The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-01

Milbank, arranged the duel correspond
encc for publication and then s6ld,it for
$1,000 just before Borrowo sailed from
England, with the understanding that
it should DO held until Borrrowo was at
sea. .
The Herald publishes tho following: J
HOTEL NlcromA,
NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE,
LONDON, w. f., March 10, 1872.
DEAR %BonRowE-I expect that the
y, 'wspapers have Kept you and Harry
IN, tty busy for the two or thrco days
aaf,a landing. US l had 10 give tho whole
busih css away on Thursday, and you
viii ia We readit by this timc, L found,
that. rc, ,orters were hunting for infor-
nation i, , regard to the affair on Thurs
dnv and got a cable from Now York
osI;ng for , articulars OF the "Drayton.
ard borrow, duel" 80 | thought l
might as we'll let it 80, and it. was, tcle-
grnphed ON TN 'rsday night. o 80
. Believe me vol II slnCerost friend,
EDWARD Fox.
This letter expla>. ns itself. 1t reveals
clearly how the worn | at large, learned
OF the choice bit OF st,lndal which has
been on every ones tolM7ue for the last
fortnight. \ q
Edward Fox, who, will sHatry vano
Milbank, was a.second forNllaDet Alsop
Borrowe in tho duel that was never
fought, told me the wholceitory. He
gave for publication the md ny letters
comprising the which
passed. between Borrowe and j.. Cole
man Drayton, their representatives., the
so-called seconds" and the NOW famous
"iury of honor" the Due dc Ntoruy and
Aurelian Scholl, who, rs EXPORTS in the,
code, are alleged to havo declared thr.t
DraytoE had forfeited his rtight to/a
meeting by having permitted "a i've
years delay" and,by having received an
%''annual monetary consideration" after
and for tho alleged wrong.
Fox gave the story'toJ the p.tess, ard
now it is Milbank who tells what Fox
did.
Both of Borrowe's "seconds''f are in
tho publishing business.
FoX's LETTER.
Having learned that Borrowe had re-
ceived a letter from Fox called o1l his
friend and adviser and secondly early
yesterday and asked himi if he knew
anything OF such 4 letter.
he denied any knowledge of,the.ma
ter, o..
Later in the day rsaw him again. and
once more he gave Inc an unqualified
denial.
A third time-in the eveninS-when
l saw him he. had either learned Some
thing or had changed his mind, for he
admitted that such 4 letter had passed
from Fox to Borrowe, and finally ave
me a copy OF that portion OF it which is
of public interest. The rest ofithe letter
refers purely 10 personal matters.
The letter Us it stands, and as the
Herald prints it, gives to the, world a
new side light on the whole affair.
After Milbank had given moths copy
of the letter. asked him if die would
make any statement in regard! to it, or
il he could give any explanation OF
Fox's statement that. he "had to give
the whole business away, on Thursday"
Each and both OF these questions Mil
bank declined to answer.
~ must absolutely refuse TO say any,
thing further in this matter" said he,
"You have the letter. and as far as it
goes it must explain itself. 1t was re-
ccired.b by Mr.. Borrowe at his Office in
the Equitable building to-day. That is
all I have to say"
DoRRowE. INVISIBLE.
I called at Borrowe's house, No. IS
West Seventeenth street, late last even
ing. The servant who answered tho
ring of the bell told mo that Borrowo
had retired two houra earlier, with strict
injunctions that he was not to DO dis
turbed. She refused to permit any
message or question to be conveyed to
him.
Neither Drayton nor my ofhis friends
would consent to speak yesterday on,the
controversy.
There is plenty OF time" said one OF
them, 'ior US to give u side. We are
simply waiting for Mr.. Borrowe and his
friends to hang themselves with thei.
own rope. We know what their aim is
in keeping the interest in the affair
niive and We think We will be able to
meet them and check them in good
time"
OtaytoAA o1Au Ills lllelluS llIVc nlt!lcr-
to insisted that Borrowo and Milbank
were partly instrumental and largely re-
snonsiblo for tho publication OF the
duel" correspondence.
Fox's letter seems to clear Borrowe
and Milbank, tho writer taking all the
blame on himself.
And yet Drayton was a ,much more
surprised man than Borrowe when on
tering New York harbor he learned that
the story of his doings in England and
France had become the property Of the
public.
For several days beforeI left London
it was whispered about that Borrowers
second, Ed Fox, had sold the Drayton-
Borrowo correspondence to q New York
newspaper for 81 1000. At first it was
beloved that Fox had betrayed his
principal, and that 'Borrowe would GER
tainly challenge him to fight. 1t was
also limited that NIilbank, Borrowo's
other second, had shared with Fox in
tho proceeds OF the sale. This was all
conjecturcd at first. But tho day l
sailpl Ion ropl tbronrh ~ co,rco that