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

accusations arainst Sir William or have

accusations against Sir William or have
you thought of his alleged mode of play?"
My mother" said Mr.. Gordon Cum
ming was affected slightly with st. Vitus
dance. Sir William inherited it. He al
ways had fidgety way with his hands.
remember that my mother used to speak
to Sir William about his nervousness and
say to him: For goodness sake quit idg-
citing. You will probably understand
what I mean. II Sir William played at
ca6ds he was constantly handling his
chips, like many do at the faro table, you
understand Sir William would repeat
eddy break things in handling them. L
remember that he did so when here. The
witnesses may have thought they saw my
brother cheating when he was simply
nervously handling his chips as have de-
scribed. That is my theory at least"
''What about the contract signed by
your brother to abstain from card play
ing, the others having agreed to refrain
from making charges against him?"
Now" said Mr.. Cumming, speaking
deliberately. put yourself in his place if
you can. He knew to do otherwise than
he did would create terrible scandal, in
volving the prince of Wales, his intimate
friend Ny brother was ready to do al
most anything to save the prince. He
relied upon friends, as he supposed, OF a
lifetime to do their part and keep the affair
a secret"
"How do you imagine the secret Of the
precis became Known
"I have not the slightest idea. Ger
tainly some one let it out Berkeley Lev
EFT, OF whom you read, is a miserable little
cad"
what about tho Wilsons7'
"The Wilson's are extre nelly common
peOple-extremely common"
Have you ever been at the Tranbycroft
house,"
Never"
"Do you know Lady Brooke7"
81 do not. believe she was a Miss
Maynard; that is all 1 know about her,
save that she was and is considered very
beautiful woman"
"Have you received any letters from
your brother concerning the AFFAIR."
Yes. first read of the baccarat cpl
sode in one OF the New York papers.
Immediately sent a cablegram to my
brother and as soon thereafter as possible
received letter. He said that he was
innocent and intended to fight the matter
TO the bitter end. In the last letter re-
ceived from him he said he did not know
when the case would come on in court.
l see by the testimony that
they are trying to make it APP
pear that the game was a small one
and to hide the fact that the prince of
Wales, as every one knows, is an ex-
ceptionally high gambler True. the
bankers stake was only elOO, but that did
not mean that when the bank was broke
the game was ended. Instead, when one
banker lost his stake, another took his
place and the baccarat went on and on"
DO you know anything OF your broth
er's future?"
There is an unwritten law of the Brit
ish army that when any accusation is
made against an officer he must at once re-
port it to HE superiors. This, as you
know, Sir William did not do, refraining
In order to cover up the peccsdilloes of the
prince. No matter how the trial ends or
whether he is guilty or not guilty of the
charge against him, he will have to retire
from the service. l understand by the
papers that Sir William intends coming to
America"