Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-09-07
BANKERS SUE BORROWE
Edward Tantz & Sons, London,
 Want to Recover $2,1o7.I4.
MRS. DRAYToN's FRIENDS TALK.

Far to Avoid Publicity, but That Now
 She wnI Refute the Charges Made by
 Her Husband.
 NEW YORK, Sept. 7.-Suit was brought in the Somerset county (N. J.) circuit court July Is by Edward Tantz & Sons, bankers, of London against Hallett Alsop Borrowe to recover e45o.
 Hallett Alsop Borrowe Is the young so- ciety man who Is named as correspondent in the suit brought by James Coleman Drayton for divorce from his wife, Char lotte Augusta Drayt the third daugh- ter of the late William Astor.
 Young Mir. Borrowe figured in duel with Edward Fox at Nieuport- Rains, near Ostrand. in Belgium, April 23, 1892. as a result of Borrowe's accusation that Fox had made public some letters which had passed between Borrowe and A urelian ScholI and the Due de Morney relative to such a duel as might have been fought If Borrowe had accepted J. Coleman Dray- tons challenge, which the latter sent be- cause he claimed that Borrowe had infiict- ed a most grievous wrong upon him. In August following the duel between Bor- rowe and Fox the former was in London on his way to New York There he drew draft for g450 on Gerald R. Brown, O real estate dealer in the Equitable build ing, l2O Broadway. This draft was sent to New York for collection and was TO- turned to Edward Tantz & Sons as pro tested. The suit was brought to recover the amount of the draft
 Both Sides Refuse to Talk. Gerald R. Brown was seen by a reporter at his office in the Equitable building. He declined to say anything about the case He referred tho reporter to Mir Borrcwe's friends. They also refused to say any. thing.
 The announcement that the estrange- ment of James Coleman Drayton and his l wife, who was Charlotte Augusta Astor, and the merits of her husbands accusa- tions were to be exposed to tho fierce light of a legal contest was a source of great | modification to the families of the liti- gants and hundreds of friends. A mutual friend, who has become an ardent champion of Mrs. Drayton, said of the suit:
 If Mir Drayton was indifferent to tho feelings of his wife, he should, for the sake of two girls and two boys. have lis | tened to arguments in favor of settling the affair in the family and with extreme pri- vacy. He did not lack tho most generous overtures to this end. but he appears to be implacable and bent on exemplary ven geance by exposure.
 Mrs. Drayton has, however, many I W that she a mother and brought up as she was, was as weak as the accusations make | her. Her case will be intrustcd to able counsel, who, it is hoped, will clear her of the accusations by showing that at the worst she was imprudcnt From what is known of the evidence in the possession of NIT. Drayton the opinion Is that it can not only be controverted, but that it can be upset entirely"
 | Mrs- Drayton VIII Deny.
 Other friends said that when Mrs. | Drayton speaks it will be her first effort to meet her husbands charges as up to the present she has suffered In silence and | not attempted to meet all sorts of state ments attributed to Mir. Drayton. She will certainly deny that she made a con- fession of guilt and defy the plaintiff to produce writing that incriminates her in | any way.
 Indeed at one time she was disposed to take the initiative and defend her good name and was only swayed in her resolve by Mrs. William Astor and John Jacob | Astor. Mrs. Drayton's visit to Europe recently was for the purpose of obtaining witnesses to rcfute her husbands most serious accusations.
 The families most directly affected by the action of Mir Drayton arc his and MT | Borrowo's and the Astors', Pauls', Scher merhorns' and Willings'. Clubdom 1. vastly interested in tho suit, as the plain tiff and correspondent are Princeton and Columbia graduates respectively and members of the Knickerbocker, Union Metropolitan. Westminster Kennel. Law yers', Fencers'. Country and Delta Ph clubs.
 The life of Mrs. Drayton has been sG retired since Ter name has been brought so unplcasantly before tho public that hei face Is comparatively unfamiliar in Now York and in rhc society in which she wa: at ono time one of the brightest stars Al most none of 10 people who have beer brought in contact with her arc now ir tEe city.
 Those who have seen Mrs. Draytou TO ccntIy say that her tall figure still retains its admirable proportions, though the las few years have given 1t mure matronly appearances. The dark complexion, whicf gucs with the dark eyes and hair, has liitlo sallow tinge nowadays, but there fl bright color in the checks and lip which relieves it.
 To a stranger Mrs. Drayton gives tn, impression of being a well preserved wom an of from B to 3S years-flne looking with retiring manners and n distinguish ed, aristocretic bearing, which the quiet ness of her dress in style and color can not conceal.