Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-06


 Marble Palace and a Fifth Avenue Man. sion-Hcr Allegations Concerning Her Husbands Infdelity Proved to Be True The Decree In Full.
 NEW YORK, March GA decree of ab- soluto divorce was filled in the office of tho county clerk in tho suit of Alva k. Vanderbilt against William k. Wander bilt. All the papers in the case were seal cd up, and nothing specific as to the na- ture of the complaint could be ascertained.
 The decree by Justice Barrett awards the custody of tho children of tho mar riaSe to Mrs. Vanderbilt, it being provided that they shall be educated in the United States.
 Tho action was begun on Jan. last, and the defendant put in an answer deny- ing the charges. Edmund Kelly was ap- pointed referee to hear and determine and filed his report on Jan. IS. On Feb. and 90 hearings were had at the special term of the supreme court before Justice Barrett on motions to confirm the report and on the question of alimony. Mir. Vanderbilt on tho latter day rendered the plaintiff a decd whereby he conveyed property in satisfaction of claims for ali mony. Joseph H. Choate, William Jay and William A. Duer were counsel for the plaintiff, and Anderson, Rowland X Mur- ray were counsel for the defendant. It is understood that tho settlement upon Mrs. Vanderbilt includes tho marble palace at Newport. tho residence at Fifty second street and Fifth avenue and money and securities that will mako her income $500, GOO year
 Break Came on the Yachting Trip. r. l., ,b lot RTr and Mrs. Vanderbilt came at the close of the yachting trip on board the Valiant last summer, during which, it is alleged | Mrs. Vanderbilt was subjected to indig- nitiCs in the presence of their friends that 1 made it impossible to longer defer action. It is alleged that Mir. Vanderbilt s rela- | tions with Mllc. Ncustrcttor woro open | ly paradcd by him with tho purpose of forcing his wifo to take cogni2ance of them.
 Mir Vandcrhilt's friends assert that prior to this yachting trip his behavior to- ward Mrs. Vanderbilt had always been eonsideratc and that he had before that time conducted himself in an exemplary manner. They assert that he had no af lection for Mile Ncustrctter. Throughout the publications coupling the name of Mir. Vanderbilt with that of l Mile NCustrettcr that gentleman has only once made denial of any printed state ments Hc protested against an allega- l tion that he had caused the young wum- | ans servants to be arrayed in the W. k. | Vanderbilt livery. The denial of this charge was vehement, and the explanation was made public that the Ncustretter liv- cry, while similar to that of Mr. Wander bilt's servants had never been changed, and that at no time had the two been identical.
 Though the fact has bccn known for some months that the Vandcrbilts had Rgroed on the general proposition of n di- l vorce, it was not known by the public un- l til the dccrcc was filed that procccdings had been begun.
 Mir. Vanderbilt met Miss Smith. who afterward hcCame his wife, in 1878, when he was 29 years of ago, She is a member of an ariStocratie southern family. Her sister is the former wifc of Ferdinand Yznaga, whosc prcscnt wife returned to tho United States last month to sccur, a divorce. Mrs. Vanderbilt and her laugh- ter have made all their arrangements for sailing for Europe having planned to oc- l cupy palatial quarters at Paris The woman in the ease is Nellie Net- strctter, one of the most beautiful of tho queens of the Parisian dcmimondC Mir. | Vanderbilt is alleged tn have given her all his large winnings at the last Grand PriX de Paris At prrScnt Mir. Vanderbilt is cruising on beard his yacht Valiant in the Mediterranean with party of friends. Tho utmost secrecy was maintained in the action, and as all tho papers were handed in sealed it was impossible to sc cure any of the details of tho case.
 Mrs. Vanderbilt will, it is reported, leave her present residence and will here after 1.-Two at her Newport house or in the handsome residence which she is said to have recently purchased in this city. She will lOavc, with her childrrn, for Europe about the middle of March.
 Whether tho departure for Europe of Cornelius Vanderbilt and family on Thurs day, Feb 2S, had any connection with the iivorce procecdings of William k. Wander bilt Is n matter of conjecture.
 Dr. Depew silent.
 At all events, the steamship Majestic on that day started for Liverpool with tho following persons aboard: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Miss Wander bilt. Miss G. NJ. Vanderbilt, Master K c. Vanderbilt and George Vanderbilt.
 Everybody connected with the family was out Of town yesterday except Dr Chauncey NJ Depew, who attended to hi duties at tho Grand Central depot, anC I MAbs AN IS SSAlll, ONCuil0N the mansion at Fifty second street anC Fifth avenue. Dr. Depew was seen at hi office.
 "You must excuse mo, " he said. "I Is a private family matter on which I mus emphatically refuse to talk. Yes, the dc cree has been granted, but will say noth ing moro"
 He acknowledged that Mrs. Vanderbilt was in this country. But must doclin to tell you just wherc she is
 The mansion at Fifty second street an, Fifth avenue was visited. The butler wa asked if Mrs. Vanderbilt was at home.
 We'll" he replied, "who wants t knowH"
 The reporter was taken in, but tn Englishman returned with the statomen that Mrs. Vanderbilt could not be found He did not know where she was. At Cor nelius Vanderbilt's house it was said tha he was out of town. Tho same story wa told at the other residences.
 The domestic difficulties between Mir and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt first becam generally known through cable dispatchc from Paris on Aug. 80, 1894. It was thcl stated that formal negotiations were il progress between them for n judicial sep aration, and that Mrs. Vanderbilt hal placed her interests in the hands of Colo mel William Jay, who was then in Europe
 While 1t was commonly known that cel , tain occurrences during the cruise-of ME Vanderbilt's yacht, tho Valiant. had pro cipitated the separation, it was also knowl that there had been talk about Newpor : and in this city of a separation as far bacl as 1878. During that winter Lord an Lady Vaudeville visited the couple a their Fifth avenue home The visit wa of long duration, and William K. Wander bilt Is said to have become so attached t Lady Mandcvillo that his father finally in terfered and prevented what might hay become a public scandal. Mir and Mrs Vanderbilt patched up q truce. but tn family relations have been moro or los strained ever since