The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-03
HETTY GREEN, s2
 YEARS OLD, DIES AT HOME IN N. Y
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 Atockings over her shoes and walk through the snow to parties.
 Almost at the same time that her father died, her aunt, Sylvia Ann Howland, passed away, leaving several million dollars. It is said Hetty Robin; son had been brought up from child hood to count this money as herG and that the aunt expressed the hoT9 that Hetty would some day become, as she did. the richest woman in the country. E
 The division of the aunt's estate. : however, was not as expected. Three { years after the aunt's death Hetty Green appeared in the United States S'Circurt Court in Massachusetts with will which she wanted substituted for ! tho one already probated. This will was in Mrs. Greens own handwriting. and some of the most famous experts of the day declared under oath their belief that the two signatures it con- tained were not made by the aunt, but were traced by Hetty Green her. self over an original signature of Syl- via Ann Rowland.
 The litigation is one of the most famous in court annals. After an expense of $172,000, the case was dis missed on a technicality. An appeal was made to the Supreme Court Of the United States, but while this was pending private settlement was feached.
 From those days. to the time of her death Hetty Green was involved t1n some law suit or other, asserting that lawyers were forever trying to rob her of her property Her an- ! sf3pathy toward them was so violent Athat she said, T would rather have my daughter burned at the stake that to go through what I have with Jaw 1; $ers." !. She married in 1887. Her hus- '{n&nd was Edward H.. Green, who was 41hfted States Consul General in Ma ldIIla, where he had made a fortune 1T the silk rade. It is said Green, \ " q public dinner, heard someone 6teak of Hetty Robinson as "the " teatest American heiress,y and G<raishtaway announced his determin- otk0n to marry her. Before the wed- Ning day an agreement was signed to me effect that the wife's fortune k0hould never be drawn on to meet the 4Ausband's debts or any of their joint ~4kpenses. Fs He died in 1902, after having lost most of his money in Wall street. z Both Hetty Green and he did busi- llxesss there for many years, but on iGeparate accounts. Old Wall street mon have told innumerable stories about her closenesss. One was how }Glhe negotiated once for a special. en- 5rine to take her from Philadelphia to Blew York 50 that she might not miss / v chance to make several thousand Qoljafs before the close of the stock exchange. A price was named by the leiIroad company for an engine and 7 6ne car. After haggling a few min jptes. Mrs Green. made this final prop 4oition:
 'sTake off the car and make 1t l$5 less. I'll ride in the locomotive cab" This she did. and reached Wall street in time to. make successful turn. < Dressed in simple and sometimes abby black. with little bonnet that would stand a lot of wear, the woman
 millions moved about in downtown Few York. recognized only by few rho had been Initiated into the secret rf her identity. She never rode in a Ararriage. and was never seen at the theatre or opera. Her abiding place was usually . mystery to the tax coi-