Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-02-22
YOUNG FRED VANDERBILT.
He Creates a Society Sensation by
Marrying His Cousins Divorced
Wlfe---The Heir Of Two Mil
lions lncurs Ms Fathers
DlspIeasure.
I0v Y0rk spooIaI OIncInnatI Enqulrer. /

New York Special Cincinnati Enquirer.l
Frederick W. Vanderbilt, youngest
son and favorite grandson, it is said,
Of his grandfather, the commo-
dore, who left the young man two
millions in his own right, has married
clandestinely the divorced wife of his
fathers sisters son-in other words,
of his first cousin, Alfred Torrance.
This lady is handsome blonde, WHO
has always been a great favorite in
New York fashionable society She is
the daughter of the late Charles i.
Anthony, a prominent and wealthy
merchant of his day, and though she is
about thirty-two or thirty-fve years of
age, still looks remarkably young. The
bridegroom, who inherited, apparently,
from his grandfather capacity for
doing as he pleases, has only recently
reached his majority, and the $1,000
600 the commodore left him. He
looks somewhat older than he is, and
is called an enterprising young man.
Daniel Torrance married the elder
sister of William H. Vanderbilt, and
one time probably considered himself
a rival of the commodore, his brother
in-law, in railroad management. For
several years he was president of the
Ohio and Mississippi railroad, and one
of the vice-presidents of the New
York Central. His son, Arthur Tor
rance, married the heroine of this love
affair, Louise H. Anthony. He was
a Wall street broker, and was not, it
/ is alleged, sufficiently prosperous to
support his gay and handsome wife
as she would have liked. Imcom-
patibility Of temper is said to have
been the principal obstacle in
the way of their happiness. As
long ago as September. 1877, she ap-
piled in the courts of Rhode Island
for a divorce, and her husband made
no effort to defend the suit. Within
a month the divorce was obtained.
Arthur Torrance joined his father and
mother on a European tour, and it is
said has not since met his former wife,
who is now his first cousin by mar
riagc. Frederick w. Vanderbilt mar
ried this lady, who had assumed her
maiden name, after securing the di-
vorce, on December 18th last, it is
asserted, in a private parlor of the
Windsor Hotel, where the clerks are
Ignorant of the fact that such an in
teresting ceremony took place on that
day. The name OF the officiating cler-
gyman has been carefully withheld.
A notice of the marriage, it is be-
lieyed, was published at the time in an
obscure religious weekly paper, but
Murray Hill society was only generally
Informed ofthe fact when notice ap-
peared three or four days ago. The
son kept his father ignorant of the
marriage until six or eight days ago.
He was almost regular inmate of his
fathers mansion while his wife was
living with friend on Murray Hill.
William IL. Vanderbilt is reported
to have said something involving the
idea that it was easier to manage three
railroads than one infatuated son,
when the secret reached his ears, and
to have shown his displeasure in strong
and decided ways. 1t is understood
that the happy pair" are debarred
from the parental mansion and de-
prived of the parental blessing.