The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-18
THE PRINCE HARD HIT.
UNMERCIFULLY SCORED FOR
HIS GAMBLING.


Irretrievably Ruined = Positive Proof
That He Cheated at Cards-Comments
of the Lead ing London Papers.
The higest social circles of London
have been in state Of feverish excite
ment over tile famous trial for SANDER
of the Wills ons. who charged Sir VIM.
Gordon Cum ming with cheating at bac-
carat The Prince Of Wales and several
otherS-ladi4s and gentlemen-partici-
pated IN the game, and at the trial it was
shown that Wales owned the gambling
OUTFIT, and hat he has been an habitual
gambler. Il he trial is over, the Wilson's
have been acquitted of the charge Of
SANDER, and in consequence, Sir William
has been fbund guilty of cheating.
Notwithstan ding, the higher circles
unite in voicing the most intense
indignation over the jury's find
ing, and the press, in part, unites in the
cry. Before the trial was finished, the
Prince Undue ed Cumming to sign paper
generating him (Wales) from all blame
in the matter But the evidence showed
that Wales was cognizant of the cheat
ing. The Comments of the leading pa
pers make in teresting reading.
The Chronicle has d scathing article in
which it condemns the jury's finding and
Lord Coleriqge's partiality. 1t declares
no evidence was adduced inconsistent
with the hypothesis that Cumming
merely played the well-known coup de
trois
1t says the verdict means according to
the jury that Cumming deliberately
cheated an iplustrious but impecunious
friend by a trick requiring long ard toll
some years of practice to acquire, that
though twenty years an habitual card
player, wlthd ut provoking the slightest
suspicion, bel had suddenly plunged into
a wild Orgie, cheating the only man in
the world on whose patronage his social
and protest. pna life depended There
is nothing I'M credible in Cummings sign
ing the daE mining document on the
strength of d statement of the Prince OF
Wales cringlng minions, booming him to-
a fate worse than death, in order to save
what the Pr nee Of Wales is pleased to
call his hon or Cumming is not the
first gallant Scottish gentleman who has
sacrificed bd tn honor and life to the
fervid passid IN of loyalty to the Prince,
or whose DEVOTION has been rewarded by
cruel and hical ingratitude. He has
this satiSfac ton, that no other man
without the soul of flunky has ever
run the smallest risk for the sake of the
her apparenfs honor.
The article proceeding, fatty accuses
the Prince of Wales of violating a
pledge of sd crecy, and calls upon the
authorities I'd indict Sir William Gordon
Cumming TO the criminal offense of
cheating. Tt declares that if they do
not, the public will know what to think,
and says that if the Duke Of Cambridge
shrinks from his duty in regard to the
military offense, it is to be hoped that
Parliament will not prove SO pusillanik
NOUS The Chronicle finally asks waat
steps will be taken to vindicate justice
in a crime which the Prince of Wales
compounded Iby signing the compact of
Sir William q prdOn Cumming: or whether
the infamous scandal will be huShed up.
forever.
The Standard says: "Even if the
plaintiff comes out the worst in the al
fair it must be admitted that the de-
PENDANTS and their friends have a some-
what tarnishd id reputation. The whole
business is ig nOble from the beginning
to the end. There is an air of vulgarity
and shabbine$s about it, and it must, in
common farm Jess, be acknowledged that
the Prince of Wales can't be wholly ex-
empted from the censure passed on his
associates, and we are sure he himself
is acutely con Bcious of this. 1t will not
be lightly forgotten that the Prince in
stigated the game AMI carried the ap-
paratus with him. l oubtless the pain
full experiences will prove lesson that
close and constant circCmspectiOn is
required over every member of a family
the lightest stain on whose dignity and
delicacy is felt by Us as something of @
national disgrh ace"
The Times avs the case ended in the
only way in which impartial observers
believed posi- BILE. 1t advises the Wilson
family, which it accuses of being in
directly responsible for the tragic ruin
of fine CAREER, to remain in social re-
tirement. In regard to the importani
aspect of the case the Times says: 1--WE
express the universal feeling of millions
of English meh and women when we say
that we profoundly regret the Prince of
Wales connection with the affair. Max
ing every allowance for the monotony Of
royal existence, and admitting the tact
with which he performs his duties, if he
is known to pursue questionable pleas
ures the ser fous public, who are the
backbone Of England, will regret and
resent it. We almost wish, for the sake
of English society, that as the result Of
this unhappy case the Prince of Wales
had also sign ed declaration that he
would never tbuch card again.
Referring t6 the result Of the baccarat
case. the Posi- says: eve do not desire
to add to the anguish over the sad end
ing of brillia mt career but the fact re-
mains that the signing of the document
rendered it impossible for eminent and
dexterous cou nsel to rehabilitate the
honor which Cumming himself treated
so lightly. L ord Coleridge took just
aspect of the Hrince of Wales connection
and of the morality of baccarat" Sir
William has stood at the head of the
very highest social circles, but is now
irretrievably ruined. His expulsion
from the army will follow.
The Paper Was MisinfOrmed.
Surprise and Indignation are expressed