Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-27
THE UNFOUGHT DUEL
Continues to Excite Any Amount of
Interest in the Metropolis
ALL EYES NOW ON Mr.. MILBANK,
The Spirited Second Of Nr. Borrowe, Who Is
HIMSELF Fighter.
THE TEXT OF THE HYPOTHETICAL CASE

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DrsPArcH.,
NEW YoHK. March 26.-Interest in the
Drayton-Borrowe affair for the time being
has shifted almost entirely from the two
principal figures to Mr.. Harry vane Mil.
bank, Mr.. Borrowe's spirited second, and
the complications with the Duo de Morny
and Edward Fox growing out of the pub
lication of the correspondence of the un-
fought duel. Mr.. Milbank has the reputa-
tion of settling little misunderstanding in
arather summary manner, and, according to
his own statement, there are very serious
misunderstanding between him and Ed
ward Fox and the Due de Morny.
The cablegram from Mr. Fox on Friday,
out the correspondence for publication, pro-
voked Mr. Milbank's condemnation, and his
grievance against the Due de Morny is that
the latter made public the terms of the hy-
pothetical case submitted by Mr.. Milbank,
on which the Duke decided that Mr.. Dray-
ton could not demand duel from Mr.. Bor-
rowe.
The Hypothetical Csss a. Stated.
This letter, as it was originally printed in
the papers here, Mr.. Milbank said, was o
garbled Misrepresentation of what he wrote.
Since then the Due de Morny is reported to
have given out in Paris copy Of the letter
in his own handwriting, exactly as Mr.. Mil
bank wrote it. This reads as follows:
Case submitted to me February ls, 1882:
Mr.. and Mrs. A. resided in tho country,
some six or seven years ago, and Mr. B.
lived on an adjoining property. Mr.. B. paid
a good deal OF attention to Mrs. A., but 1t
was not until i've years ago that Mr.. A. be-
respondenoe, and. meeting Mrs. A. and Mr..
B. In the drawing room of his own house,
CHARGED them with being too intimate.
From that date Mr.. A. and Mr.. B. did not
speak.
Inst September Mr.. A procured, by threats,
a written confession from his wife. Armed
with that document, and under plea OF sav.
ing his wife and children from scandal, he
succeeded in obtaining an agreement by
which his wife, ont OF her income of $1,000
per annum. agreee to pay him fl.ooO per
annum for personal expenses, E2,5O0 for
maintenance Of children and with the re-
mainder to keep up an establishment for
himself children and herself. She also
agreed, under force of pressure, that If she
f2. 800 per annum and give him charge Of
the children.
Detectives Utilised as Witnesses.
About month ago A. and two detectives
discovered Mrs. A. and B. at luncheon in a
private parIor OF the hotel. where she had
made an appointment to meet her solicitor,
and after pointing out Mrs. A. and 3. to de.
tectives for Identification. said he would
take possession OF the children and exact
81, 500 per annum.
When solicitors Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. e1.
amined the marriage settlement they dis
covered that Mrs. A. had no power whatever
to make any such settlement Of her revenue,
and 1t was after this discovery that A.
an invitation to q passage at arms.
Then B. came to Paris and put himself In
the hands Of his seconds, c. ana d. Those
gentlemen, after q careful examination
of the situation came to the conclusion
that A. had forfeited all rights to hostile
ta ken on his first proof of intimacy between
Mrs. A. and c., and not after there was
strong probability that the income for
which he had condoned the offense he
claimed had been committed would cease
to- be paid. G. and d. finally offered to
after waiting ~ hours for 81 reply from A..
sent another letter requesting an answer by
noon of the following day. The answer
came that evening, declining to lay the mat
ter before jury of honor, and ended by
making insulting remarks about B., and
to publish that he had refused
to meet him.
Efforts were made this afternoon and to-
night to find Mr.. Milbank in order to SUBJ
nit this letter to him for verifcation, but
he was not at Mr.. Borrowe's house and
could not be found. The letter is to the
same general effect as the one previously
printed. but differs from it materially in the
wording