Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-07-05
betty GREEN NSWEKS CALI..
a.asStd Away With Third Stroke Of
i'uIMlysis-Iiatetl Lawyers.

'rrern, SaId TO DC the WcalthicSt wO-
man in the world. died at her home
here to-day at sos o'clock.
She had suffered three strokes Of
paralysis during the past two months,
nDd for several weeks had been prac-
1ically helpless. She was SO years
oid. Her death occurred at the home
of her son. Col. Edward r. II. Green,
where Mrs. Green had lived lately in
Scclusion, except for her son and sew
rral Japanese servants and trained
nnrscs. For several weeks past Mrs
Green had been unable to walk and
had spent practically all Of her time
IN Il wheel chair
Mrs. Green's body will be taken to-
morrow to bellows Falls. Vermont
Funeral services will DO held there
Wednesday,
Mistress OF Finance
iictty Green was the worlds most
remarkable mistress Of finance The
fortune she has left Is close to $780,
600, 900. The richest woman in
America, she lived almost as frugally
!ss 4 shop-girl. Her home was wher-
v!ver she chose for Il time to hang her
little black cape and bonnet. often in
shC hall bedroom Of some cheap
boarding house. or in some remote
and modest fiat around New York.
tier eccentric extremes Of economy
led TO popular misconccption OF her
as a "self-madc woman" As Il mat
ter OF fact. she was born rich. In
1865 she inherited some $40, 900, 900.
which accumulated upon itself until
IN so years it had multiplied nearly
zen times. She also inherited family
srahitions which had been a pride for
chree centuries, and which she was
anxious to pcrpctuate in her children.
She was born November 81. 1895.
III New Bedford. Mass. This old mari
time city was founded by her anccs-
sor, John iIowland. Il Puritan, who
zane over in the Mayilowcr and who
named the place Bedford. after his
Family home in England. In succeed
ing generations the llowland family
became famous in the whaling indus
fry ana shipping trade with China,
-lnH had IN irrcproachable social
shading. Edward Mott Robinson
who had also amassed fortune in a
similar way In New Bedford. mar
ricd Abby llowland. OF whom Hctty
ttoblnson the future mistress OF
quaker school on Cape Cod. and to a
seminary in Boston. and got her first
lessons in finance when her aging IA
thcr entrusted her with some Of his
Cooks
she was 80 years old when her ia
amer died suddenly, leaving her his
nine millions. one million outright
and the income from the other eight,
the principal to he held in trust for
her children. II is forgotten that
fi"tty Green, then Robinson. was a
heilc in New York society. Accord
ing TO her own stories she "often
tiVcn then. however. she lived in
boarding house and was so saving
mat rather than pay car fare. she
would phil Il pair OF heavy woollen
stockings owe" her shoes and walk
through the snow TO parties.
Almost at the same time that her
father died. her aunt, Sylvia Ann
1lowiand, passed away, leaving scvc-
raj million dollars. IT is said lletty
Robinson had been brought up from
childhood to count this money as
hers' and that the aunt expressed
'%"pc that llrtty would some dav be-
"':'mC, as she did. the richest woman
~ the country.
Litigation Over viii.
The division Of the aunt's estate,
however, was not as expected. Three
years after the aunt's death IIctty
Green appeared in the United States
Circuit Court in Massachusetts with q
will which she wanted substituted for
tSna one already probatcd. This will
WAS in Mrs. Green's own handwriting.
and some Of the most famous experts
4f the day decla cd under oath their
belief that the two signatures It con-
tained were not made by the aunt.
1out were traced by Hetty Green her
self over an original signature OF
Sylvia Ann Rowland.
The litigation Is one Of the most
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