The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-05-18
THE WAGES OF SIN.
Noted Scandal in q New York Church
Ended by Suicide.
SAD STORY OF NEW YORK LIFE.

S. 3. Green, Wealthy Lawyer Blows
Out His Brains in = Hotel
Where His Marital
Woes Began.
The article below reads almost like
fiction, but it Is true, sad life story
which ought to open the eyes Of the
people to the curse OF divorce. This
article shows that this awful curse
pervades all grades Of society il the
communities where it is allowed tc
exist.
Standing in room on the ground
floor Of the Fifth Avenue Hotel Wed.
nesday in the city OF New York, Sam.
uel 3. Greene, a wealthy lawyer, Of
Stonytord, n. y, pressed a revolver
to his right temple, sent a bullet
crashing into his brain and then ex-
pired in the arms Of those who held
him up.
This tragedy was the climax Of a
remarkable series OF sensational
divorce action and incidental suits
and charges which at one time made
turmoil in the homes, society and
church circles OF Monticello, n. Y.
The intrigue and complexities Of the
story ending with the suicide Of Green
are unrivalled in fiction.
It was a singular coincidence that
Greene selected for bis suicide the
hotel where evidence was obtained
against the wife he divorced and
where the complicated matrimonial
troubles, involving so many people,
had their origin.
a correspondent Of the New York
AMERICAN" called at the handsome
home at Stonyford and broke the news
Of death to the young and beautiful
wife. Arrangements were made to
claim the body before any action
might be taken toward sending it to
the Morgue.
TIE BELLE OF AoNTIcELLo.
Greene was the son Of William q.
Greene, a wealthy and famous lawyer
Of Buffalo, N. Y, and after gradual
ing from Princeton married Miss
Jennie Niven, daughter Of the hon.
Thornton A. Niven, and grand
daughter of General A. C. Niven, and
acknowled the belle Of Monticello.
To ST. Johns Episcopal Church in
Monticello there came the Rev. David
T. Howells, bright, active and elo-
ouent young man. The young minis
ter invited Mrs. Niven to sing in the
choir, and her daughter, Mrs. Greene,
became an active church worker.
One day the good people OF the
town were stunned BY the breaking Of
the famous Monticello Church scan
dal, news Of which spread and caused
so much turmoil in tine town that
nearly every one was concerned one
way or the other.
Mrs. Howell sued Mrs. Greene for
s25, 900 damages for alternating her
husbands affections; Mr.. Greene and
Mrs. Greene for divorce; Mrs. Greene
sued Mr.. Greene for divorce; Mrs.
howell sued Mr.. Howell for divorce
and Mrs. Howell secured a warrant for
the Rev. Mr.. Howell TOR refusal to
furnish support and counsel fees.
USED SIGNALS FOB MINISTER.
In the trial it was testified that
Mrs. Greene and the Rev. Mr.. How
els had visited the Fifth Avenue
Hotel together, and fashionably dress
ed women thronged the court room to
hear how Mrs. Greene lit lamp in
her room to signal the minister in the
vestry OF the church JUST across the
way. The church congregation di-
v:ded and clashed, each faction alter
nately reSigning and 3egaining the
mastery of the church affairs.
Mrs. Greene came K New York,
securing employment rs stenog-
zapher for rich Wall street broker,
and Rev. Mr.. Howell WIS transferred
to B!ackwells Island, from which be
made frequent trips to Mrs. Greene's
Brooklyn residence, at No. $50 Quincy
street. Mrs. Greene failed to show
that her husband manif ested any i'm.
proper conduct toward an attractive
young woman named n ettie Coulson,
and for the consideration OF $4,000
she allowed her husband to secure &c
Gnconsested divorce.
The disappearance Of Mrs. Greene,
long a mystery to Monticello people,
was explained yesterday when az
American reporter found her in Ne.
waIk, where she is married to the
Rev. Howells, now lawyer, with
cnces in the Prudential Building.
FORMER WIFE HEARS NEWS.
$50 be committed suicide, did he:
What was the ma tier with hin?" va:
the CAIN remark Of Mrs. Howells, yes
terday, when informed Of the suicide
Ct her former bus oand.
A week after securing his divorce
Greene married his cousin, Miss Eliza
beth Bull, daughter Of Justice William
Bull, q society girl OF Stonyford vi
cinity. Last week he left his wife
saying be was going away for a few
days, and the news Of the suicide wa!
the first his wife heard Of his where
aboutS.
Although 1t is known that Greene!
END came with dependency due K
drinking, an element Of mystery IL
added to the closing chapter by the
fact that before going to the Fiftt
Avenue Hotel, Greene talked for
long time with some one at the Crane
Union Hotel. While the management
OF the hotel say they know nothing o
-. COCO ono of tho erenlOveS is re