The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-18
HErrY GREEN'S HUSBAND.
Brought Into UnveicOme Notcrfcty by
His Eccentric and wealthy Vic.

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His Eccentric and wealthy Wife.
New York Letter In Philadelphia Times.
Many men who seek notoriety fail TO
attain it, and some who have no such
desire find it thrust upon them To
this latter class belongs Edward Henry
Green, a quiet spoken and extremely
modest gentleman. who. on account of
being the husband of the most wealthy
and one of the most eccentric women
in the country, finds himself brought
into public notice.
Though Mr.. Green has not lived with
his wife for some years, he is evidently
not out of her thoughts. for he receives
occasional visits from her, and at times
when he is not well she shows solicitude
and makes him frequent visits. Then.
for reasons and to accomplish purposes
best known to herself, she makes fire.
quent inquiry about her husband in UNI
expected quarters. OF this latter nature
was her recent inquiry at the bureau
of elections to learn If her husband had
registered and voted at the last cleo
ton. Such episodes are evidently an
noying to Mr.. Green and cause him to
more closely keep to himself and shut
the door against all who may wish to
refer to his peculiar marriage relations.
For this reason he is under the guard
ianship of the attendants at the Cum
berland and the Union League Club
to protect him from the representatives
of the press.
Mr.. Green may have had his troubles.
but suffering for the need of money has
not been one of them, for he started
with the proverbial silver spoon, and
though II has more than once dropped
from his lips it has always been again
placed within his reach. and it is there
now. held by his wife, for he is regular
ly p~ensioned by her and provided with
the means of living according to the
demands of his gentlemanly tastes.
When he married Miss Harriet III.
Robinson ne was the fortunate possessor
of a million dollars. but he soon learned
that riches frequently take to them
selves wings. This lesson was taught
to him in the overcrowded school on
Wall street, where he s~peculated with
more daring than judgment. One morn
ing eleven years ago when the Stock
Exchange opened and he was called on
to make good his obligations. he found
himself bankrupt.
Not only was speculation a failure
with Mr.. Green. but marriage had the
same termination, with the exception
that marriage has always furnished
him with a comfortable living. For a
short time Mr.. and Mrs. Green resided
in London, at which time an incom-
patibility arose, and on their return to
| New York a separation was decided on,
and after some delay went into force.
| There was no difficulty over money
matters, for their had been an ante
nuptial contract entered into by which
neither was to ave any secured right
in the money of the other.
He is much older than his wife.
though his appearance does not indi-
| cate the fact. His large, well-rounded
figure, towering above nearly all of his
associates, and his quick step and act
i've mind would indicate him to be far
on the sunny side of three score and
ten, while on good authority he is said
to be nearly eighty years of age.
After Mr.. Green's failure in Wall
street his debts were all paid, he re-
tired from "'Change" and settled down
as a club man of very simple and regu-
lar habits. Since then he has had moth
ing to do with business, living as a gen.
tleman of leisure aid resisting all
temptation to again enter into specula-
ton. His acquaintance are confined
almost exclusively to member of the
| Union League Club.
His time is about evenly divided be-
tween his apartments at the Cumber-
land and the rooms of the Union
League, where he is a conspicuous fig
ure and an enjoyable companion. From
the rising hour until 1 O'Clock he is to
be found in his sitting room with his
books. The daily papers he reads with
care. and though he scowls when he
sees his wife's name, he carefully clips
and preserves all of the articles re-
ferring to her. Here he receives only
acquaintance to be met in the club
room.
At / o'clock he walks ~leisurely to his
club and usually stays there until quite
late at night, enjoying his cigar, a game
of cards and social conversation. Now
and then, though not frequently, the
evening is broker by a visit to the
theater.. Such is the quiet life of the
husband of the woman who is able to
lend millions of dollars, and who.
peculiar and careful management of
her fortune, has gained for herself
worldwide notoriety and brought him
into public notice because he is her hus-