Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-18
HIS HONOR is GONE,
AND WITH 1T WENT SOME OF,
THE PRINCE OF WALES.

London Nightly Stirred Up Over the Joint
Disgrace of Sir William Gordon Cumming
/ and Prince Albert Edwartl--Nlost Scandal
LOUIS Disclosures.
| The higest social circles of London
| have been in state of feverish excite
ment over the famous trial for SANDER
of the Wilson's, who charged Sir VIM.
Gordon Cumming with cheating at bac-
carat. The Prince OF Wales and several
| others--ladies and gentlemen-partici-
| pated in the game, and at the trial 1t was
shown that Wales owned the gambling
outfit, aud that he has been an habitual
| gambler The trial is over, the Wilson's
have been acquitted of the charge of
SANDER, and, in consequence, Sir William
has been found guilty Of cheating
Notwithstanding, the higher circles
unite in yoicing the most intense
indignation over the jury's find
ing, and the press, In part, unites il the
cry. Before the trial was finished, the
| Prince induced Cumming to sign paper
exonerating him lWales) from all blame
in the matter. But the evidence showed
that Wales was cogni2ant of the cheat
Ing. The comments of the leading pa
pers make interesting reading.
The Chronicle has scathing article in
| which it condemns the iurys finding and
| Lord Coleridges Partially. 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 illustrious but impecunious
| friend by trick requiring long and toll
| IF IN n,,fr fhaf
| though twenty years an habitual card
player, without provoking the slightest
suspicion, he had suddenly plunged into
| wild orgie, cheating the only man in
| the world on whose patronage his social
| and professional life depended. There
! is nothing incredible in Cummings sign
| ing the damning document on the
strength of statement of the Prince Of
| Wales cringing minions, booming him to
fate worse than death, in order to save
what the Prince of Wales is pleased 10
call his honor Cumming is not the
| first gallant Scottish gentleman who has
sacrificed both Eonor and life to the
fervid passion of loyalty to the Prince,
| or whose devotion has been rewarded by
cruel and cynical ingratitude. He has
this SatiSfact, on, that no other man
without the soul of flunky has ever
run the smallest risk for the sake of the
her apparent's honor. .. ...... ,
The article, proceeding, fatty accuses
the Prince of Wales of violating
pledge of secrecy, and calls upon the
authorities to indict Sir William Gordon
Cumming for the criminal offense Of
cheating. 1t 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 pusillani-
nous. The Chronicle finally asks what
steps will be taken to vindicate justice
in crime which the Prince of Wales
compounded by signing the compact of
Sir William Gordon Cumming; or whether
forever
The Standard says: Gwen If the
plaintiff comes out the worst in the az
fair, it must be admitted that the de-
PENDANTS and their friends have a some-
what furnished reputation. The whole
business is ignoble from the beginning
to the end. There is an air of vulgarity
and shabbiness about it, and it must, in
common fairness, 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 conscious of this. 1t will not
be lightly forgotten that the Prince in
stigated the game anil carried the ap-
paratus with him. Doubtless. the pain
full experiences will prove lesson that
close and constant circrmspection is
required over every member of family
the lightest stain on whose dignity and
delicacy is felt by US as something of a
national disgrace"
The Times says the case ended in the
only way in which impartial observers
believed possible. 1t advises the Wilson
family, which ii accuses of being In
directly responsible for the tragic ruin
of fine career, to remain in social re.
tirement. In regard to the important
aspect Of the case the Times says: ave
express the universal feeling of millions
Of English men 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 serious 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 signed declaration that he
would never touch card again"
Referring to the result Of the baccarat
case, the Post says: awe do not desire
to add to the anguish over the sad end
ing Of a brilliant career, but the fact re-
mains that the signing of the document
rendered it impossible for eminent and
deXterous counsel to rehabiIitate the
honor which Cumming himself treated
SO lightly. Lord Coleridge took just
aspect of the Prince 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
jrretrievably ruined. His expulsion
from the army will follow