The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-30
WHOM DID HE FIGHT?
Different Stories Regarding
Milbank's Latest.
He SAYS IT WAS NOT DE MoRNY
Positively Asserted, However, that H.
Vane and the Duo Had Quarrel


Another Report Is that MiIbaub Had n
Fist Fight in Brussels with an I'm
known Frenchman who Had sneered at
England and Englishmen-w whoever SIiI-
banks Antagonist Was, He is Danger
ausly wounded.
LONDON, April 30.-The duel fought by
Harry Vane Milbank at Ostend Thurs
day has no connection with the Borrowe-
Drayton affair. Milbanks opponent
was not the Duo de Morny as has been
reported. Milbank, who returned to
Brussels Immediately after the duel last
evening, informed reporter at the
Grand Hotel that he was under prom
ise not Go give the name Of his opponent
or his seconds, but stated that he has
not seen De Morny since his (lIlbank's)
return from America, and that he had
not had any communication with him.
! A reporter also saw the Due de Morny
in Paris, apparently not suffering from
any recent wound. De Morny said that
/ he had not fought with Milbanlz and did
not apprehend a hostile meeting with
him.
! The duel was brought about by causes
! that have no connection with the Bor-
/ rowe Drayton affair After the meeting
between Fox and Borrowe at Nieuport,
on Saturday, Milbank went to Brussels,
the others going on from Ostend 20 Lon
don, and put up at the Grand Hotel. On
Monday he dined in the hotel cafe The
story at the hotel is that near his table
sat two Frenchmen at another table who
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making insulting remarks about Eng
lishmen, which were obviously intended
for Milbank's ears. He paid no attention
to them until they came out of the cafe,
when he met them in the courtyard Of
the hotel and slapped the face of one of
them.
The result was challenge and
meeting of the two at Nieuport on the
identical spot where Fox and Borrowe
exchanged shots last Saturday. The
conditions were the same as on that oc-
casion. There were also two shots at
twelve PAGES Nilbank shot his opponent
through the hip 90 the first fire, and he
was carried ut once TO yacht owned by
a friend that lay off the coast, accom-
panied by his surgeon and seconds.
Milbank and his seconds, De lEstrange
and Tournier, Belgian gentlemen, re-
turned at once to Brussels. 1t is not
known how seriously the wounded man
is injured, as no report has been re-
ceived as yet from the yacht, which
sailed toward the French coast. The
surgeon feared, however, after his first
inspection of the wound, that it was
very dangerous
BRUSSELS, April 80.-Harry Vane Mil
bank was seen at the Grand Hotel just
, before his departure for London, but re-
, fused at first to be interviewed concern
ing his latest duel. He eventually ad-
mitted that he had fought, although he
; denied that bis antagonist was the Due de
Morny. He would nor give the details
of the duel
5 Despite Mr.. Milbank's denial there
< are dozen persons in the Grand Hotel
who say positively that the quarrel in the
restaurant was between Milbank and De
I Morny, and that they were the princi-
pals in the duel. The landlord of the
= Grand asserts that he witnessed part of
y the quarrel and knows that De Morny
was Milbauk's adversary.
The contradictory reports are due, the
restaurant people say, to the fact that on
= Tuesday Alilbank had fist fight with
! an unknown Frenchman. The latter
sneered at England and said that Eng
lishmen had no proper idea of honor.
Thereupon Milbank struck him on the
. nose The Freuchman raised his arm,
i but Milbank Int him blow on the neck
and knocked him down. Cards were ex-
changed, but nobody seems to have
heard more of the affair. 1t is rumored,
o however, that the Frenchman was Aure-
: lien Scholl, the Due de Morny's comrade
i on the court of honor.
; The trouble between Harry Vane Mil
" bank and the Due de Morny dates from
p the publishing Of the correspondence in
= the notorious Drayton- -Borrowe duelin z
Y affair.
e One of the letters written by Milbank
l. and Fox, Borrowe's seconds, to j. Cole
S man Drayton, dated Feb. II, 1892, in
forming Drayton that they should de-
It cline to permit their principal to meet
= him upon the field Of honor, stated that
y the case had beep submitted to M. Aure-
), lien Scholl and the Due de Morny, two
J. of the best known authorities in France
q on the Code d Honneur, and that they had
d decided that Mr.. Drayton was not en-
titled to claim the satisfaction of gen
tleman.
After the fire-eaters arrived in New
? York on the Majestic, it was learned by
Milbank that the Due de Morny had
given out for publication the letter that
he (Milbauk) had sent to the Due sub
, mitting the facts in the case without
mentioning names, but which contained
statements extremely compromising t.
'l the woman in the case, who was Mrs.
Drayton.
When Milbank saw this he was very
angry, aud declared that the Duke haC
violated a sacred trust in giving out tn,
letter, and besides that, he had beer
D guilty of garbling the letter. making
Milbank say things which he denied tina
he had ever written.
Il shall demand an explanation from
the Duke for allowing that letter to ge
out, " said Alilbank. 1T was "a privat,
letter from one gentleman to another
and he had no right to show it to anyon
! without Asking my permission"
There was some cable correspondence
between the Duke and Milbank befor
the latter sailed for Europe, but it wa
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