[4] Together, they were the parents of: Their marriage and eventual divorce became the center of international gossip in 1892, when accounts of an affair were published in the Pittsburgh Dispatch and many other newspapers.
According to reports, Charlotte and Alsop Barrowe, a member of another wealthy New York family, began spending considerable time together in London.
[16] Imposter controversy In December, 1903, a man named J.J. Carlisle was caught impersonating J. Coleman Drayton and was arrested on the charge of swindling.
Accounts of the incident describe how Carlisle reportedly swindled a Minneapolis woman out of $250, claiming to be J. Coleman Drayton.
Reports also show that in the past, Carlisle had pretended to be a cousin of J. Coleman Drayton, using this influence to join the staff of the Denver Journal.