The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1894-08-30

this end is reached, but it is thought both
even now wish they had escaped the
publicity earned this far.
Mrs. Vanderbilt was formerly a Miss
Smith of Mobile. Her family was not as
wealthy as the Vanderbilts, but were
considered wealthy. What the Smiths
lacked i'll money they made up in aristo-
cratic lineage. One of Mrs. Fanderbilt's
sisters married Fernandino YZnaga,
whose sister is Countess Vaudeville, now
Duchess of Manchester. for whom Con-
suleo, the eldest of Mrs. VanderbiIt's chill
dren, is named. After their marriage Mr..
and Mrs. Vanderbilt went to Europe, and
then the young couple came to New York
to settle down. At the suggestion of his
father the young man began to build the
palatial residence at Fifth avenue and
Fifty second street, which cost about S3,-
100000. 1t is corner above the Wander
bilt twin brown stone mansions built by
William II. A few years later he
built summer residence at Newport,
which cost 100000, and which he gave
to his wife. They spend part of each
season in Europe. however.
If any LAWYERS on this side of the water
have been consulted in the case the facts
have not been disclosed. Several promi-
nent law firms, with whom the Wander
bits are known to have had dealings
some time or another, have not been con-
on the question of the trouble between
them. Such is the case with the firm of
Evarts, Choate IL Beman. and Jay &
Chandler.
WAS A NEVADA GIRL.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29.-Nellie Neu.
stratter, the young woman Tho is said to
be the the cause of the family troubles of
w. X. Vanderbilt, is well-known here.
She is native Of Eureka, Nevada, and
was educated at Mills Seminary, Ala
media County. She resided for a number
of years in San Francisco, and has fre-
quently figured in escapades that have
won her notorIety both in the new and
the old worlds. She was born twenty
nine or thirty years ago IN Eureka Ne
vada, where her father Ben Cohen, kept
a clothing store and became wealthy.
She returned to Eureka from the semi
nary when she was Is years old, and was
the belle of the town. Pretty, witty,
graceful and vlyacious, she possessed all
the requisites for the breaking of hearts.
Her first victim was the nephew of a
well-known capitalist, and her liaison
with him created such e scandal that her
parents sent her to the care OF relatives in
San Francisco. The change failed to
make the desired reformation, and she
soon became marked figure on kearny
and Market streets during the afternoon
wealthy Hebrew named Rothschild, who
laid himself and his fortune at her feet.
She utilized them both until she fell in
love with cigar drummer, named Henry
NeuStatter. She married Neustatter in
1884, and all went well for a time. Her
husbands business compelled him to be
out of the city most of the time, and dur
ing his absence Nellie led rapid exist
enee. She was the boon companion of
al ct
the end came in 1887. She left her hus-
band and went to New York in company
with Laura Edelman, a noted woman OF
Los Angeles.
Neustatter secured divorce, and Net
tie continued to lead gay life in New
York. She captured the heart OF a mill
ionaire manufacturer, who gave her a
sum ptuous flat, horses and carriages ana
all the money she could spend. He took
her to Europe, where she Travelled like a
princess. When she returned to New
York she dazZled the people with the ele-
gance of her WORTH dresses and the
brilliancy of her jewels.
In 1890 she returned TO San Francisco to
visit her parents, who had removed to
this city from Eureka. She took rooms
at leading hotel, dressed better than any
woman in town, wore lots of jewels, and
spent money as freely as if she had an
unlimited letter of credit on the United
States Mint. Her money began to give
out, and she went back to New York for
more, taking with her pretty Oakland
girl. The next heard of her was when
she had gone to Europe again and being
elected from the Continental Hotel in
Paris. To her parents she wrote that she
was studying for the stage. and she al
ways concealed from them the fact that
she was leading a fast life. She wrote
that she would return to San Francisco
in October, but probably her encounter
with Mr.. Vanderbilt may interfere with
her plans.