The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-05
Evidence that Sir William Did
Cheat at the Gard Table.
SOME SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY
At tho Trial Ycsterday.-Young vii.
SON on the stand--He Makes a Bet
ter Witness Than the Prince of
Wales .-- Tho Latter Owned the
Counters--.otherF Foreign News.

great as that manifested on the three
previous days.
Long before the opening hour the an
mated fashionables who have been in
attendance throughout the trial, werein
their usual places ready for another day
Of baccarat revelations. The Prince OF
Wales, who had stayed until late in the
morning at q state ball, was among the
early arrivals. He was greeted by the
audiicnce rising to ti1gi1 iget' He bowed
pleasantly right and lett and seated
himself in the familiar red velvet arm
chair on the left OF the Chief OF Justice.
Shortly afterwafd Sir William Gordon
Cumming, dignifed and apparently
confident, in spite OF the general belief
that the Celebrated case" was going
against him, entered the court room
with his head erect, his grey eyes flash
ing scotn in the direction OF his enc
mics, and took up his accustomed place
near his counsel.
Mr.. Arthur Stanley Wilson was the
first witness to be placed on the stand
this morning.
Mr.. Wilson's cross examination was
thereupon continued and commenced
with a long and not very interesting
discussion MS to the positions of the
table used in playing baccarat in Sep
tember at Tranby Croft.
Replying to the questions Of Sir Ed
ward Clarke, the Solicitor General, lead
ing counsel for the plaintiff, Mr.. Wilson
said: "When 1 gave the orders to
change the tables after the disclosures
OF the first nights play ] was ready to
stake my life that Sir William Gordon
Cumming cheated. and my mother
sat down to play on the second night,
September s, believing that the chalk
line which We had marked on the table
would prevent any further attempt to
cheat.
A VALUABLE WITNESS T."
"And not word was said to the
plaintiff about it?" asked Sir Edward
Clarke in apparent surprise.
Certainly not" replied young Mr..
Wilson, sharply. "What was my word
against that OF Sir Gordon-Cummings"
Continuing, the witness said: "On the
second night first noticed that there
was something wrong with Sir William
Gordon Cummings twenty minutes Of
ter the beginning OF the play. Lady
Coventry was sitting hatweep The plain..
Tiff and General Owen Williams. ! sat
around the corner. The plaintiff did
not put his hands over the line until he!
knew that his own side own, and then
he put over a ten pound counter, max
ing his stake fifteen pounds, instead OF
tive.h .,..
'Then," asked Sir Edward Clarke,
"why did you not say to Sir William
Gordon Cummings: You only. staked
five pounds?"
To this question, Mr.. Wilson replied:
because there were ladies present and
it would have been an ungentlemanly
thing to have had row before them"
'"And," continued the Solicitor-Gen-
er,ti, 'you went on stalking your money
after seeing the plaintiff cheatY
eyes, replied Mr.. Wilson, coolly.
As counsel for the defendants did not
show any disposition to re-examine this
witness, being, it was evident, satisfied
With the manner in which the young
gentleman had acquitted himself on the
witness stand, q feeling which was
clearly shared by Mr.. Wilson, he calmly
left the box and resumed his seat with
his adniring relatives, who seemed de-
lighted with his successful appearance
before the public. But the young gen
tleman had hardly reached his seat
when he was recalled to the witness
box at tho instance OF the Lord Chief
Justice. who asked him II he lord
Coleridge) had rightly understood him
(Mr. WILSON, to say that he shared in
the winnings of the plaintiff.
Certainly not, my LORI" replied
Mr.. Wilson sharply, almost Indignantly
us a red flush crossed his face.
THE PRINCE OWNED THE COUNTERS.
During Mr.. Wilson'S cross.examina-
ton the fact was elected that the coun-
tiers used at tho bGccarat game at Tran
by Croft were the property of the
Prince of Wales and were u set carried
about by him when visiting country
houses for the indispensable baccarat.
Sir Charles Russell then addressedthe
Lord Chief Justice, remnrking that
"both Sir Edward Clark and I,my Lord,
are agreed TINT ii the acts were COM
mitted the plaintiff alone proated by
them"
Mr.. Berkeley Levett, one Of the de-
PENDANTS in the suit, was the next witt
ness. Lieutenant Lcvett appeared to
be pale and very nervous. Replying TO
Sir Charles Russell's questions, the
witness said that he had known Sir
William Gordon-C Cumming intimately
since 1885. The Lieutenant, in sub
stance then confirmed young Mr.. Viii.
som s testimony in regard to what took
place at Tranby Croft on September
Sth, 9th and 10th. ,{l,'
The Lieutenantith repeated in sub
stance the conversation which took
place between Mr.. Wilson and himself
in his bed room where he asked young
Mr.. Wilson not to say anything about
what they had seen, "fbr the sake of
Sir William Gotdon-C Cumming, and for
the sake OF the regiment TO this re-
quest, accordihgto witness, young VII.
son replied: II must tell my mother.n p
80 SAW IIM CHAT.
,''I.signed the undertaking by which
the plaintiff undertook never again to
play cards on the morning of Septeni-
Ser 1T" Lieut.. LeYett, then gave o de-
tailed account of his visitto Sir VIM.
rdon,Cummings' room and told Of
the latters request when the baronet
asked: "Couldn't you say yon were
mistakenp" To ytliistthe Lieutenant
said that he replied; Il would sayI
was mistaken for your gke and forthe
sake OF theregitn but 1linow ono man
who would not do 60, and that Is Nh.
Berkeley Green. 4 n. 8,