New-York tribune., 1891-02-20
THE LONDON CARD SCANDAL.
DEFENDING SIR W. GORDON CUNNING.

dal at Traaby Croft:
so. 1T win be in the memory Of most people that In
Of Ta VA, G eniiige4 . d M Sfa nby Croit for me st.
Lcser week by sr. AID Nrs. Althur MiisCi Bsccai"'
%%i' played on the evenings of the oth ana Oth. on
t' ',enis Of the lOti. me parry haNing IetnFHur i
i,"n DE- ncd-tcr; Mr. Lycett Gr'cn WAo IS soln,iaW
'Gl Mr Altnur wilson. reported % Lord Coventry that
ne had been Informed BY Ms broticrnla~, Mr. stan
,c Ni'on tmi' duins The play on TN Ihe GSealnS o.. o;
ic part of sir william GOIdOn-t umming. and that INC
nciaiJu, conduct Il latter lad also been notire1
naiprictcc detcciCl. a, stated BY Mr. ). Wilson
si,t.d Ia Tire >ugrptiou, Increment Of ls stake by
sf William when favorable card was turned up by tho
nCirr, and the ptidOus dminuIoil OF his si-ho
ww.th an uniavoa5,c card was eXPo>cdnlhc pmt spgcmtt
Nilety II cheating llm!larly tnOw! on the Conhche
.s tie pJuccc." II agreed, Mr. Grecn procccuSc
~ ~ aiom Loid Coventry, mat other members OF ,n d;
VI NJ me 9th and mi, duty wa, undertaken by Mr aha
SlF william with the result that all three testified 10
r ,lcr detection Of the same malpractice on sir William
p' Wh'r n two taer wlrG'S rc MA Villains into
c"mo9 IN Fesr 10 sua'2n oiS 80 Serious erDt a i0 %
combination WI, 70 hear Mr.. Lycctt Green repeat IN
arlall the statement he had already made to LORD
coIehy' to which hat gentleman ADDED ina, aIi inc
I'VE person, who had watched were prepared 10 swear
~ idc uuih OF their avc:mcnts. L0id coventry anu
General Williams concurcl hat Il was lmpcLauvc I'VE TO to
:" urge on w. Il. H. the extreme adviSaDihiN oi Ino
lJun'toh OF absolute silence regarding m inGlucls
o the pant of those c1snzant Of il. tor The ~ahe ot
H'i concerned well in the interest OF society al
; o"l t9t a. the condition OF thi' ,l,Ince' "hiGn M
William must sign an undciaflng not to touch card
or The lc.t of hi, lie The Prince acc,ded to INC
Representation on tn" pant of Lord Coventry and zen
tFdl Williams that th' solution of the complication
suggested hy them was possible one.
Lord tOycutiy ana General Williams thcrcupOn had
an interview with >lr william. ard Informed him Of
tnr, arcu~ation which had been brought against nm
WIN support Of - great apparent strength. sir VIII
| "H denied The charge with surprise and vehemcnce
@ Itr resE@i that he 'hond have an auGencG OF ING tiie
LoLd Coventry aud General williams should be pres mt
/ ARD lac in the evening tie audience was accorded,
William prllIigflCallN Ea~-pNpldipI
/ withdrawn the Prince .,y Mr. and Mrs Green Mrs
/ ''u b,en In" Watchers. togethce with Lords f. ana
! h'rome acquainted with the circumstances: and with
'I he listened - the vchcaton OF their all cations
nc,es Of the a,crlbcd ncfarious conduct II was then
{" the dNugcmcnt Of thc Incidents which had occur ed
and bow mount cnt it therefore to avert 50 de
b P"."ble an cXpo-r. Whcrrupon conspiracy of
silence ratified al present podglng themselves to
,no auIaeitihIn5 whose nature has already Lcch
I Then II was that Lord Coventry and General Will
[a1', [ WEN To- Sir William. explained to him IN. char
/ entered into and required hi> signature 10 under
H M ne , %9HM ae"er aG [%rGh card carndd.uiYY IN
traced 70 the edge Of auys, profound the coO'S
ana ~" brvc,t nan might Wcll lO-c li5 nerve take
pane ~ momrniasy pu-illinmity TIL" cheap cync'.
+ WI" 800" 'ouuli,,rW- IN IN" manif,>tauons Of con
handed man in >ir William, plight would have torn
fragment, in face, Of the leuGercr,. Mortal
! Every one know, how rar wellington pronounced
what De called "two-o'cock I'm tho morning courage
IL is one th'hs' with grim, cool ron'ancy to hd the
| corner oi -qGlr AGAINST frlu, r'h 0f Arab, at
,h'ri pear length. quite another at a moments notice
t. confront all but iUeyahl" d.,pac" In preference TO
i" n,d"u- alternative that may seem to avert 4.
! Sr william ,ened th" Ilpcr. winch was -hSrPn my
which n w,s vaiuy holc! W., terminated by if. and
the g', ,m'nt va, placed N the kocIint 2i The Irnco
| OF Wlic-. %'Nt mprIu, the party broke NJ f'r =
reason quite Unconrcci'd with The cpls de. Th' per
-'i raIid ar" o-" off tlc guest, at Trnby who vcrr
L.ni craven. Lo7 aad Lads Ilongham and Mr..
lh' lH''H HlII' GUN "''W''' L'nS h'l"F' tnr cl'
ot the She scandal common properly ~ tn,
~ In' l''tf "t l "'mN nous 'l'r N"a' me con
spa.v of silence had aburtcd Furner ovid nee A.
Quart regiment to which lac belongs. ana told him
cy rtfl"g. Th" col ucl nycn"l a court con,i ting
INK tmf >ir William must send In his pap =. no
lCrouu; of the scandal. bu' on t" narrower mill
t1' ap officer whp-r honor h1- been iinpugnfd mus
imiu ately pat himself In the hands Of HI command
In r..d to n,cn ha, hcc1 suspended IN consequence
| of e formal account ~ Tho tran'a"tonS ~ Ttnnby
addrcsd to E." hdutaurC'u"r'' sir Williams
fat'. regards h- commission VIII presumably de
! ha- commenced asNu-t li' I'VE acCu-"'. and which
declining tn T." -ampd'i 'i" Fni ing me country he
| The officer vi ." tS ,.anid! m;o'vcs Is TIE rcnfr
eontatyo II ouc - th' od"-' md most honorable
mcs Of N" north Of ,G2taud us ,oS S'2'ci ci, are
frcr income ,,li.h ul-e, him quite beyond cmhlrrass
m"nt Ir hl- a p''na Grat t n ,,c me IN ihci fi,
and i'm MILITARY rf. ir~ boon universally esteemed
., man ~ ,cmpui.u' honor, ,'anch ana loyal
friend. ~ cIur.'c. a'l % >'eario"N adviser. -
man g. NOR, popular ir ~" nur r'sm"i whose NM.
form h. la> worm 80 long. lI' has uphcd Us 'ri.t
! as vouul'et 20 lu.di. where hr Wa' tn rr>t uh
into Cctcwlvl', '-,l: m the Esvutau campaien. ard
through tr desperate G-'ne of >ir llcrhcrt stewart
1r.H, u futile doc't m"r"h lniil IN, haienl 'rA
da tainted ti' air. fpor' is NOT man in society who
would not have ',urrG n the tee Of any ono daune
2, aver that ~lr William Gordon Cumming was capable
! ci a di,houorllc ac'.
NJ know lrd-, ~ tie career both in London and on
! the Nile ~ Sir william Gordon Cumming. whose ac
quaiutancr shall al rate for the present. cj'-
time - regard ~ au honor. convnceS me that Nv
Nat"s ha- been ut'uti aav ml,nforin'd OF III" h'''
of the case and that the following account. cmaatI:
I from a member ~ what {, known IN London aN the
N,rl'oroueh House ~''" i- IN" correct version Ac
co'diuc T., the later no original charge against III
Wiunm was f., 'rr c;'c~' that hc had made H." of
liver ci.ar.tt, case with highly polished lid for
| She purlH-r Il securing a reflection tcreh of
! the face of the card, which he was dealing on"
II j, asserted tat one ~ the persons Of tho party
wa, ~ bred 80. i,.h 10 lc put ont of temper by
| hi, I.s,.,. cau-h sigt Of the cicartte case
m question. and gave vent - his III
hum1r by bluntlg requesting S!r Wililm 20 remove
IL from the table sir " iam is blessed with a
notaI.ou~y short temper. and ,tJrmy Sccnc cnSu"d
which resulted IN ihc matter beng submitted TO TIE
arbitration Of General owen Williams and Lord Co
vontry. The quo,t on which hcy were called upon TO
decide was a., 20 whether >r william Lad taken any
unfair ADVANTAGE Of The rejection Of the cards upon
~" polished Id Of hi, cigarette caS' WhHc, on 'ho
| one hIud .ir william had been cXt'nNlvr winner
th, particular evening it must on the other ha'"
Dee borne in ruG that hr is bachelor. IN possession
of estate, yielding In net income oi some HMN
or seventy thou.aud dollars wear. II i uincu',
ihcr fore to understand wha! iLdiccmeht u" iaro't
can have had % cheat least Of all by 50 NhShr anu
Transparent a method as Ia poucctt" ia1 ne p'c"
canpt CHEATING i'm mis- manner no question could nave
possibly arisen a. 10 his guilt, and he W""m iohs
ago have been dismissed the Army and eApeHci ir'm
the club. The very fact tlmt he sun Dfons'
to IA, Marioroneh and Guards clubs ana thaV us
name +, st rrircd on tic rolls oi ''e -N'',' " "', -