Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-03

Ne APPEARS TO DC NERVOUS AND
CScirEo,
The Case for PlaintiT Closed aud the
Court Takes an Adjourn.
ment.
ny TELEGRAPH TO the Skwsi
TuE nACCAnAr TRIAL
The Prince y Evidently Convinced OF
the cant OF Cumming.

ths eutlt Of cumming
LONDON, June 2.-rhc juror had ap.
parontly succeeded In bringing out
iQunfcly and beyond any Ir~lbl,
dUuht the fact that the Prince Of Walc,
was convinced ~ the plnintl1's guilt
when the mufmurs Of AstOnishmenl
which greeted the Jurors question aud
the Ifincc'H answer subsidized, Sit Ed
ward Clarke, seeing he must do some
thing, " possible, 10 regain the ground
which seemed 10 have bc,n lost by
the plaintiff IN the estimation OF the
Jury, said, addressing the Prince Ol
Whlcs; III take n, your highness, that
your answer to the ilfst question pat
you by the Juror was substantially
that YOU had not seen any malpractice
dufluR the gamCs OF baocnTat played nj
Tanby Croft last September" The
prince afsuntei o. thisand HE exnmlnn.
lion was concluded.
sir Charles cfoss.examincd the
Prince Of Wales with some show Of
nirincs-. The woni "yOun Ia Sli
Chaflcs' crurs-Vxamlnation took the
place Of "your royal highnoss" and
"sir,n which had plentifully inteflari'
Cd Slr Edward ClAfkc's questions.
But though Glads,0nc's attofney.gcnc.
Ial lI,usselll showed ~ u certain de.
gree, his lihcml sympathlcs, ho was
manifcslly tender IN his handling Of
the royal witness. In tact. the gene.
raj opinion formed In the court room
was that there was evidently tau.it
agreement between the leading coun.
tel that they were 10 1sh for and get
nothing from tho Prince which any
other witness could supply. Only onCu
did tho Prince Of Wales bctray any
SlEn u impatiOnce, aud that was when
Sit Charles Russell asked, "what d Id
Min. Wilson say 10 you about Sir Wi.
liam Gordon Cummings cheatingp
The Prince replied shortly, somewhat
Auf,rily, IL appeared "Shc said very
lltlic." And there tho subject was
dropped, aa any lawyer eau sec,
ut the most important stage. The
prince admitted Mrs. Wilson told him
something about Sir William cheat
Ing, and Sir Charlie wanted 10 nnh out
what she had told tho prince, but the
lnttcr'H show Of annoyance at the qucs'
ton caused counsel 10 turn his legal
mind 10 other matters.
Though II only lasted twenty
minutes, tho examination OF the prince
evidently wcaricd him exceedingly
aud made him extremely nervous. lie
k.pt changing his position aud did moi
seem able 20 keep his hands stlll. When
aqucstion more prusalng, more 10 III,
point than usual, wai put 10 him, the
Princes face was observed 10 flush
considerably aud 10 turn pale again
showing the state Of nervousness "
which he found himself. Except {,
the lord chief Justice, counsel, Jnrors
pros representatives and othcn VI
Proximity "a tho witness box, only
hbout couple oi tho pFlncv's nnswor
were audible throughout tho cour
room.
gcneml owen Williams was N,
next witness, Hr rotated tho lucldenu
connected with the games, his test.
m0ny In tho main concufrlng win
pfVy i0uH wliutssvs On cross Uramlnh
ilon by Sir Charles Russell, he fail
that on tho scclnd night " playing b,
heard the ffluco Of Wal,- tell th,
plaintiff he should keep his hAnll
fnfthor back because hr lthe prince
could not soc tho stakes. The general
hald he and others who woru present al
Tanhy CUit toll tho plaintiff that III,
signing Of the document agreeing nevvl
10 play cards again was the only way
out Of the difficulty and II be did nul
do N lac would have 90 leave lht
houee, aud, Ia addition, Ice warned 0l
every mcecoufse In England or else
whore.
This last piece o. testimony caused q
decided sensation. When Sir Charlie
Russell asked Gen. Williams why ht
continued 10 address plaintiff ~ "Deal
Bllln In his letters after tho hacchfal
scandal, witness explained that IN,
plaintiff was suffering an agony VI
mind aud that he Tho gcnuralD did mol
wish 10 add 10 his old fficnd's grief
Al another part n the cross.Cxainlna'
tlon, the general admitted tho plaintiff
had roproachod Lord Coventry aud
himself for giving the plaintiff what he
termed chad advice"
Sir Charles Russell's cross-examlna'
ton Of sir William Gordon Cumming
WIS Pronounced % hu very successful
ell1ri. What Sir Charles wanted
was that the plaintiff should all
init that he remained quiet 10
long ~ he thought tho iAclA In
connection with tue scandal would not
get about and tho fact that they ND
get out, and no lottier motive, lud sir
William 20 take the present proceed,
ings. Hut between Sir Charles AMI
plaintiff there was n long aud stubborn
contest, sit William parTying the law
yer's thTrsls skilfully. Finally, nj
hiding % the compact Of secrecy, plain
ia said; eyes, lived In n fools para
disc Tor a time. At last I hal 10 act,
becAuse had | not done 10 the lhlug
would have been taken up By my club,
by my friends and my rylmenI"
"ThRt Is what | wanted," remarked
Sir Charles.
With the testimony today the case
for ~, plaintiff closed and tho eouf'
adjourned until tomorrow