Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-03

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shortly after he entered the witness box,
and did not seem able to make himself
at ease on the stand. 1t was noticed that
the heir apparent was decidedly fidgety,
that he kept changing his position, and
did not seem able to keep his hands
still The Prince repeatedly smoothed
his beard with his right hand, and never
once lifted his eyes TO the people in the
court room. When a question more
pressing, more to the point than usual,
was put to him, his face was observed
to flush considerably and to pale again,
showing the state OF nervousness in
which he found himself. Except 10 the
Lord Chief Justice, counsel, jurors, re-
porters and others in proximity TO the
witness box, only about couple of the
Princes answers were fairly audible
throughout the court.
The Prince Of Wales glowered when
the bold juryman stopped him by his
question when he was upon the
point of leaving the witness box at the
termination of Sir Charles Russell's
cross sS-examination, but towards the end
of his answers to the jurymen the
Prince smiled benignly upon the entire
jury. Then he shrugged his shoulders
and passed across the Court TO his seat
on the bench, and from there, in COM
pany with the Lord Chief Justice, TO
private door, through which the Prince
and the Judge disappeared on their way
To luncheon. During the half hour
devoted to lunching not one of
the ladies, with the exception Of
the Coleridge party, left the court. AT
about2 o'clock the Lord Chief Justice
returned alone, having apparently left
the Prince of Wales. Sir Charles Rus
sells crosS-examinatiOn of Sir William
Gordon Cumming was pronounced to be
very s.,ccessful effort. What Sir
Charles wanted to extract from the
plain tiff was that the latter should con-
fess that he sat quietly under what
was admitted to be pecavi, so long as
he thought the facts in connection with
the scandal would not get about, and
the fact that they did get about, and no
loftier motive led him (Sir William) to
take the present proceedings. The
bout between the leading counsel for
the defendants and the plaintiff was
long and stubbornly contested, Sir Will
liam PAIRING the lawyers thrusts most
skilfully. Finally, alluding to the COM
pact of secresy the plaintiff said: eyes,
lived in FOOLS paradise, for time.
At last had to act"
"Why?" asked Sir Charles.
Because" replied the plaintiff, ''if |
had not done so the thing would have
been taken up by my clubs. by my
friends. and my regiment"
This is what | wanted" was Sir
Charles Russelrs remark, after the bar
onet had made the last quoted remark.
Sir Charles Russell suggested that Sir
William Gordon Cumming had said and
written despairing things, as, for in
stance: Its all up with me, there is
nothing left for me but to cut my throat;
life is not worth living now." Some Of
these assertions Sir William fatty
denied, including writing or receiving
some of the letters referred TO in the
testimony. Sir Charles Russell brought
out the fact that Sir William had re-
tained his share Of the winnings on
September and 9. at Tranby Croft,
amounting to E225, producing in court a
check for that amount which had been
paid on SIR William Gordon Cummings
account. The plaintiff, it also appeared
from the testimony given, wrote to Cen
eral Owen Williams in January last,
telling him Of the rumorS that were
circulating in regard to the baccarat
playing at Tranby Croft, and received
the following reply:
my DEAR BILL am very sorry TO
find that there is any talk, but what
there is must necessarily be very vague.
| have never heard whisper about the
matter. Of course | cannot ask any body
a question as to whether people have
done so, and of course nobody dare say
anything openly in the face of the
promises made You do not say who
the lady was or what she heard. 1t is
very essential that | should know from
what source the rumors came in order
to stop it.
[Signed "OwEN WILLIAMS"
The examination Of the Prince con-
tnued without interest, except that the
questions of counsel from being address
ed TO "your royal highness" became
plain "sir." General Williams uninter-
esting testimony closed the case for the
plaintiff, and the trial was adjourned
ILL tO-mOrrOW.