The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-25
THAT FAKE DUEL
BOrTOWe and Fox the Laugh
ing Steck of London.
A CUT AND DRIED AFFAIR.
There Was az Understanding That Ne
heey Should Be Eurt
A CUT AND DRIED AFFAIR.

ssme ThiRk the Whole stery waa esR-
soetsd, aHd That Ne shsta Were Tired
Details Of the Alleged CswbAt-Ro OPs
Believes That Bzues Cut Hsls
Through Tsz's Coat--sErS. DrRytsR's
Friands DiFEzsred.
LONDON, April 25.-Pex has ret yet
returned frem Belgium, but Berrews is
here assisting the voluble Actor Clsary
to air in hotel smoking-reemH aEausiAg
details Of Fox's bloodless duel.
About hundred people who get wind
of the affair met Actor Cleary at ths sta
tion when he returned last RiEht and
fairly shrieked with laughter when
they learned from him that tAe most
fatal result Of the encounter was slight
damage to FSX's trousers. The story
that Borrowe's bullet really cut = hole
in Fox's eoas nobody takes seriously
Nobody iR the town believes for one
moment that any serieus hara was in
tended. The event is generally desig-
mated by Americans here as "the fake
duel" Some even think the whole
story was oonoocted and that no shots
were fired. But it is the general impress
sion that triggers were pulled as the
result Of mutual understanding that
nobody should be hurt
Fox was goAded into challenging Bor-
rowe because Borrowe insisted on call
| ing him a coward and liar.
Borrowa is reported to have said to a
| friend Just after the duel that he could
| not now call Fox a coward, but he still
| called him liar.
! 1t is hard TO see how either party has
benefited by this daslling AAHco. If
| the comments made in American circles
to-day are any criterion both of them
will7Ie guysd mere uEnereifully than
ever.
No one believes, Of eeHrss, the state
msnts that Fsx and Borrows were thirst
ing for each others bleed, and shat they
are ksenly disappointed because their
seconds prevented thsn fres firing more
than two shots.
Borrowe's conduct on the field gives
color to the general belief that no seri-
Gus harm was intended. He ooolly
smoked a cigarette just before the first
shot and lit another one just before the
| second shot.
Fox claims the reputation Of being a
pretty good shot after his alleged expe-
riences in tho Aodoc war, but there is no
indication that either Of his bullets went
anywhere near Borrowe.
Another interesting theory is; Who
notified the Belgium policep The secret
was only conhded to few intimates of
both parties, and now each accuses the
other of blabbing with view of pre-
venting the fight. But they dared not
return to England without at least ex-
changing shots
Mrs Drayton's friends are filed with
disgust at this renewed effort on Bor-
rowe's part to expose and degrade her.
They feel that after what she has sacri-
feed for Borrowe the least he might have
done was to have borne in silence the re-
proaches showered upon him Of his al
legged deal with Fox to make money out
OF an affair of honor.
Mrs Drayton has persistently refused
TO see Borrowe since his return to Eng
land, and has fully resolved never to SEE
him again, She has met her parents
frequently, and reliable reports point tC
her returning to New York with then
next autumn.