The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-04-02
THE AsTOR SCANDAL.
MlLBANK GIVES OUT THE ALLEGED
MONETARY COMPACT

Burrowe FINDS Himself Between Two
Fires-whue mnbank Defends Him,
Colonel oohiitree and Second rox Says
He Gave Out tho First Hint Of Trouble
NEW YoRK, March si.-The Herald says:
Mr. Harry Vano Mnbank called at The
Herald ofiice last evening to submit the
subioined statement fer publication;
g WEST SEVENTEENTH SIREEf
NEW YORK, March 30, 1892.
The time has now come whom Mr. II. A.
Borrowes honor and reputation must be
cleared Of the imputations MAT now rest on
them Two grave offences are charged
against him; one that the correspondence
in the affair was published with his author
ity This is disposed Of completely by Mr..
Fox's letter TO Mr.. Borrowe, in which he
gives his reasons for sending the CORE
spondence to the papers after Mr.. Borrowe
left Englsnd.
The second and far graver offence alleged
against him is that the agreement referred
to, upon which his second, N. Fox, and my
self based our refusal to allow him to meet
Mr.. Dayton, existed only in his imagina-
ton and was merely subterfugs 70 cover
his own cowardice.
This seems to have been generally accept
ed by Mr. Drayton's friends, and ON the
strength Of this Mr. Drayton is alleged to
have publicly stated Mr.. Borrowe to be a
'cur and a coward" There seems 10 be a
general agreement to ostracize Mr.. BouowC
on these grounds and to treat him more OF
less as q pariah. / have acted for him since
the beginning Of the matter, and We have
had to fight against tremendous odds.
The Monetary Agreement.
My first duty to Mr.. Borrowe is to dc
everything in my power to clear his charac
ter before the world. This step take now
entirely on my own responsibility, as al
present his honor, his reputation, his entire
future turns on this one point:
Was an agreement entered into between
Mr.. J. Coleman Drayton and his wife, Thi;
agreement was made. 1t was drawn up by
Messrs. Lord, Day g. Lord. Colonel Hazard
was subscribing witness, and later on il
the beginning Of February this year the
terms Of tho agreement were enforced by
Mr. Drayton's lawyers in London, Mossrs
Kingsford & Dar1non. Il is dated Oct. 2S
1891, and the part which contains the none
tary consideration is to the following effect
The wife has an income Of 81, 600 per annum
under all circumstances she retains one.half
She agrees that the other half be placed with
trustees 5000 OF which shall be paid 70 tn,
husband, and $1,000 to herself for maintenance
Of children out Of the moneys she receives
wife to keep mp establishment for husband
and family. Tho husbands 5000 for hi
personal expenses, such as clothing, amuse
ments, travelling medical attendance, etc. Wifi
agrees, should she hold any verbal or writer
NJ n.al
the $1,000 for children shall be paid to the hus
band and he shall have control Of same ant
children. Husband on his part agrees that fol
the 5000 he will go to Europe with his wife
aud make his dwelling place there wit hher.
WIN Drayton Deny lit
Mr.. H. A. Borrowe has always asserted
and asserts still his entire innocence as t
the charges brought by Mr.. Drayton agains
his wife and that the latter only consented
to enter into this agreement under the pres
sure brought 10 bear on her by her husband
and by threats to make the accusation pub
lie, which, though groundless, he did no
scruple to bring against her. All men o
honor will now be able to judge whether
Mr.. Fox and myself were justified in tn,
course we took in refusing to allow a due
to take place.
We could not and would not state any
thing Of this to Mr.. Drayton's second, the!
owned themselves that they only knew hin
in the fencing room, indeed one of them il
the fencing master Of the establishment
Here then is the truth. VIII Mr.. Draytol
deny it, He has up to now allowed Mr.
Borrowe to rest under the imputation o
being liar and a coward, and all the tim
he knew this to be false.
HENRY vANE MrLRANK.