The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-26
A SECOND HETTY GREEN.
The Passing of Mrs. Hattie Maddy
mt Cripple Creek.

CRIPPLE CREEK, Col, Aug. 25-Mrs
Hattie Wright Maddy, the Hetty Greer
of Cripple Creek" is dead from the effects
of twenty grains of morphine, self-admin-
istered, with the purpose of suicide. With
Hattie Wright Maddy passes away one OF
| the most picturesque and remarkable
characters which the camp has ever
known. She came TO Cripple Creek. I'M
married, in the early days of the gold
excitement, and though alone, poor and
uneducated, soon grew to be a power In
the mining world of the new camp.
She had the keen insight of a naturally
speculative mind, and saw that many
valuable claims were being held by men
who had not the money to patent them.
She had no money. but she had brains.
energy and perseverance,.
At the corner of what is now Masonic
Avenue she opened a boarding and lodS-
ing house, which she kept on the same
business-like, methodica1 plans she after
ward used In conducting her larger bust
ness. Her rooms were clean, her beds
comfortable. and her meals good, and
money soon began to flow into her treas
ury.
Every cent that she could spare went
into mining property; she bought up and
patented number of mines, at one time
holding a controlling interest in between
thirty and forty properties.
Among these are the Robert L., the
Horace Clark, three claims on the Den
yer mines; the Jake Turner. the Scrap
on Copper Mountain, and a number OF
claims on Signal Hill.
The great fire of 1895 destroyed the
boarding house. and as there was no In
surdnce upon 1t she suffered the loss of
all her furniture and household effects.
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energies to other labors. and in 1897
ganized the Columbus Jewel Gold Min
ing Company, of which she was a large
shareholder.
For some years she had been on terms
of warm friendship with John b. Maddy
and eleven months ago was married to
him, she then being fifty-three, while he
was fifty-eight years of age. Mr.. Maddy
Is also interested in mining speculations.
and their union appears to have been the
result of business connections as well as
of mutual affection.
Mr.. Maddy paid his wife a certain
amount monthly for running the house
and attending to his domestic comforts,
for every cent of which she accounted
at their monthly settlements. OF late
Mrs. Maddy has appeared nervous and
excited on several different occasions,
watching the markets with GREATNESS
interest and suspense.
On the day before her death Mrs. Mad
dy seemed in her usual health and spirits
and went out To attend to some business
affairs in the afternoon. She called upon
her lawyer and visited a dry goods store
or two. When she returned she said that
she was tired, would lie down for a while,
and did not wish to be disturbed.
When Mr. Maddy came in she called to
him to sit beside her on the edge OF the
bed and told him that he had always been
kind and considerate to her, and that she
wanted to thank him for it. She then
asked him II he had a key to the safety
deposit vault telling him that she had
given authority there that he should be
allowed to go to ii in case of her inability
or death.
MIR. Maddy in great surprise asked her
If she felt i'll, at which she smiled in a
peculiar manner and answered: No not
sick; only tired so tired"
Later he found small bottle marked
morphine under her pillow. and the
woman who lived in the back of the house
told him that she thought Mrs. Maddy
had taken poison. Two physicians We're
summoned. but too late She was already
unconscious.
galvanic battery was applied. and
under its influence she revived and sat
up in bed. She looked about her; and see
ing the doctors said: It's no use: you
cannot save me. ! took 1t on purpose and
enough TO make sure Soon after she
again became unconscious and passed
away without speaking again.
In the present unsettled condition OF af-
fairs II was impossible to obtain even
an approximate idea of the wealth of
this remarkable woman. That she had
had many losses of late her friends are
positive. and the opinion seems prevalent
speculation were the direct cause of her