St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-21
DRAYT0N SENSATION.
1t Is the Talk Of the Clubs OF
Both New York and Lon.
don.
Mrs. William AStOp Tries to
Settle the UnwholeSome
Family Row.
1t Is Said Her Sympathy Is
Altogether With Her Son.
in-LaW.
Stormy Scene Between the
Mother and Daughter in a
Paris Hotel.

LONDON, March 20.-MrS. Coleman
Drayton appeared at the top of the
staircase in the lodging house. just OFF
Piccadilly, last night, tear-stained and
tragic. She had just arrived from Paris.
II have no explanation whatever to
make" she said. IF Coleman Drayton
has chosen to make fool of himself, it
is no affair of mine" Then she slammed
the door. So far as the facts can be
learned here. Coleman Drayton has am
pie sympathy on his side. He ehal-
lenged Hallet Borrowe TO fight. and was
quite ready to meet him with any
weapons BOrrowe might select.
Dayton told his friends in
Paris and London that if BOr-
rowe did not fight he would
shoot him Oh sight. Borrowe contrived.
through his seconds in London, to get
the matter referred to all alleged court
of honor, of which the Due de Morny
was chief. This sO-called court decided
that, as they had good reason to believe
that Coleman Drayton had forgiven his
wife after obtaining her written confess
sion of intimacy with BorrOwe, it was
therefore unnecessary for Borrowe to
pay attention to the challenge. At one
time it seemed almost impossible to
avoid the duel, but Borrowers friends
managed to stave it off. Coleman Dray-
ton thereupon threatened to 90 immedi-
ately to New York aud publicly brand
Borrowe as
An Arrant Coward.
He has already done so in the St.
James club and two or three other Lon
don clubs with which lie is connected.
Drayton took passage on the Majestic
and sailed under the name of Dixon.
When this news reached Borrowe and
Milbank, they took the Irish mail for
Queenstown to catch the same steamer
under the assumed names of Borrows
and Milbury. When they went aboard
the tender at Queenstown they had not
purchased their passage tickets. Much
surprise is expressed here at Borrowers
choice of second. Ed Fox was chosen
because he knew Borrowe in New York
some years ago. but Harry Mibank is
little known except as the contestant for
property left to somebody else by
the late Duke Of Cleveland's will.
Mrs. William Astor came here about six
weeks ago on purpose to settle this I'M
wholesome family row. William Wal
dorf Astor refused to mix up in it In any
way whatever. He prevailed on Mrs.
William AstOr to put up at hOstelry
less than 100 yards from Lansdowne
house. Coleman DraytOn came here
from Paris on purpose to see Mrs. Will
lam Astor, and after listening to his
story she went back with him to Paris,
convinced, so it is reported, that his i'm
parchment of her daughters chastity
was not altogether without foundation
III fact. If what she said to two or three
intimate friends in London is to be be-
lieved, her sympathy is with Coleman
DraytOn. This intimacy between
Mrs. Drayton and BOrrowe
began in New York. Coleman Drayton
found it out and complained to Mrs.
William Astor, who contrived to mend
matters by sending both Drayton and
his wife to Europe, upon Mrs. Dray-
toms absolute promise that she would
never see BorrOwe again. Before Cole
man Drayton had been in London many
weeks he discovered that Hallett BOr
rowe was here also, and was meeting
Mrs. DraytOn in the drawing room of
the Victoria hotel. 1t is not true that
Borrowe and Mrs. Drayton were living
openly together at this hotel. Borrowe
had single bedroom there. When
Coleman Drayton heard that BOr-
rowe was in London he cabled
to Mrs. William Astor, who
promptly came over here. When she
met her daughter In the Hotel
Liverpool in Paris there was a stormy
scene. The result is that Coleman bray
ton started for America, Mrs. Drayton
came to London and Mrs Astor left yes
terday for Algiers. Coleman Drayton
went to another hotel in Paris and re-
fused to see his wife. All This is cur
rent gossip in the London clubs, where
Drayton spent much time. and where
sympathy is almost entirely on his side.
He challenged Borrowe to fair fight
Borrowe avoided it through the fiimsy
excuse invented by his seconds that, as
Drayton had practically condOned his
wife's intrigue, they conld not allow
him to fight. William Waldorf Astor
has left London for Taplow. He de-
elined to be interviewed, and said he
knew nothing whatever about the case.