Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-06
DEFENSE CLOSED.
FIFTH DAY IN THE GREAT BAOCARAT SCAN
DAL SUIT.
Mrs. Lycs.t Green and Mrs. Arthur Wilson TeS-
tfy Further About the Game at Tranby Croft
Cumming is Accompanied in Court By
His Brother, Lord Middleton.

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suit, there was repetition, inside and
outside of the court, of the peculiar
scenes which have been witnessed dur
ing the four days past.
Interest in this sensational case does
not seem to diminish in the slightest de-
gree. In fact, to judge by the early
hour it is safe to say that interest in the
fate of Sir William Gordon Cumming
increases as the case wears on.
The tall, soldierly plaintiff was among
the early arrivals in court. Upon this
occasion Sir William was accompanied
by his brother, Lord Middleton, who, it
seems, has resolved to support the un-
fortunate Baronet with his presence
during these, the last acts in the bacca-
rat developments, in order to show the
! Jury, the Lord Chief Justice, the Prince
of Wales, the defendants and the public
! that the plaintiff is not entirely friend
/ less in the terrible uphill fight in which
he is engaged.
The Prince of Wales, affable as ever
and as faultessly dressed as all the
other principals in the Queens Bench
panorama, was also among those who
arrived and took their seats before the
official opening of the Court. The ladies,
as usual, were strongly represented,
apparently utilizing to the utmost this
! opportunity of displaying the contents
| of their wardrobeS so far as spring and
summer costumes were concerned.
The Court opened promptly at 1920
o'clock. The proceedings were upon
the point of commencing with the re-
sumption of the cross-eXaminatlon OF
Mrs. Lycett Green, when the foreman OF
the jury, addressing the Lord Chlef
Justice, said that the jurymen were de-
sirous of inspecting the counters which,
as shown by young Wilson's tes-
| timony yesterday, were the
property Of the Prince of Wales
The jurymen, particularly the bold sub
iect who has become a historical per-
sonage, examined the 10-pound, D.
pound and 2-pound Representations
with much interest, and in solemn,
mysterious manner, as If expecting to
read on their surfaces some further
| clew TO the unravelling of the baccarat
] y.
be TO many people, in spite OF the testl-
mony presented. Unprecedented people
! ioin in admitting that the motive OF the
Baronet in bringing the suit has not
! been any more clearly shown than has
been demonstrated the motive OF the
Wilson family in their apparent bitter
ness. Rumors in both Of these connec-
tions, in which ladies' names are men
toned, still fill the air.
When the jury had completed their
inspection of the Prince of Wales pri-
yate counters, the croSS-eXaminatiOn OF
Mrs Lycett Green was resumed. Mrs.
Green was pale and nervous, and seemed
terribly anxious to get through with
her share of the trial. But Sir Ed
ward Clarke is too able lawyer to lose
any points on account of lady's ner-
yousneSS, so he began the cross-eXam-
ination by making the young lady go
again all over the ground which she
had traverSed yesterday in regard to the
position OF the tables, and as to the in
stance of cheating upon the part of Sir
William Gordon Cumming, and as to the
number of times the cheating occurred,
etc. After having, by this overturning
of testimony, thoroughly refreshed the
Jurors minds in regard TO Mrs. Green's
evidence, and once more placed the
situation clearly before them Sir Ed
ward Clarke, addressing the witness,
said:
"You don't know much about the
game, do your"
"Oh, yes; do" quickly and indig-
nantly replied the young lady.
The Solicitor General then branched
off into an entirely new line of thought,
and asked Mrs. Lycett Green several
questions as to whether or not she was
acquainted with man named BOwleS.
Mrs. Green replied in substance that
she did not know man named BowleS.
After some further questions Mrs. Ar
thar Wilson, mother Of Mr.. Arthur
Stanley Wilson. was called to the wit
ness stand, and Mrs. Lycett Green re-
sumed her seat in the midst OF the
group of defendants behind Sir Charles
Russell, their legal champion.
Mrs. Arthur Wilson. replying to Sir
Charles Russell'S question, said that she
was present at Tranby Croft and in the
room where, on September s, the de-
PENDANTS played baccarat She distinct
lv recolected having observed her son,
Arthur Stanley Wilson, looking at her
with a puzzled expression on his face,
and said that he afterwards made IA
horrible communication" to her. 1t was
10 the effect that he had seen the plain
tiff. Sir William Gordon Cumming,
cheat while playing cards. Mrs Wilson
then repeated in detail the evidence
which has already been given as the
manner in which the baronet cheated
by slipping an additional counter out of
his hand, or Tipping it across the line
with Il pencil when the card turned up
was favorable to him.
Mrs. Wilson was most emphatic IN her
disclaimers that there had been any
agreement entered into by the Wilson
family 10 watch the plaintiffs play on
the second night (September 81 OF the
baccarat playing at Tranby Croft. The
position which Sir William Gordon Cum
ming occupied on both nights at the
baccarat table was purely the result OIL
accident. In other words the Baronet
did not choose his position at the table
nor was he placed in his position. lie
simply took the seat he occupied from