The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-03-24
hgain. When are you two going to boltl"
Then he left the room

again! When are you two going to boIt2"
Then he left the room
II WAS not long afterward that correspon-
dsncs pnssed between the two men, and Mr.
Drayton endsuvored to bring about n duel
Mr.. Bdrr0We was ready enough. but his SEQ
onds, Harry V. Milbank and Edward Fox,
refused to allow him to fight ON tho ground
that Drnyton's conduct in accepting money,
and tho fact that he had been suspicious OF
his wife fye years before he had challenged
Borrowe, forfeited his right to nsk for the
satlsfnction Of u gentleman.
Altar q lot OF corresponding between tho
seconds OF Borrows and Drayton and the
latter's ssconds and Eorrowe, the seconds
Of Eorrowe proposed to refer the entire
question Of whether there should be a duel
or not to q jury Of honor. This was on
Fob. 15 Mr.. Drayton replied to the sng-
RestlOn aa follows:
jentlemen: l hnye to acknowledge tho
receipt Of youf note of this date. The pro-
posal on the part OF your principal to seek
the intervention Of Il jury of honor | look
upon as snbterfuge to escape giving me
the satisfaction to which ] have an nn-
doubted right. He is we'll aware that no
jury Of honor is needed to determine any
question between him and myself.
lie has inflicted upon me the most griev-
ous injury which ono man can lntllct upon
anothef, and the instant found him upon
territory Whero satisfaction could be
claimed without scandal and without legal
restriction, ] sought it at his hands.
do not propose to enter upon II bubble
aud argument before any man or body of
men ON these points. I stand rohdy to
meet your principal ut any time within
forty-eight hours. If he e.eclines this
proposition | shall make no further pro-
posals to him Of any nature, but shall con
slider him coward, as we'll as 4 scoundrel.
m Ira ina tn iOh II Via
ION Of him In this determination / am
sustained by the advice Of such friends as
have consulted ! am yours respectfully,
j. COLEMAN DRAYToN.
10 II. Vane Milbank and Edward Fox.
!. s. am sorry 70 be absent from Paris
from seven q. N. to 10p In., Feb. 1G
Upon receipt Of tho above Borrowe's tec-
following occurs:
In order to be assured that the position
We have assumed il correct, we laid the
facts without mentioning names before
two Of the highest authorities in France,
viz, M. Aurelien Schyli and the due de
Morny, and they have decided that the
course Of action that we have taken was
perfectly justifable, "a they claimed that
too long time had elapsed since the first
cause of offense had been given, and that
coupled with the fact that the injured
party accepted and enjoyed an annual
monetary consideration, debarred him
from any reparation under the code of
honor on the part of MI. Borrowe. We
must decline to consider any further pro-
posal that may emanate from you.'
Harry Mibank, one of Borrowe'e Sec
onds, who accompanies him to America, 10
one of the kind of men we read about. He
j shut little over 30 years of age and has
already run through fortune Of 1880,
900. His last dueIing experience is one Of
the most extraordinary record. Within a
year he was called out successively by the
husband, brother and father of a German
lady with regard to whom he has always
said he was unjustly accused.
He killed them ALL being twice danger
ousy injured himself, and now has new
duel on his hands as soon as he has recov-
cred strength to leave his bed.
Edward Fox. who vas Bor1 we's other
second, is we'll known ii New J *. He ID
an Englishman who went 70 Al erica sew
eral years ago, dissipated hisI rtune and
then became reporter on thel srald. He
distinguished himself and earned the SOU
briquet of "Modoc'' Fox during the Modoc
Indian war by going into the Indian camp
and interviewing the Indians while they
were on the warpath.
Mis-. j. Coleman Drayton was Miss
Augusta Astor, third daughter of William
Astor. She was married to MIR. Drayton
ten years ago In her fathers house on the
corner of Fifth avenue and Thirty-fourth
street. Her choice was fully approved by
her parents, and unalIoyed happiness was
predicted for the couple.
Mr.. Drayton is q native of Philadelphia,
related, of course, both to the Colemans
and Drsytons, and is of excellent family.
The bride had fortune of $4,000, 900, &C
cording to report. MIR. Drayton has ALWAYS
been regarded as exceedingly quiet and un-
and was never very fond of
the gay world.
Mrs. Drayton, who was considered the
beauty of the Astor family, had been
to go about much in society and
it is said she soon realized, after she and
Mr. Drayton had settled down to married
life, that they were not altogether COM
patible III temper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Drayton's country house,
know as "Ctowsfoot," is delightfully."- sit
uated at Belnardsville. n. j.. and here the
young couple were accustomed to pass a
part of the year.
For several years past the gossip of So
ciety has been that Mr.. Borrowe, whose
patents own and occupy an estate about
three quarters of q mile away, was de-
voted admirer of Mrs. Drayton.
People living at Bernardsville and Nor
ristown observed the devotion the young
man showed and naturally commented on
it. 1t was also extensively gossiped about
by the servants employed by the families
having country houses i'll the neighbor-
hood.
1t appears that the coachman, who usually
drove Mrs. Drayton and Mr.. Borrowe about
Bernardsville and Morrstown. WAS some
times under the influence of liquor, and it
was not unusual that his condition was
such as to enti:ely unfit him for his duties.
When this happened Mr.. Borrowe would
mount the box and with the servant along
side of him drive Mrs. Drayton to her