The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1891-06-12
AN INTERESTING TRIAL
Londoners Watching the Issue OF tha
Cummings Libel Case.

The interest In the scandalous rev.
elstions being made In connection WIN
tho Prince Of Wales A. "banker" ~ inc
game OF cards where cheating, 1t is Al
legged, was INDUCED In, 10 undated, ana
On tho third day Of the trial Of the cause,
the scencs outside of tho Queens Bench
division Of her mujesty's high court Of
Justice i'd the new law courts on the
Strand, were again repeated with hardly
any variation.
1t Is too early 70 sup up the effect OF the
testimony already taxed; but 1t IL safe to
say, however, that both plaintiff in the
libel suit, Sir William Gordon Cumming
and the defendants, Mr.. and Mr.. Lycett'
Green, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Wilson, and
Mr.. Berkeley Leavitt, to say nothing Ok
the Prince Of Wales, have not shown W
In very bright colors. Even the friends
Of tho Prince OF Wales are said % admit
unwillingly that the testimony he gave
was far from being of q nature 70 reject
credit upon the future king OF England. : /
Renewed interest was shown on the
part Of the always most attentive sudi-
ence gathered In the court Of qusen's
bench, when Sir Arthur Wilson, 500 OK
the millionaire owner Of Tranby Croft,
and the leading stockholder OF the we'll
known Wilson line OF steamers plying
between Hull, London and New York
and many other ports, entered the witness
box rs the fret witness for the defense.
MIR. Wilson testified to tho fact that on
tho first night Of tho baccarat playing At
Tranby Croft, September =, no saw rod
counter representing rs on q piece OF
paper In front OF Sir William Gordon
Cumming. When the lattor's tabisau
won, Sir William had his hands In front
Of him, and he also had another 5-note
counter In the palm OF his right hand.
The baronet, according to this witness,
looked at Sir Edward Somers' hand, and,
seeing that he held q natural" and
dropped tho f5 counter from his right
hand and was paid on both Of tho counters
he had thus placed on the table.
The next evening, as upon the previous
night, tho Prince Of Wales occupied tho
position Of banker aud General Owen
Williams acted Us croupier. The witness
believed that the plaintiff again had pa
per and some OF his counters on the table.
He had other counters In the breast pocket
of his dress coat. The plaintiff, added tho
witness, had long, thick carpenters
pencil in his hand. In this pencil tho
words "rranby Croft' were stamped
Sir William staked rs counter and the
Prince Of Wales gave the cards TO Lady
Coventry, who took seven, which was
considered good card, from the plaintin,
according to the witness, looked Lady
Covcntry's hand and the witness then saw
Sir Williams hand go out and gradually
advance toward the white line marked Cd
the bnccarat table. 4
Continuing, MIR. Wilson said, amid such
brcathless silence ON tho part OF everyone
in the court room that literally the
dropping OF PIN could have been heard,
thnt ii then came round to the Prince OF
Wales TO take card, and he took one, and
SAID, ~ nm baccarat,m the card being bad
Immediately hearing this, said the wit
ness, Sir William pushed Just over tho
line fi0 counter, four inches away from
the original counter. The plaintih's
tableau won and the Prince OF Wales paid
him "iiver," overlooking tho other
counter, which the plaintiff has pushed
over the line. Thereupon Sir William ex-
claimed: "Beg pardon, sir, there 10
another 'tenner' here which you havs for
gotten"
This annoyed the Prince Of Wales, who
said; ~ wish you would put your stakes
forward more conspicuously," paying the
additional go Later In the game, said the
witness, Sir William ficked another
counter over the line with his pencil.
The evidence was & ivcn by Mr.. Wilson
without any hesitation and In manner
which seemed to impress the jury and
which decidedly impressed tho audience,
causing u sensation in the court room.