The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-10

cross-examinatiOn, admitted in reply to
Sir Edward Clarke's question. that els
was the highest stake which she had
played on the table during the evenings
playing, and she did not think that any
body staked even that amount until her
husband did so during the second nights
play.
LONDON Juno s.-Sir William Gordon
Cumming decidedly had his innings in
the baccarat game as played in court to-
day. The court was crowded long before
the opening time, and interest in the case
did not seem to have diminished in the
| slightest degree. Lord Coleridge, the lord
! chief justice of England. when he took his
seat on the bench, WAS flRnked on either
side by about twenty-five ladies. With
the exception OF the reserved space left
for the prince OF Wales, and which the
latter promptly occupied, the body of the
cour. was flied with barristers. the plain
tiff, the defendants, representatives of the
press, the jury and few specially favored
male spectators, while the galleries were
in the main part filed with fashionsbly-
dressed ladies.
When Sir Charles Russell sat down,
after having made a most able speech for
the defense, there was murmur OF sur
prise, the counsel for the defendants hav-
ing closed his address rather uDexpect-
eddy. Hardly had Sir Charles taken his
seat when the solicitor-general, Sir Ed
ward Clarke, leading counsel for the
plaintiff, took the floor, and in few SEN
fences tersely invited the attention of
the jury. his whole manner indicating
that a sensation was coming. Sir Edward
Clarke commenced by saying that an
effort had been made to restrain the
tongues of the lawyers engaged in the
case from commenting upon the prince OF
Wales connection with it. This remark
caused a sensation, but il was nothing
TO Whist followed the further utterances
of the counsel for the plaintiff. Con-
tinuing, Sir Edward intimated that the
presence of the prince OF Wales in court
would not prevent him from making any
| comment necessary, saying that he, the
counsel, had painful duty to perform
and that he intended to do it honestly and
| fairly. dis opponents. he continued, had
always been careful toallude TO him, coun-
sci for the plaintiff, as the ''solicitor-gen-
eral, !" and ne added, while l am proud
of that title must remind the jury that
| appear in this case simply as an English
| barrister, and / am obliged 10 disregard
| friendships, and even my own interests,
| and comment on the conduct and evidence
of one OF the highest in the land
Sir Edward Clarke as he uttered these
| last words turned squarey around until
he faced the prince of Wales, upon whom
| every eye in court was then fixed, and
who nervously crossed his legs, while the
audience was utterly aghast at what was
| considered to be the audacity OF the So
| licitor-general. In several directions the
: whispered comment, "why, he is going
| to attack the prince of Wales" was
distinctly heard, and caused all attention
| to be riveted upon the plaintiffs counsel.
| Continuing the solicitor-general remarked
that Sir Charles Russell Tor the defendants
| had said that even if the jury found for
| the plaintiff and disregarded the docu-
ment the latter had signed at Tranby
Croft, the military authorities would take
| the matter up and Sir William Cummings
name would be stricken from the army
| list"
al wish to say. in unmistakable terms"
| exclaimed Sir Edward Clarke, raising his
voice until it echoed telingly through the
! court that it would be impossible for the
authorities to do any such thing and to
| leave on that list the names of Field Mar
| shall the prince of Wales and Gen. Owen
| Williams"
This bold statement seemed TO COM
! petely take away the breath of the
| audience, and caused by far the greatest
sensation OF the entire trial. A hushed
murmur OF establishment, not unmixed
| with dismay and some irritation, and
taking several seconds, swept here and
| there about the courtroom like breakers
| on a rocky coast. One must thoroughly
understand the almost religious worship
OF royalty which prevails throughout
| Great Britain 20 clearly understand the
full meaning, the crushing significance Of
the solicitor generals words, aimed
| directly ut the heir apparent. 1t was as if
a thunder-clap had suddenly shaken the
building and as if fash OF lightning had
| unexpectedly revealed the prince of
| Wales in colors, totally unexpected, like
those of a common mortal, subject to the
laws of England, and, according to the
solicitor generals intimation, a possible
viOlator Of the military regulations to the
/ extent that his name was liable to be
! struck from the army list. Amidst
this storm the prince of
! Wales sat on the bench to
the left of the lord chief justice immov-
able, not muscle of his face, apparently,
| twitching, leaning his head upon his arm
and endeavoring to appear totally uncon-
cerned. Alter the sensation had some
| what subsidized Sir Edward Clarke, appar-
enIly SatlSueQ WITH the effect ne DaQ
| produced, directed his attention to the
| discrepancies which he had claimed be-
tween the precis drawn up at Tranby
| Croft, which accused Sir William Gordon
| Cumming of Withdrawing as well as add
| ing counters to those he had pre- viously
staked at baccarat, and the statement
which the Wilson family now disclaim
| that there was a preconcerted plan to
watch Sir William Gordon Cumming on
| the second night of the baccarat playing
The solicitor-general pointed out that the
| precis was written when the events to
which it referred should have been still
| fresh in everybody's memory, when the
events first occurred, and that they were
| endorsed as correct by the prince of
Wales, by Lord Coventry and by Gen.
Owen Williams, and yet, he added, now
such important details as the agreement
to watch the plaintiff were repudiated by
the Wilson family.
"What was Sir William Gordon Cum
ming's reason for signing the document
| about which so much has been said?'
asked the solicitor general, looking
straight into the prince of Wales eyes.
1T was" latter an effective pause) "to
save the prince of Wales" Among the
mass of the people," Sir Edward contin-
ued, uttering each word with startling dis
tinctness, sit is known that a club or inn
| oo,l1 ha al TO- rIaxvi,.