St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-31
San Franeiscans Say She Is
5! Capable Of Leading Him
a Lively Pace.
SHE CAN SPEND THE DOLLARS
At a Rate That Win Make the
Multi-Millionaire Open
His Eyes.
HER VICTIMS ARE MANY,
And Not the Least of Them
Was the Carriage Man,
Studebakes.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30.-The news
that Nellie Newsletter, or Neustadder,
as she spelled her name here. was
San Francisco woman has greatly
aroused the interest in Mr.. Vanderbilt's
love affairs. The people with whom
she used to associate while here
say she is thoroughbred and is fully
capable of leading Mr.. Vanderbilt as
Hvely pace as he may desire and his
wealth justify. Her faculty for spend
ing money is regarded as remarkable
even in this city of liberality. and the
fast set of San Francisco could not keep
up with her. Nellie dazZled them with
her splendOr until her money gave out,
and then she went East for more.
According 10 the story printed in
Elocal paper. after her return to Eureka,
/ New. from Mills seminary, her beauty
and dashing manner captured the little
town, and also the heart of Frank
Mills, nephew Of D. 0. Mills. Young
Mills was very devoted in his atten-
tions, and, In order to stop the affair.
s9Neliie's parents sent her to San Fran
cisco. She was then eighteen years old.
and seemed to care for nothing. but to
have good time. Already her tastes
were expensive. and she showered her
favorS on anybody who had wealth and
inclination to cater to her pleasure. Up
to 1854, as far as was known, Nellie's
heart was whole, but in that year she
became smitten with Henry Newsletter,
who was popularity known as Judy"
Oh account of his nose. which was
standing "reminiscences OF the old-time
'.Punch aud Judy" show.
Ben Cohen, Nellie's father, was de-
lighted when she showed her preference
for Newsletter. Newsletter, who was
5.iien, as now, the agent of well known
brand of cigars, WAS not in affiuent cir
cumstances, but he was making good
income. and when he
H
q; Finally Married Nellie,
after couple of months caurtship, he
{set up nice little establishment OIL
lSutter street, between Taylor aud Jones,
lafterward removing to Taylor. between
lSutter and Post.
1t was in 1884 when Nellie Cohen
changed her name at the altar, and all
went we'll for little while.
Business called her husband to Port
hand, and he removed there and alter.
mated between that city and San Fran
icisco until 1887. A few months before
the close of that year events began to
mould themselves for an important
epoch In her life.
/ Nellie was, in one sense of the word,
..'goiug to the dogs" She dressed ex-
pensively, wore good jewelry and in
many ways showed she was handling
plenty of money-far too much, in fact,
for what she could get from her hus-
band. To those on the inside, though,
this was no mystery. Neustetter's busi-
ness kept him upon the road good deal
of the time. and while he was away she
was enjoying herself to her hearts coi,-
tent. Many and many an evening she
sat down to dinner and supper at swell
resorts with choice spirits like Porter
Ash. Fred Waster, Tom Williams and
Harry Neuove, and she achieved her
reputation as
A Thoroughbred
because no pace could be set that was
too fast for her. She, however, managed
TO fool her husband, and he did not
know that anything was wrong. antil
one day she told him she was going to
New York to visit some of her rela-
tiyes. and away she went. After her
arrival In Gotham strange stories came
TO her husbands ears. He learned that
her trip to New York was made In the
90 mpany of crowd, one member of
which was the celebrated Laura Edel-
man. of Los Angeles. Laura had a
record of her own. She was one of tn G
most beautiful women in Southern
California. but the moral traces could
not hold her, and one day she let every
one knew she had kicked them over by
deserting her husband and child. She
distinguished herself, too, before her
departure by riding to the court house
in hack In broad daylight and shooting
alta man who it was afterwards lear ned
had Tilted her.
Nellie was, therefore, in pretty shady
circumstances with Laura Edelman for
q partner: at least, Newsletter thought
SO. and began to make close investiga-
ton. He found his fears were more
than realized. He made one final effort
to get back his happiness. He wrote to
her and said: 'Come back and all will
be forgiven" But his request was un-
heeded, and, realizing the situation, he
applied for divorce in California and
got IL.
Nellie was then leftto her own de-
vices. She was so charming and such a
good companion that even in the mighty
armament of New York she shone with
unusual brilliancy, and the good luck
which had marked the opening of her
career stayed with her.
She Captured Studebaker.
the millionaire carriage man, and he
gave her sumDtuOus fiat, bought her
carriage and horses and gave her serv-
ants and all the money she wanted.
In 1889 he took her to Europe and she
Travelled like princess. Everything
she had was of the best, and when she
returned she possessed wardrobe from
'North's and jewelry that had sparkled
in the shops of the leading houses of
Paris and London. Nellie began to
banker, though, after her old home. In
the midst of all her gaiety thoughts of
her childhood in California and of her