Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-03-22
REORGANIZATION.
The Very Latest Details Of New
YOrk'S Society Scandal.
WHY THERE HAS BEEN NO DUEL.
Something About the "COurt Of Honor to Which
Borrowe Referred the MaiIsr-Mrs. Dray-
ton Said Not to Be Responsible for Her
Acts-BOrrOweS Personality.

Borrowe scandal is still the chief topic
Of conversation in the metropolis. The
friends of the two men are legion, and
Mrs. Drayton, by her connection with
the Astor family aud her high place In
society, is conspicuous figure about
whom nearly every one delights 10
talk.
Mrs. Drayton is still in London and Is
said TO have entered a retreat, the gos-
sips saying without reserve that she is
about to become mother and that this
fact induced her to leave Paris few
days ago.
The cable brought the following from
London to-day:
Areporter called on Mrs. Drayton at a
little lodging house near Piccadilly this
morning and asked TO see her. The re-
porter sent up his card with request that
Mrs. Drayton make statement OF the case
from her standpoint. She appeared at the
top Of the staircase, her face pale and care
worn and her eyes swollen from weeping.
/ have no explanations whatever TO
make. she said, with tragic air. IL Cole
man Drayton has chosen TO make fool OF
himself, it is his affair, not mine.
Then she slammed the door and disap-
peared.
In London, so far as the facts can be
learned, Coleman Drayton has ample
sympathy on his side. He challenged
'Hallet Borrowe to fight, and was quite
ready to meet him with any weapons
Borrowe might select. Drayton told
bis friends In Paris and London that IL
Borrowe would not fight he would shoot
him on sight. Borrowe contrived
through his seconds in London TO get
the matter referred to an alleged court
OF honor in Paris, of which the Due de
Morny was chief. This so-called court
decided that as there was good rea-
son TO believe that Coleman Drayton
had forgiven his wife after obtaining
her written confession Of intimacy with
Borrowe, it was therefore iiQrd dtg. for
Borrowe TO pay any attention whatever
to Drayton's challenge.
Coleman Drayton thereupon threat
ened 70 go to New York Immediately
and publicly brand Borrowe as an arrant
coward. He has already done so in the
st. James and two or three other clubs
with which he is connected.
Another London dispatch says:
.
weeks ago on purpose to settle this un-
wholesome family row. William Waldorf
Astor declined to be mixed mp in it in any
way whatever. Coleman Drayton came
here from Paris to see Mrs. William Astor,
and after listening to his story she went
back with him 10 Paris, convinced, so tits
reported, that his impeachment Of her
daughters chastity was not altogether
without foundation. In fact, if what she
said 10 two or three intimate friends in
London is to be believed, her sympathies
were altogether with Drayton.
When Coleman Drayton heard that Bor-
rowe was in London he cabled TO Mrs.
William Astor, who promptly came over
When she met her daughter in the Hotel
Liverpool, Paris, there was stormy
scene.
Drayton went Immediately TO another
hotel and refused TO see his WIFE Then
he started for America, Mrs. Drayton
came TO London, and yesterday Mrs. AS.
tor left for Algiers.
In an interview in Paris, the Due de
Morny, one OF the men who acted upon
the Jury OF Honor at the request Of
Harry Milbank said last night:
at was proposed alphabetically to me at
my club month ago. The names were put
as Mr.. A, Mr.. B and Mrs. A. IL WAS asked IL
Mr.. B should refer Mr.. AS seconds TO his
seconds 10 arrange meeting on account Of
B having seduced AS wife, when five years
before A had discovered his wife and Il ia
fogrdnte dclictu and had compounded the
matter by exacting from his wife written
confession of her guilt; a promise TO avoid
B in future and an agreement on Mrs. AS
part to make 10 him an annual payment OF
s, 600 out Of her personal income; when 1t
re a
make such regular disposition OF her in
come, then A sends his seconds TO b seek
ing TO repair his wounded honor by duel.
/ said if the facts were as stated b could
not meet A, who should have felt the need
of retrieving his wounded honor five years
ago. His sense OF The injury is altogether
too tardy.
Can there be any question OF honor
when a mercenary motive dissuadcs one
from seeking redress for grievous insulti
When a man leads his tiancee 10 the altar
he adopts absolutely the guardianship OF
her honor II he discovers that the honor
is not there to protect then IL is question
of divorce. But pecuniary emolument is
no solace for wounded honor, and no gen.
tleman could so regard IT.
NJ. Aurelien Scholl said Mr.. Milbank
nut the case TO him without names, and
stated that the husband had demanded a
large sum of money for himself and his
children.
Honor and money arrangements Of this
kind are not compati ole. and there could be
no question of duel, said NJ. Schon.
The Paris Dispatch further says: To
any one who is acquainted with the inner
side of Partisan life there is something
indescribably funny in the selection OF the
Drc de Morny and NJ. Aurelien Scholl as
arbiters and supreme judges Of questions
Of honor.
Scholl is singularly clever free lance
of the press. as veual as most Of bis Paris
e1nfrsres. which is saying good dael. aud
noted for his readiness TO back up the
statements Of his very trenchant pen with
his equally skilful sword.
Aurelien Scholl's principal title 70 fame
is his duel with the Comte de Dion con-
cerning the Inflated Duchesse de Chaulnes.
The Coute de Dion Is an adventurer OF
somewhat doubtful antecedcnts and hazy
pedigree. who succeeded in making the ac-
quaintance of the young Duchess and in ac-
ouiriug her confidence and friendship.
These were ill-bestowed- The Count was
more than indiscreet, and soon by his con-
yersation and his manner gave rise 10 the
ruulors that there was something more
than ordinary friendship between himself
and the Duchess.
In fact, he hopeIessly compromised her,
so much so that on the sudden death Of her
husband, the Due de Chaulnes, younger
brother Of the late Due de Luynes, a family
council was assembled which decreed that
she was unworthy to be intrusted with the
guardianship Of her children.
Reduced TO absolute want, the golden
haired young Duchess died alone In gar
ret in on of the poorest quarters Of Paris
When her death became known Aurelien
Scholl. who is the foremost and boldest
s.chroniquer'' Of the Partisan press, pro-
ceeded to hold up the Comte de Dion 10
public obloQuy with all his accustomed