The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1911-12-18
VANDERBILT
CEREMONY
QUIET
Couple Leave in Automobile on
Honeymoon With Secret
Destination
BOTH HAVE HAD STORMY
MATRIMONIAL AFFAIRS
Mrs. McKim Figured in Sensaa
tional Divorce Case Tried
in Reno in 1910
ALIENATION SUIT WAS
THREATENED AFTERWARD
Especial Gable TO The Call

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r ONDON, Dec. IL Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt and Mrs.
- Hollis McKim, formerly Miss
Margaret Emerson Of Balti-
more, were quietly married at Reigate
this afternoon. Following the cere-
mony, the bans of which were am
nounced in the usual manner, the
couple departed on motor wedding
trip, keeping their destination secret.
The couple were married by license
in the Office of the district registrar at
Reigate. Mrs. McKim's age is given
on the certificate as 27.
Vanderbilt gave his address as Glou-
cester house, Park lane, and was de-
scribed as being of independents
means, the con of Cornelius Vanderbilt.
president of railways, deceased
The party returned to Belchworth for
the wedding breakfast and then went
to London for reception
The parties to the wedding had to
arrange for special permission to have
the ceremony take place on Sunday.
Surprise Discounted
NEW YORK, December 1.-THE an
noupcement today from London that
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt and Mrs.
Hollis McKim were married this after
noon at Reigate does not come as a
surprise, for. while each has already
weathered the stormy matrimonial sea
through long series of divorce court
sensations, the names of the couple
have been linked for several years. Al
fred Vanderbilt, as the chief heir of
Cornelius Vanderbilt's millions, is cred
tied with being one of the richest of
the younger set of millionaires His
marriage to Miss Ellen French in Jam
uary, 1907, proved a transient flight to-
ward welded happiness, ending May
25 of the next year, when his wife was
granted interlocutory decree of di-
vorce.
Mrs. Vanderbilt secured the custody
of their son, William Harry Vanderbilt.
When the decree was made final it was
said that Mrs. Vanderbilt received as
a settlement $1.500.000.
Tragedy Comes
Following the divorce case came a
tragedy that shocked prominent So
ciety and official circles in this coun-
try and England. Mrs. Mae Ruiz, the
divorced wife of Antonio Ruiz, for
Washington. and whose name was men,
toned in the Vanderbilt divorce suit,
committed suicide in London. May s..
1909. The manner of her death was
suppressed for considerable time.
Mrs. Vanderbilt No. was Miss Mar
garet Emerson. daughter of Isaac e. :
Emerson Of Baltimore She married T
DIR. Smith Hollis McKim OF this city.
and after what she termed six years
of daily misery, in which she claimed
she was beaten, abused and vilified,
she secured a divorce in Reno. August /
Is. 1910, on the ground of cruelty and
failure to provide.
While she was a member OF the Reno
colony and after her decree was granted
she was the central figure in many a.
romantic adventure. from a bear hunt
in Nevada to picturesque steamer
farewell at San Francisco. when she
pressed red rose to her lips and
waved goodby to Ray Baker as the
ship, bound for the orient, left him
standing on the dock.
Abuse Is Charged
The divorce proceedings proved an
unending topic of society gossip for
many weeks. She testified that shortly
after their marriage at Baltimore in