The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-30
BULLET IN A DUKE.
Duelist De Morny Shot by Mill
bank on the Field.
SEQUEL TO DRAYToN SCANDAL
Ine Grandson of Hortense Beauharn ais
wounded by . Notorious English
Libertine, Also an Aristocrat.

LONDON, April 29.--The reported duel
between Milibank and a Frenchman is
Ionnrmed. Millbank's antagonist was the
Duc de Morny, who was wounded The
quarrel which led to the duel occurred in
brussels, and grew out Of the Drayton-
oorrowe trouble. De Morny's wound is
reported as serious. One story is that he
VIII not recover. 1t is thought that Mill
bank had no intention of killing the duke.
on the other hand. it is said, De Morny
aimed for Millbank's head, intending to
Kui him, and missed him only by hairs
breadth. Both men were cool.
tAnotser chapter has been added to the Dray-
on-borrowe scandal. J. Coleman Drayton, a
worthless Philadelphia society man, married
Augusta Aston for her money. As soon as Mrs
Drayton knew her husbands character she des-
piseo MIN. she seduced by Hallett Bor-
rowe. society man and libertine, who had been
snol In California for insulting a girl and had
been taken in hand By Inspector Byrnes, OF the
New fork police for trying to black mail girls
iather by the use OF letters she had written.
Drayton, learning OF his wife's unfaithfulness,
biackmailed her parents, taking money from
them to condone her offense, she
promising beside. to associate with
borrowe no more few months
ago, however, she broke her promise, ard Dray-
ton caught his wife and Borrowe dining to-
getner. Drayton challenged Borrowe to fight q
duel. Borrowe asked the advice of his friend,
Harry Vane Millbank, society man, who re-
TERED the matter to the Due de Morny, who is to
the "feId OF honor" what the MARQUIS of
Queensberry is to the roped arena. But let the
Duke tell the story himself. He saws:
gave 1t IS my opinion that Mr.. Borrowe
eouio not meet Mr. Drayton. But then had no
idea VINO were the persons in the case. This is
tn pyn i,1I. r..
proposed to me alphabetically al my club &
month ago by Mr.. Harry Milpauk in letter.
an IL me names were put as Mr.. A., Mr.. B.
ana MIS- A. 1t was asked if Mr.. 3.
should refer Mr.. AS seconds to his sec
onds to arrange meeting account OF b. hav-
ing wronged As wife. When five years before
A. mad discovered his wife and B. In q compro-
missing situation, and had compounded the mat
ter by exacting from his wife written confess
sion OF her guilt; promise to avoid b. in future
upon an agreement on Mrs. A. g part to make to
MIN an annual payment of 5000 out OF her per-
sonai income; when 1t was found that Mrs. A.
could not make such regular disposition OF her
income, then A. sends his seconds 10 B. seeking
satisfaction. l said if the facts We're as stated
b. could not meet A., who should have felt the
need OF retrieving his wounded honor five years
ago. HIS sense OF injury is altogether too tardy
clsion was possible. NJ. Aurelan Schon gave
the same opinion, believe. know the Astors
out my judgment was based entirely on an alb
stract staten ent, and the conclusion from such
premises Is quite apart from the persons in
volved, whoever they may be-"
so Borrowe refused to fight the pusiIlanimous
Drayton, but followed him to America to show
that he feared him not Lately Borrowe and
Miilbank returned to London. Mrs. Drayton's
father, William Astor, died last Monday, broken
hearted over his daughters shame
Edward Fox, friend of Borrowe and Mfllbank
s newspaper man. To him was intrusted the
Borrowe-Drayton correspondence. He is hard
drinker and, being short of funds, sold the cor
respondence to the New York Sun for 81, 600
When reproached for his perfdy he said Tom
Ochfitree told him to publish the letters Tom
called him q liar and threatened to challenge
him. Borrowe finally did challenge him,
though he was not really angry with him. The
duel, which came off in Belgium, was what
sportsmen would call a ''rank fake" The men
fired in the air, and honor was satisfied Mill
bank was Borrowers second, and 1t is supposed
he took umbrage at the Due de Morny's COM
ment on the farce
Harry Vane Millbank is one of the best known
young Englishmen in Europe He is the eldest
son of Sir Frederick Millbank a Yorkshire baro-
net, who is one OF the heirs OF the late Duke of
Cleveland. Harry Millbank is one of the kind
OF men we read about. He is but little over 80
years OF age, and has already run through a
fortune of 100000. or 81, 10000 His duel mex
perience Is one of the most extraordinary on
record. Within year he was called out sue
cessively by the husband, brother and father of
German lady with regard to whom he has al
ways sworn he was uniustly accused. He killed
them all, being twice dangerously injured him
self, and finding new duel on his hands as
soon as he recovered strength to leave his bed
The name of De Morny has been rendered
forever infamous by Victor Hugo and Alphonse
Dandet The present dukes father who was the
iliegitimate son of Hortense Beauharnais, and
thus half-brother of Emperor Napoleon I'LL,
was bloodthirIy scoundrel, thief and iibartine,
and died from excuses. He had great influence
over the emperor, and took part in the coup d.
etat OF the young duke little can be said ex-
cept that he has ali his fathers vices and none
of his talents. He is man of medium height,
OF slight but very wiry physiqe, with a thin,
aquiiine nose piercing black eyes and heavy
mustache OF lighter brown than his hair He
smokes cigarettes, and so does every one else
who is mixed up in the scandal, except Tom
ochiltree.