The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-23
DRAYTON AND RORROHE,
The Principals In the Frustrated Duel,
Should he Here To-day.

Tho steamship Majestic. which should reach
this port this afternoon. brings as passengers
J. Coleman Drayton and Hallett Alsop Borrowe
Of this city and Harry vane Milbank. who be-
came one Of Mr.. Borrowers seconds when Mr..
Drayton. in February last, challenged Mr..
Borrowe to fight duel In France
The Sun has already related how It hap
pened that the two principals are passengers
by the same steamship. Mr. Borrowers SEQ
onds refused to accept on his behalf Mr.. Dray-
tons challenge. setting up as their excuse alle-
cations TINT years had elapsed since Mr.. Dray-
ton had discovered the alleged cause OF
offense. and that Mr.. Drayton had since been
receiving an annual mi etary consideration"
On Mr.. Drayton's part the correspondence
closed with threat TO post Mr.. Borrowe as a
coward and scoundrel. This letter was
drawn out by q proposition from Mr. Borrowers
seconds to refer to Jury OF honor the aues-
tion whether or not Mr.. Borrowe ought to
fight Mr.. Drayton. To this proposition Mr..
Drayton returned fiat negative. and the case
was not referred to a Jury Of honor at all. A
mistaken report to the contrary has been
published.
Mr. Borrowers seconds did consult tho Duo
de- Morny and Aurelien Scholl on the question.
Surprising the facts to be so-and so. as we
Rer ne and 2"l eSpes said
but there was no hearing as to what the facts
mtted to anybody The last letter TIA that s Mr.
l,orrowe's seconds wrote to Mr.. Drayton noti-
fled him OF the grounds alleged above. on
which Borrowe refused to fight him.
more ago GOA and what the princpaIs did " f"r
the next three weeks has not appeared. Mr.
Il2rr2we had taken passage on the Majestic;
which left Liverpool last Wednesday, and had
afterward decided to wait overa week. Accord
ing to THE SUNS cable he learned. after the
Majestic sailed. that Mr.. Draytoa had sailed on
her, and lest he should be suspected Of being
afraid to meet Mr.. Drayton. he took his see
oond. Mr. Milbank. and caught the steamship at
Queenstown.
1t is hardly conceivable that the men should
have had violent encounter aboard ship 1t
T. believed that Mr.. Borrowe has brought Mr.
Milbank over here to bear witness for him. 1t
l. also believed that Mr.. Drayton. seeing that
the proceedings and conclusions of Mr.
will take some measures to relieve tho pub
lished case Of the ne.sidedness that has
necessarily characterized it thus far. The
only explanation OF his proceedings that has
thus far come from him is this statement in
his last letter to Borrowe's seconds:
He lBorrowel has inflicted upon me the
most grievous injury which one man can in
nict upon another: and the instant l found
him upon territory where satisfaction could
be claimed without scandal and without legal
QUARANTINE March 22-Several tugs are
cruising Off Sandy Hook. presumably on the
lookout for the Majestic. No friends OF either
Drayton or Borrowe have obtained permission
to take either rass .g of. The experts here
Majestic off the Hook iefore noon to- morrow.
The Cunarder Etruria. which arrived on Sun
day. was day behind her usual time. and the
French steamship La Bretagne. which gen:
erly gales have filled the logs of all the steam
ships that have arrived within several days.