The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-06
COL. GREENE'S WIFE, SHE SAYS
CALIFORNIA WOMAN OBJECTS
TO PROBATE or WILL
which Enriches Policeman Greene-De-
ciares That Col. Greene Married Her
in Arizona Several Years AgO-He
Died Here Last May on 18th Birthday.

Died Here Last May on 18th Birthday.
Objections to the probate Of the will Of
Col. Augustus p. Greene, who died Of cancer
In Lincoln Hospital on May 81, were filed
yesterday on behalf Of Genevieve Greene
as the widow. Mrs. Greene lives In Cali
fornia. Lawyer j. Wilson Bryant APP
peared for her. She was not mentioned
In the will which disposes. it Is said, OF an
estate worth about 500 900.
Col Bryant lived at 6o2 East l39th street,
and the neighbors had always taken him
for single man, although some OF his rela-
tives 1t was said. we're aware OF the fact
that he had married once. He died on his
seventy eighth birthday.
Lawyer Bryant. besides presenting the
papers giving him power Of attorney to act
for Genevieve Greene, read a letter which
he had received from her. Among other
things she says In this letter:
while it is some time since we lived to-
gether saw Augustus Greene when he was
in the West nearly two years ago In Pasa-
dena, Cal. We hada thorough understanding
He told me he was prosperous and that you
were his attorney, and if anything should
happen to him that he would arrange 1t with
his lawyer 30 l would be provided for. l
have letters and data to prove what say
and will show my relationship to him.
have written to you, IS he gave me your
address and said you We re his attorney, to
inquire what provision he made for his
widow"
She also states In the letter that Col.
Greene married her several years ago In
Arizona When she saw him two years ago
in Pasadena she says he was on a g. A. r.
excursion.
The resduary legatee under Col. Greene's
will Is William L. Greene, a nephew. who
is a policeman and lives at IT'S East lsoth
street. He is named as executor Of the
will To Mrs. Elizabeth Irsch. daughter
of William l.. Greene, ia left 5000; to Au-
g,,stus Dubois Greene an adopted son,
SO 900, to be held in trust until he reaches
the age Of 40 years, and to Frances Renton,
a niece, who lives at ?42 East i05th street,
s3,OOo. There are other bequests amount
ing to 81 900 or 5000 to grandnieces and
grandnephews.
A change was made in the will a few days
before Col Greene's death. ten years being
added to the period in which the $4,000
left. to his adopted son shall he held in
trust.
The letter presented by the lawyer Is
dated June 10. The widow says she learned
of Col. Greene's death through newspaper
announcement and wrote TO his attorney
without delay. The will was to have been
proved on June %, hut al the request OF the
attorney for the heirs, Wilbur I.arremore,
the case was adjourned until yesterday.
Col. Greene owned the Ave story Hat in
which he lived, extending from 400 TO 6lO
East l30th street. His real estate holdings
are valued at $3.50 ,O0O. He was member
of Lafayette Post, q. A. r., the Veteran
Legion and several other societies. He
was born in thi, city and fought in the
Mexican es we'll as the civil war. he was
appointed Lieutenant in the Fourteenth
Infantry IT, S. A.. in 1886 and he served
with his regiment until 1873. In his younger
days he had been employed by Bowen
McNamee and afterward by Arnold 4
Constable