Evening journal., 1892-04-23
A DUEL AT DAWN OF DAY
Fox and Borrowe to Settle
Their Quarrel.
SWORDS OR PISTOLS THE WEAPONS

The Casus Beiii Is a Question OF veracity
Between the Men Concerning the Pub.
location Of the Drayton- Borrowe Duel
Correspondence mnbank Tired Of Talk.
LONDON, April % -Borrowe and Milbanh
have vanished from London as suddenly and
as mysteriously as they disappeared from
New York two weeks ago.
Exactly where they have gone nobody
seems 10 know, but II statements made to
friends here just before their departure are
TO be relied upon, Fox and Borrowe will
fight duel before daylight
When Milbank left the Savoy hotel he
said he was going TO Paris and should re.
turn in a day or two AZ Borrowe's lodg.
ings it is reported that he has gone to Brus
sells. Fox has gone to Calais.
The latest phase Of this dawdling affair
seems 10 have real guns in il. The affair
has been arranged with the greatest SEQ
recy, but the report here rs that the due
viii take place in the morning, probably
with pistols
The Casus BelIi.
Fox has all along held stanchly to his NJ
sertion that Borrowe knew OF the publica
tion Of the letters in the Borrowe- Drayton
affair and authorized il. BOrrowe denied
this, asserting that while he tentatively
agreed TO the publication OF the correspond
cree when the proper time arrived he had
no knowledge whatever that Fox had bar
gained 10 sell " for money or that it was te
be published while Drayton was in mid
ocean, unable to defend himself Borrows
distinctly said on board the City OF Paris,
81 authorize you 10 say that in publishing
this correspondence as he did, Fox was guilt,
Of gross breach OF faith
Since Borrowe has been 10 London he haa
avoided meeting Fox, and no effort WA
made by the parties interested to bring
them together Last Tuesday hilbank mel
Fox by accident, and the duel is believed {,
be the outcome OF conversation on that 90
casion.
Mlibank Tired Of Talk.
Milbank has made no secret Of the faci
that he was heartily tired Of the whole at
fair, and that II Borrowe expected his az
sistance in settling up the quarrel with Fox
matters must be brought to a climax very
speedily. Fox and Borrowe are much NOR
tilted at the position in which they have
placed themselves. While Fox has prac
tically no social position here. his friends
nave maue MIN Icci hcenll tnclf ulhappfopn
tion OF his conduct IN selling the correspond
enoe intrusted TO him in an affair OF honor
even though he did it, as no alleges, will
Borrowes consent.
Borrowe, ON the other hand, makes no 50
cret Of the fact that nearly all his friends il
New York have cut him, because Fox in
sists ON making him an accomplice in tn
publication of Mrs. Drayton's disgrace
IL is not known who Foxs seconds are
Milbank, who has stood stanch by Borrow
through the whole affair, win probably b
one OF his seconds in this meeting should /
come of Fox is a determined fellow, no
likely to tolerate any aspersion upon hi
{ words or conduct II he and Borrow
: meet that viii put an end to this purely &C
cidental issue in this case.
swords or Pistois2
Borrowe is under the impression that
meeting with Fox on the field OF honor vii
, be vindication from the aspersions cas-
upon him by Drayton for bis refusal TO NEE
him. Fox is certainly as formidable a 70
as Drayton would be, and II Borrowe is no
afraid to meet him for an exchange of shot
the inference Is that the cowardice was no
his ground for declining to cross sword
with Dravton Whether Fox challonrel