The evening world., 1894-09-06
HISTORY OF THE SCANDAL.
Friendship of Mrs. Drnyton and
BOrrowc Set Tongues Wagering.

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Although society had gosslped regard
Ing domestic infelicities between j. Cole
man Drayton and his wife during year
or more previously, 1t was on March Is,
1892. that the fact of their strained rela-
tons and the causes were made public.
This was due. 1t was said to the violation
Of q confidence by one of the parties to
a duel about to be fought between the
injured husband and Hallett Alsop
Borrowe.
The challenge is said to have come
from Drayton. and at the time of the
the westward-bound steamer Majestic.
The challenge Is said to have been the
Dnsf was and sess M ,Se f SX s
Grand Hotel, London. The Draytons
were at the time living in u house at
Wimbledon.
Harry Vane Millbank, an English roue
and alleged duellist, was the second for
Borrowe and pointed out that. inasmuch
as it was asserted that Drayton had
accepted an income from the Aston
ficulties he could not justly challenge
the alleged supplanter in his wife's af-
fections. A Jury of Honor, composed OF
the Duo de Morny and Aurelien Scholl.
upheld this claim.
The letters between Drayton and
Borrowe were given out. 1t is said. by
one " Modoc" Fox, who was let into
| the secret and given the documents by
Mnlbank. for a money consideration. it
Is claimed. The contents OF these let
ters kept the public in a state OF hui
morous expectancy nntil the arrival OF
to the outcome Of probable meeting
on shipboard. and all sorts of predic-
| lions were made as to one or both OF
| the duellists arriving as freight.
well. however. Borrowe was driven,
together with his friend and adviser,
Harry Vane Millbank to the house OF
where both issued bulletins that pro-
longed the farce, standing on the de-
cision Of the Jury OF Honor as ground
| for declining the challenge.
The will of the late William Astor,
filed May 10, 1892, was found to have a
codicil, dated Nov. II, 1891, in which
all requests to Mrs. Drayton We're re-
to her children. This :beauest included
life interest In Ss5OOOO and the resi-
dence at S74 Fifth avenue. together with
stable at East Thirty,ninth street
| Drayton declared her satisfaction with
the terms of the codicil and said that
she had received many advances on &C
count. She attributed the revoking cod
icil to desire by her father to hand
down the estate to future generations
in accord with the Aston custom.
| me marriage OF indTIptte Augusta AS
tor, third daughter of william Aston I,
James Coleman Drayton, son of DIR
Henry L. Drayton, of Philadelphia, wa
solemnized by the Rev. Morgan Di,
Oct 20. 1879. For a time the couple oc
cupied their Fifth avenue residence an,
mingled in society, occupying the sta
ton that became people of their wealth
and position.
In 1890 they lived at a handsome Will
which Drayton purchased ut Demands
vile N. j., called Crows Foot" Her
Hallett Alsop Borrow". son Of Samue
Borrowe, Vice President of the Equita
BILE Life Assurance Society, was FIRE
quent visitor. his family occupying AZ
estate within mile Of the DrayiOl resi-
denCe,
Society gossiped regarding the friend
ship that existed between Mr.. Borrow
and Mrs Drayton, and the servants i
both households added to the curren
rumors. Ii was said that they frequentl
took long rides together. and occupies
the drawlI"-room at Crows Fort at un
seemly hours.
Mr.. Drayton, 1t was said. avoide
meeting Borrowe, who was alleged I
have almost monopolized the society c
his wife. A coachman in the Drayton'
employ boosted that he could not
discharged owing TO his possession c
family secrets.
About this time Drayton took a tri
to the Northwest and Borrowe is a.
legged to have been a constant visitor a
! Crows Foot during his absence. !