The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-10


signed the dishonoring document in
which he stated that he had cheated Mt
cards? And didithis save the Prince OF
Wales? Was not the consequence far
too great for the cause"
Lord Coleridge said in addition that
he could not understand how man
could give away all for which life was
valued and which made life worth liv-
ing" o,,, -
charge to tho jury with the following
emphatic, not to be easily misunder.
stood, remark, after what he had al
ready said:
When you pass your judgment upon
Sir William Gordon-Cummings honor
pray you recollect your own"
The audience, especially the fashion.
ably dressed ladies in the galleries, paid
but little attention to the summing up
and charge OF the Lord Chief Justice.
When the case was hnallygiyen to the
jury, everybody seemed relieved.
THE VERDICT.
From the time the jury retired to de-
liberate upon their verdict until the
moment they returned to court, only
fifteen minutes elapsed, showing ap-
parently that they were Of one opinion
as to the merits OF the case. The ver-
dict was against the plaintiff, Sir Will
lam Gordon Cumming. The announce
ment OF the verdict was received with
slight kissing in the court upon the part
of those who were in sympathy with
the plaintiff. These marks OF disap-
proval, however, were promptly sup
pressed, and us the court room began to
be vacated by its deeply interested,
chatting audience, the curtain may be
said to have been lowered over the
Tranby Croft drama.
RECEPTION OF THE VERDICT.
When the verdict was announced to be
against Sir William Gordon-C Cumming,
the latter to all appearances was the
most unmoved man in court. Lords
Middleton and Viewer flushed scarlet
and then turned very pale. Mrs. Arthur
Wilson and Mrs. Lycett Green were also
noticed TO turn pale when the verdict
was rendered, and they were evidently
badly frightened when they heard the
misses which greeted it,.
Popular sympaty was with the guest
of Tranby Croft, whose future was now
as black looking as that of man con-
demned to long term OF imprisonment
for some heinous crime. When the
Wilson's had disappeared Sir William
Gordon Cumming stood up, and grate-
fully smiling, shook hands with Sir Ed
ward Clarke and with others who
pressed around him, with many cheer
ing words OF sympathy for the man
whose career was thus blighted beyond
Jall,hope.
AN OVATION TO SIR WILLIAM.
Sir William and Lord Middleton were
no sooner recognized as they entered
the latter's carriage than they were
loudly, repeatedly and enthusiastically
cheered by the dense, excited crowds
packing every approach TO the new law
court, this reception contrasting most
significantly with the totally different
manner-dead silence--with which the
Wilson's were greeted as they drove
away. Tho effect OF the verdict in milt-
tary circles, it is generally understood,
is that Sir William Gordon Cumming,
Major and Lieutenant-Colonel OF the
Scott's Fusilier Guards, WILDE promptly
cashiered from the Army, and just MS
quickly expelled from the Marlborough
Club, the Guards Club, the Turf Club,
and any other social organization to
which he may belong.
CONVICTED BY THE JUDGE.
The summing up of the Lord Chief
Justice during the afternoon was un-
doubtedly more strongly against Sir
William Gordon Cumming than were
the Chief Justice's remarks made during
the morning. The afternoon utteran-
ces Of Lord Coleridge may be said to
have amounted practically to instruc.
tions to find q verdict against the plain
tiff.
who was interviewed after the courthad
finally adjourned, said that there was
no doubt from the first moment the
Jury retired as to how the verdict would
70. Each OF the jurymen, he said, was
asked, rs soon as they were alone,
whether he was for tho plaintiff or for
the defendants, and each reply was
ately, "for the defendants"
One iuryman, the gentleman who was
interviewed added, franklyadhitted that
he undoubtedly sympathizcd with the
plaintiff. bnt he was so struck with the
llnanimity Of opinion which prevailed
in favor Of the defendants that, at-
though he would like to find tor the
plaintiff, he could not conscientiously do
so In face OF the evidence which had
been presented on behalf OF the de-
The interviewed juryman said in con-
clusion that it appeared to him that the
fury had made up their minds as to the
verdict they would render before the
Lord Chief Justice summed up and
made his charge.
POLITICAL RESULTS.
Cumming held consultation with
Sir Edward, Clarke, Mr.. Gill aud his So
licitor, in tho course of the evening,
before proceeding home. Tonight the
members OF tho Turf Club seemed un-
decided how to act, Personally Cum
ming il liked at the club. The defend
ants, on leaving the court, were sur
rounded by mob, and numbers OF IN
sulting allusions we're addressed to them
untilthey reached the protection Of their
carriages. Mr.. Lewis, their solicitor,
escaped by climbing over bench. The
popular reaction Is largely due to Sir
Edward Clarke's oWtspoken and fearless
address, though his friends fear for his
future. Political issues of the affair
promise n speedy development, Mr.,