The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-12


Mr. Wizards first stroke Of apoPIexy
occurred in 1870 Besides The family 3Ir-
Willard leaves sister. Mrs Emma Won
XyIander. wife Of Gen Robert Won XyIan-
der. of the Bavarian Army, and four
brothers-in-iaw, Wendell ?. Garrison, edi-
tor y the Nation William Lloyd Car
rison, Francis J. Garrison. and George
Lloyd Garrison. al of Boston.
The funeral services viii be held at MS
residence on Wednesday afternoon The
services VIII be conducted By Rev. Theo-
dore c Williams, of Tarrytown. Inter
ment Wilt DC IN tie family plot at Sleepy
Hollow Cemetery
Henry Willard was natural dn2ncIer and
his career has been interesting His real
name. il is said. was Heinrich HiIgaFd, and
be was born In Germany about sixty-six
years ago He received a thorough eG1Ic5s-
tioR. being graduated from the University
OF Munich Bavaria IN 1873 having finish
ed preparatory studies in q FreacR school
the year before entering college
Then he induced his father 70 give him
sufficient money to come TO tais country.
L was his intention to settle with bis Un-
Gle on farm IN Illinois. bur on landing
ia New York he was dszzied by the hnan-
cial opportunities Of the metropolis a=28
decided on q shortcut 10 wealth. His
first ventures were disastrous. ard, dis
oouraged be sought quiet On his Unela'S
farm. where he remained several -esEs
He later made a venture into journalism
and al the outbreak OF the civil war he be-
came a correspondent for the New York
Tribune" and was On board Commodore
Dupont's flagship al the first attack On
Charleston He had 10 natural aptitude
as q writer. however. bur while engaged in
newspaper work. made wide acquaintance
among mea Of wealth IN Washington This
aided him in financial operations which ne
shortly undertook
He secured for syndicate possession OF
the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com
pany. This was his 6-st venture Later
he became the best Known Of The operators
in Western railroad stocks. known as VII
lard securities"
Beginning with p-acti- ally nothing il tn .
course Of a year he made about s.. .5e5. SEQ
IN railroad corporations. He organized a
famous blind pool in which Charles
Woerishoffer, George W. Pullman, and
Broker Endicott became interested. With
others they subscribed TO a fund of IS GOO =
CO., and placed the money with Willard,
who began quietly buying up Northern Pa
cific. On his representation those in the
deal put up SI2, ,o60,0a0 more and in 1881
re was elected president OF the road
The crash came in 1851 Il Vas discover
ed there was deficit Of S20. COS. eco in The
assets Of the company. The Willard stocks
went 10 pieces It was said Mr. Willard
bad lost his entire fortune with the excep-
tion of securities worth $500 100 which he
toek to Germany. remaining three years
There he secured backing and again pur-
chased the Northern Pacific, which stock
Immediately doomed In the Wall Street
panic Of 1890. Northern Pacific went 10 the
waH and Willard again lost his fortuae. Re
succeeded once more in Tehabilitating the
securities. He died a very wealthy man.
Among other interests. Willard was Pres
ident of the Edison General Electric Com
pany- He was in former days formidable
rival of Jay Gould and Coils P Hunting
ton He was a member of the Union
League. Downtown, Law, and other clubs in
New York