt 10 Texas, where they heard that he had gone. It vAs . faise scent, and in about ten days they came back. h the neantine the police bed located Gresas as De Hcdianont, an aristoorstso little e1- burb of St. Louis. The money that be had obtained from No. l having run cut,
 pc sad ssttlsd Sosn 10 hi. old enansa of barsesfng and had aarrisd No. 6. Well, this last one joined the other four, and they agreed to call on Grcsns st ths Four courts. where be had bean locksd up. Ihsy were pretty mad, for the newspspers
 hsd ccnnsnosd to rRke loa of fun over the resemblance of the Ave Mrs Greeres, for No. 5 and No. ( looked exsctiy Hks the other three, but when they were ushsrsd into Grsenes cell thsy had to laugh, for he saidi
 "I.diss, I'll tell you all sossthsr what
 have told each of you separately, you gre
 the prsttiest women In ertstence. Thsre
 are no more Hke you
 kra Greene No. 1Iwas the ensftsst woman of the lot, and abe engineered the prosecution of the gay Lothario. For fear thai the otber Mrs. Greenes would seps- rate, she invited them all to her house 10 live until the case came to trial Fully sppreciating, in spite of its many bad fss- tures, the humor of the affair, she induced the other four women to dress their hair just as she dressed hers. She ordered Eve tailor made gowns of one pattern to Et her nd hA tsa1 sk.~ sn They bought five bonnets just alike. They wore the same sized shoss and the same dred gloves- It sounds inprobshls, but 1t is true. Such c thing never happened before. and never will happen sgsin. Talk about the two Dromios or Wilkin-
 sou's vidova Here were five Mrs. Greenes as alike as Ave peas and e pretty
 6 i've rose buds, with their five GrectKn noses and Eve psirs of sloe-blsck eyes.
 Their names were Hester, Hattie. Alice. Kettle and Felicia. One of the nevsps- pers secured e photograph of one. repro duced it four times, and called the Ave cuts pictures of the Mrs. Greenes, or the Ms tresses Greene. as some tnEisted wss the correct way of speatipg of them. Ths whole town laughed sbout 1t. Everybody except the victims wanted to see Gardner 90 free
 Another funny thing about 1t. the Is- dies compared notes and found that Grsene's manner of courtship in each oass was precisely the came. With two of them he had become acquainted many years be- fore, bat had not courted them. The oth- CT three, including No. 1, were won on short scausintauce. There Is DO doubt tn the world but that he hsd 6 particular
 standard of beauty, and when be got No
 1 and her money he struck right cut to marry everybody who was up to the stand
 ard. One reporter interviewed all Eve wives together one day, and they all tslked
 at once and declared that he was just the incest man.
 "The trial was the funniest thing that old St. Louis ever hsd. The wives got all mixed up. Greene hsd e couple of good lawyers, and made 6 sort of defence, al though he seemed to enter into the fun of the affair.
 "'which one do you like bestr sstsd one of the lawyers. Each of the hrs Grsenss held their breath and grew pale. for each, If the truth was known-loved Geeen better than her life.
 "T love them all just the same,' re- sponded Greene. They are equal: they have the same dispositions and all. At one time thought that Hester was the prettiest name; then thought that Hat tie was pretty name, then Felicia, and then got all mixed up.'
 'Tt didn't take the jury long 10 srd Greene guilty and to fx hie punishment st ten years In the penitentiary. A great many people thought the man was insane, but ss . matter of fact he WAS ss sane &s
 could be, except. possibly, io regard 10 6 certain standard of Greek nosed beauty"