The Detroit times., 1916-02-26
LIFE
SREVEALED
BY DEATH
Two w O m en- Claim
Body of Thomas E.
Greene
ROMANCE BEGAN
20 YEARS AGO
"LOve Wife" Makes
Arrangements For
Funeral, Monday

Il uItCl al, I1Oltuoy
So successfully did Thomas f.
Greene, known as "Old Judge"
Greene to all Detroit and the trav-
cling public during his % years OF
service as special officer In the old
Russell house and the Hotel Pont-
chartrain, veil his sordid romance
that il was not discovered until he
passed away, Friday morning. that
he had for l9 years supported two
homes. and in all this time lived
with his love wife" known as Mrs.
Mary Greene, at No. 100 Lafayette
blvd. without arousing any suspicion
on the part Of his real wife, Mrs.
Beatrice Green, and his three child
ren.
Greene's dual life had been known
to his real wife and his children for
at least six weeks. perhaps longer
Several OF his children called on
"the other woman" at that time, af.
ter their fathers illness had be-
come known to them, and exacted a
promise that she would turn the
However, Berlin & Feinauer, under
takers at No. S44 Mt. Elliott-ave.,
stated, Saturday morning. that Mrs
Mary Greene had arranged for the
funeral. Monday afternoon. and that
there had been no change In these
arrangements. They knew nothing
or any marital tarsle.
Mrs. Mary Greene came into
Greene's life &c yt1rs ago when he
was Sc. an a deputy sheriff In Mt.
Clemens. with a wife ami three chill
dren living on Westinghouse. in
that town. Mary. the love wife,
was then a young widow OF rs with
three children. who cooked In the
l'lvy house.
No one knew of the deputy's at
tachment until furniture dealer
remarked on delivering two sets OF
furniture within few blocks, to
Deputy Sheriff Greene, and allowed
/ hat it was queer. This came TO the
ears OF the legal wife. Mrs. Beatrice
Greene, and the mutual" husband
was in trouble Immediately. He
agreed TO forget Mary. the famil,
moved 10 LeEnoX, and the whole af.
fair was regarded as dead
Later Greene came to the Detroi
hotel as special olIlcer and his fam
lily moved to Wyandotte. He ex
planned that his work was such that
he could not be with his family reg
ularly, but he visited them once a
week faithfully. When Mrs.
Greene's two granddaughter.
brought her TO Detroit to live at No.
19l Trowbridgc-ave. four years ago,
he continued 10 make his calls and
telcphoned every evening exactly az
six.
1t was New Years when Greene's
son, Thomas T. Greene, Of Pequam.
ing, Mich. stopped in the Berghofr
hotel, where his father was special
officer for the last two years, and
learned that he was of duty. ill., He
inquired where he lived. and was
given the Lafayette-blvd address.
There he found the second home.
with the love wife," the same Mary
Mason who, ~ years before, had
come into his fathers life, in charge.
Greene was dying OF cancer Of the
throat, and IL was a matter of
short time before the story of his
dual life must be revealed by death
The real wife was told and has not
seen her husband since the disclos
ure, but his children and grandchil-
dren, who have taken care OF her for
years--she is 72--went TO see him
Friday morning. when he passed
away, the love wife" s,slt his body
to Berlin & Feinauer's, and. in spite
OF her promise. has gone ahead with
funeral arrangements.
The love wife" has three grown
children by her former husband. She
insists that the real Mrs. Greene
has known about her husbands dual
life for years.
What l shall do about the body
l don't know" said the "love
widow" They are starting this
thing now with lots Of publicity, but
they never stirred themselves much
when he was alive. Things are
settled. I've made funeral arrange
ments. but IL they want to pay the
expenses think that will let them
have the body. It's who have paid
the doctors bills, and paid for the
nurse during the six weeks that he
was sick. II seems to me that they
want to claim that they have the
right to the body and insist on get.
ting 1t, that they ought TO give me
something for all this care"
Mrs. Greene is on the verge OF
collapse. and is under the care OF
a trained nurse. who had cared for
Greene during hia laat illnees