New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-19

EDWARD EoN.
This signed the saturday afternoon and
COPIES were token by both parties on Monday after
noon, forty eight hours having elapsed without re
sponse the seconds Of Mr.. BOrowe sent the following
letter 10 Mr.. Drayton:
Hotel Chatham Paris, Feb; 10, 1892.
sir: Acting fOr our friend SIR. BOTOwe, we
met your representatives on saturday, the 18Th iIsl,
ut $50 p. IN. proces verbal was drawn UP oh9r.
matter TO a Jury of honor. under whose decision
Mr. Borrowe is prepared TO meet you or not. Forty,
nothing from you your representatives. II we
not have an answer to the proposition Go.S wa
mast decline to allow our principal to entertain any
further proposals on YONG part: ,,n,,
EDWARD FOX.
TO j. Coleman Drayton esq" Hotel D'oriel'. huo
poEau.
Mr. Drayton replied the same evening as follows:
Hotel DOrient, Feb. 10, 1892.
Gentlemen have TO acknowledge receipt "a your
note of this date The proposal upon the part oi
your principal, 10 seeh the intervention OF jury
Vi Honor look upon as subtTfuge TO escape gV-
ing me the satisfaction TO which ! have an uli,
doubted right. lie Is well aware that no Jury OF
Honor is needed to determine any question between
lie has inuictcd upon the most grievous injury
which one man can nnict upon another, ana ,t tae
could be claimed without scandal without legal
restriction sought it at his hands 90 10, pro pro
man body Of men on these points stand N RAD,
meet your principal at any tme wlth Iory e. n
further proposals to him oi amy nature but shai con
slider him a coward, we'll scoundTcl, and snail
take paths 10 publish this opinion Of him .a,.,oa
In This discrimination am sustained by the ad Nlr
Of such friends have eEns1tsd III, i am yours
respectfully, COLEhaN phAi1'N'
10 H. Vane Milbank and Edward Fox.
Z. 81 am forced to b. absent from Paris from
a. nj. b. 10 p N. February III.
After reading this communication Messrs. Mllbank
and Fox decided close all further corcs pondence
bat first took The advice of French gentlemen Of
authority such subjects. and then wrote
Hotel Chatham Feb. Il, 1872
sir: We in receipt Of your letter Of the lbtl
inst, which caused much establishments a. While
you refuse to refer to jury OF honor you make use
be OF the that aIi,r entirely IN our
hands. ana ii for ~ decide whether Mr. Dor
OF all the tacts we consider ~ our ddJ To our pm
cipa 10 decline TO meet But in oruer to cover
cor responsibility in the matter and In accordance
with the code OF honor, proposed 10 refer 10 jury
OF honor This your seconds nsrced TO- ana sgned lAe
process verbal drew up, Dut yUu, III your letieT,
decline to entertain the proposal and make use OF
language in accordance With tbs couresies due from
one gentleman to another III Affairs VI This nature
In O0rr 10 be assured that the Ioslton We nave as
sumed l. correct laid the facts, without mt lohihg
befOrc two Of the highest authorities IN France,
viz NJ. Aurclien scholl and the Due dc Morny, and
they have decided that the course Of acton mat We
have taken perfectly jusuiatlc. a. they claimed
that too hong time Lad elapsed sihcc TIE Iisl cause
OF offence had been gwen. and tist. coupled Win ,he
fact that the injured parry had acceIoO and enjoyed
annual monetary consideration, dcbIIoi MN rom
any reparaon under tho cod. OF honor OH the part Of
We must decline to consider ANY further proposal
II. yANE MILBANK
EDWARD fOA.
To J. Coleman dayton. Hotel DOncnt
THIS closed all the correspondence in the matter
The opinions of Aurelien scboll and the Duo DE- MoTny
were clear and distinct. Mr.. Sclo Ia his ktter says
The meeting upon which you desire my 0pinnn
should not take place under any considerable what
soever Where there IS question Oh money u@fe
can be question Of honor.
After some other comments the ho,s OF te case
he ADDS;
There is 10 longer ANY honor where there has beeal
/ traf ~ n
10 the taunts and Insults OF man b4Aed " MS nope
of gain, they nun nDneAistent without right
and without import
The Duo dc Morny, writing on the subject says
Mr.. Millsink having submitted the ssie oaye 10
Inc, answered him by exactly 1e ''. me. a . Sl
lie AT the same time question % plcteS, .Iiu
question Of honor consider ~" IIn as r mf'is s
question Of Interest before that Of lis honor. thor
remas nothing further for thls person but % Cysnt
oocsa loned.
The entire business Of the seconds Of Mr.. BorTOwe
being over they sent the following letter:
Having D,aa Sti yo SHt aar ai nth Mr. j j. Cole
map Dr.ayton In hands We have the honor 70 ~
mort that we met that geDteians soconds, hf fcIuI
hand Boisscq and Mr. Francis ChcrOouguet, AT the
Hotel Chatham at 80 p ~ on Friday e tn 49, ~,
nohiug of the early history Of the disputes between
YOU and MI Drayt0n, declined 10 accept the cans
1f offence Offered by them, the ground thht th'lr
principal had forfeited all rights 70 an appeal Ia "a
passage aux armes We suggested that they should
lars as preferred that these facts should come ION
him direct. We the following day SATURDAY;
obtained no information Of the facts on which We
lased refusal % meet their principal nm, n".
| a propOSal tO which we Immediately consented as We
had already decided that that Wa the Only cue open
TO us We then drew up procf~ verbal. NICER uae
February ~ ~t1 s we q; ,h marble We a-o
added that il agreeable Mr. Drayton, We pr ieri'9i
that tie statements made before the jury OF Honor 'hou
he without giving the names OF parties lhtcI'std
yertaI. ief Us saving ulai their dnuoe were over
% Monday afternoon February -. having waited
'B," and the zane afternoon IccrNed ,,e amarH1c i
tGs w. Of an insulting character and also declined
10 accept the proposal made Of reterrng 10 JTy o.
S %atn of two o. the btt autheres in Paris
thnm entirely Of our opinion, wrote TO Mr.
pTayton on Tebruary Il the annexed letter marked
decline to receive any further congratulations from
r Drayto and advise yoa to DO hs same so. tor
you IN this matte ad eao1 up gon eS e at the
s we have Ssve cTnsS ed was w the only I nc that could
io aSopted In pursuance Of the code Of honor. We
have tie honor TO be your very 2bcilcn, s'TvaHl2'
hHbw wAA MAZE 4 Tux.
| To UaIett Alsop BoTowo. esq. Hotel Chatham
The fourth door of the Phoenix Assurance Company
building No 81 Wast is occupied by the law Offices
| Of : p d j. Mel. Nash Charles l.. Jones, j. Cole
| man Drayton, William Bard McNickT ana FRANK l.
Warb,irton are associated with Inc Nasies anu ai'N
| ,her offices Mr.. Jones asked yesterday hier
| noon # ho would spy anything In regard 70 inc
Drayton- Borrowe afrar. lie replied: NO. theie IL
absolutely nothing that possibly be said III ti'
| ahse1ce OF Mr. Drayton, whom we expect very soon
| nw We were advised OF Mr.. Draytonh intenilen
| ~ take passage on the Majestic, which Is due o.
| wednesday When he arrives he can Jake SUCH
action az seems good TO hill."
Another occupant Of the me once win Mr. Di"S
ron declined TO discuss the matter IN any Vi 1t"
bearings. = a., ,,,,,a,,
go Assurance society, and the father Of haIlcu
Iisop Borrowe was not ~ his once yesteHaJ, az
a. ~. house No. % West oCve tcentl-st' ne Soulu
rot Le seen by Tribune reporter VINO odllea ,Ho,c
" rrme wilson. who married The yOunser hSni