The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-31
uoW THEY CAME TO THE sun
rprr STORY ABOUT THE DRAY-
1oy. BoRRoWE LETTERS

TnH. RONhOVh AIA A.AsNs
,..ou. Authorized Mr.. Fox asa Col.
o.su,res to Make the Letters Public
o., IL was Evident the story or tho
.--., wa. Likely 20 Get into the News
.-Tb. story Could Not be Kept
s..-.t, and the Letters Were Therefore
., IN Tho sun, After All Aiiusions to
g.. pr.yton Had Been Expungea.
-, 1890 nv rus sus Prining and fub'tshtno Asso
VIZ citation
,.x,ox March 3O.-The only Information
49,. h,s hecn obtained In London about the
n".,,on. Borrowc affair since the arrival ofthe
v.;,stc last week has been through the me-
,,.,r, n IN. Paris Herald II the statements OF
Az, ;ournal are correct Borrowe and Milbank
". Wv. .ndcavoring to make 1t appear that Ed
~.,d Fol. who was Borrowers other second In
~. dus that did not occur. had given the cor
...rondence for publication without authori-
..,ion, Fox cabled to Borrowe several days
s,o asking IL he had made any such state
~ and az vet has received no reply.
In ius,icc to Mr.. Fox 1t is necessary that
ruv sun correspondent should say that
porrove called with Fox upon him the
d,r before tho Majestic sailed. and In the
.motinp room OF the Hotel Victoria. Borrowe
authorized Fox to give to The Sun the cor
r.snondence for publication as soon as 1t be-
.ams apparent that the story OF the quarrel
vas likely to appear in any newspaper in
Enoand. France. or America. The time Of
ths publication. Borrowe told The SUN cor
,osnondent in Fox's presence. he. Borrowe.
xoud leave entirely to the judgment Of Fox
md Col Thomas P. Ochiltree. It was Col.
Ocbiltree who introduced Fox to Borrowe
soon after the latter's arrival in England. and
II was a. the Coloners request that Fox
acted az second for Borrowe.
Borrowes reason for wishing the correspond
.pce published II tho story OF tho duel got into
tbs newspapers was simply to protect him
self from Drayton's charge OF cowardice. Tint
,ome story OF the affair would soon get into
mint was inevitable. Both men talked about
Il openly Drayton even mentioned 1t at the
st. James's Club to a correspondent OF an
American newspaper. and all Of Borrowers
friends had read the correspondence and
talked Of the matter in public places without
reserve When it was known that both men
had sailed on the Majestic the gossip about
them naturally became more active. and on
Thursday news agency In London received
was about to bring suit for divorce against his
wife, and relating briefly the story Of the trip
to Paris for the purpose Of duel
between Borrowe and Drayton. On the
same day THE SUN correspondent received q
query from New York about the affair. and
Col Ochitree and others OF Borrowers friends
were swept down upon by the newspaper re-
portera Fox and Ochiltree met that after
VT 4 no = So, ~
ton Of the correspondence had arrived. and
the letters were handed over to THE Sun cor
respondent after Fox had carefully expunged
all illusions in them to Mrs. Drayton. particu-
larry that ono contained in Aurelian Scholrs
note. Neither Fox nor Ochiltree Is responsible
for anything In The Suns story Of the affair
with the exception of the correspondence.
The remainder was common talk among
nearly al the Americans in London and Paris
The principal marvel OF 1t all is that the story
was kept out Of print 80 long.
asked Col Ochiltree to-day what was his
understanding Of tho arrangement between
Borrowe and Fox about the publication OF the
correspondence with regard to the duel.
Ny understanding was" said Col. Ochil-
tree. that Fox was to publish the correspond
ence when he and agreed that the story was
about to become public. This was certainly
concurred in by Borrowe. do not think I
ever heard Milbank acauiesce in this under
standing. however, The statements that I
understand have been made in some New York
newspapers that had'a pecuniary interest in
the publication Of the correspondence are too
absurd to deny"
COL Ochtree went on to say:
Twas called into this matter at one stage
BY the counsel OF Mrs. Drayton to act in an adj
nsory capacity. l sought in every way to
shield her name from the publicity attending
thepronosed meeting between her husband
ana borrowe. My advice to her. both by letter
ana In conversation. was to seek the protection
Diner father and mother. and upon her telling
mo OF certain admonitions in her mothers let
'efs begged her to obey them. ! sympathize
sincerely with her In her disconsoate condi-
.oh and terrible surroundings. lam bound
"saS That she behaved in the most prudent
ana proner fashion during the time was cog
nAant Of her residence in London"
According to the Paris Herald tho New York
"ora has published an interview with Ed
sHra FOX in which he is made to say that Mil
0ank and Borrowe practically edited The
SUNS story as published before leaving Lon
uon Mr. Fox wishes 1t to be distinctly UNDER
~ "'a1 ne made no such statement.
Areportcr Of the World cume to me ut
Aaeoworh. where was visiting n friend"
saa FOX, and asked me two questions. to
po.h OF which replied that I had absolutely
nothing TO say"
marry Wood Eelote. a young VirGinian who
. saS foSs host. and who was present during
instrumentation between Fox and the World
''pof'eT' substantiates Fox's statement.
s,ntooN reporter sent a note embodying the
row ,e,a at 0t the cable despatch TO Mr.. Bor-
thai ia ,ast right. Mr.. Borrowe sent back word
,t 1SSh c!ieorgn b. Williams OF Indianapolis is
iron .Hi,,sey House. He has recently return sd
the fSDitp.atnl where he was on a mission for
Sssn, Iu,ltable ii 10 Assurance society. He has
hynree referred to in several cable despatcnes as
Wiiihass oeen cons suited by Mrs. Drayton. Gen.
NJ hrss.shd last n ight that he had acted ~
tsr hi Dttaytun's legal adviser in n certain mat
t6s MATS ut ~ lawyer he could not dlvuiee what