Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-06-12

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LoNDoN, Juno "a tremendous sen:
sation was caused among tne spectators
at the baocazat trial by tbs speech 81
Sir Edward Clark for IL psaine6. MOI
ior : mi1ute sitter the ersak lawyer had
assumed m. erect. :atktnae did. there
remain . doubt thae 81 William osr;
don cuuadidings hsd By his side 4 j1rts,
who would. d.btpsh aside as useless imped'
tmenta the thr1ne itself should it stand
between justicA, his ss,iant and himself.
H tl3ds Il, was common talk that the
continued presence in the court room oi
the Prince Of Wales, was for the pur.
pose Of restraining the tongues Of coun.
eel In commenting upon bin prominent
connection with tho case>
The Prince Flushed
but otherwise there was no evidence ol
embaxrassment.. Sir Edward continued
that he had painful duty to perform.
1t was, however, q duty and would
therefore be discharged. He was by his
obligations to the cause of justice and
the interests Of his client, the plaintiff
in this case, compelled to comment upon
the conduct and the evidence of the
gentleman who stood highest in the
land. As Sir Edward slowly, deliber-
ately and solemnly uttered these words,
ne turned his gaze directly upon the
Prince Of Wales. The flush grew
deeper in the princes face, who, after
nervously crossing his legs, returned
the glance of counsel. The auditors
seemed stricken dumb with astonish-
ment for moment Then, amidst the
quiet; of the room, was heard the occa'
slonal whispers: Hes going to
Attack tho Prince"
Look at Wales, and didn't I tell YOU
so?" Sir Edward then referred to the
statement of Sir Charles Russell that
even if the jury found for the plaintiff,
and disregarded the document which Si1
William had signed at Tranby Croft, the
proper authorities would take the mat
ter up and cause Sir William Gordon
Cummings name to be erased from the
army list. This, said Sir Edward, rising
to his full height, and with menacine
gesture of the right forefnger. wish
to say most distinctly is a thing which
it will be impossible for the authorities
to accomplish, and leave on the army
list the names of the Prince of Wales
and Gen. Williams. For an instant O,
two the solicitor-general paused and
jury, men and women were bent for.
ward in strained almost painful atten
ton, while an English lawyer told an
almost English king aud Indian en-
peror that in certain contingencies th<
symbols Of his military rank would bl
disgracefu1ly
Stripped from Ms Royal Person.
Beneath the tremendous phillipic the
Prince Of Wales sat immovable, leaning
h1 head upon his arm, and LOOKING
neither TO the right norleft. There wa
moro murmuring amongst the crowd
some Of IL In admiration of the LAWYERS
daring and some Of it in sympathy with
ths u4nappy Prince severely .-.-....,-
tho Wilson's. He said his client would
ask: nothing but nominal damages.
What he wanted was the vindication OF
his character: Sir Edward had nc
doubt the Wilson's had agreed to watch
tho game on the second night, but they
now saw their mistake, knowing that
Trapby Croft would become q by.word.
He intimated that the, party had not
been in q condition to watch the play.
Rhey Had Banquetted Too Freely.
Sir Edward dwelt strongly upon the
fact that the Prince of Wales, Gen. Will
Jams and Lord Coventry had all been
sa6s6ed to base their opinions Of the
plaintiffs 8 conduct on the statement of
young Arthur Stanley Wilson, which,
counsel alleged, the young man had
since modified.
Sir Edward Clarke went on to say that
there was nothing in the charges that
could not be explained by Sir Williams
system Of play. The prince of Wales
had condemned an intimate friend with.
out . hearing. Looking the prince in
tho eye, Sir Edward asked what the rea-
son was that required the signing OF the
document. Il was
To eave the Prince Of Wales.
There was the strange and subtle influ.
ence OF royalty to dictate Cummings
act. The influence which had adorned
history, and made many knight do an
unknightly and ,dishonoring deed to
save their king, because they gave their
honor as freely as they would give their
lives for the interests of the dynasty to
conceal the foibles of q Prince. (Slight
applause, which was checked). The
document was signed to save the prince
from scandal. The motto of the Cum.
ming wasF Without Fear" The plain.
tiff had gone into the witness box with
out fear, confident that the verdict o1
the jury would wipe the stain from his
record Of noble service in a gallant reg
iment.
The speech was regarded as eloquent
and telling, and there was spontaneous
applause at the end. Lord Coleridgt
ordered silence, saying that the cour
room was not a theatre. The jury ap
pe4red greatly impressed by the address
Of Sir Edward Clarke, and it was re
marked by several in court that Cum
ming would get verdict, or the jur,
would disagree.
Such was not the case however. Tn,
jury rendered q verdict for the defend
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