The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-06
THE LORD CHEF JUSTICES LADY
Sat on the Bench at the Right Hand Of Her
Husband Entertaining Her Nu-
merous Friends.

English newspapers to the effect that thert
is considerable lack of dignity in United
States courts have been somewhat weak
ened and they should never agaiI
be renewed in the face of THU
fashionable display, luncheon, exhibition
and other scenes witnessed during tn,
progress of the baccarat case, Lady Cole
ridge, wife of the lord chief justice, ha
been seen each day, seated on the bench a
the right hand of her husband, entertain
Ing her numerous circle of friends, laugh.
ing and talking when she has not beer
writing notes for her husband and seudinE
them around the court with the same free
dom as II 1t had been at a garden party
Sir Charles Russell was obliged more than
once to suspend MS examination Of
witnesses on account of the lack oil
decorum displayed in court.
On TINS the fifth day OF the tria
of the famous baccarat scandal suit
there was repetition of the scenes
witnessed during the previous days. The
cross examination of Mrs. Lycett Green
was resumed. Edward Clarke had the
young lady go all over the grounds be
covered yesterday. After some further
questioning, Mrs. Arthur Wilson, mother
OF Arthur Stanley Wilson, was called tC
the stand.
Mrs. Wilson, when asked by Sir Charles
Russell as to whether she had seen Cum
ming cheat, replied with great emotion
Yes, unfortunately; there is no doubt
about it.
Mrs. Arthur Wilson says she was present
at Tranby Croft in the room where baccs,
rat was being played September s. She
distinctly recollected her son Arthur look
ing at her with puzzled expression on his
face and that he afterwards made "a hor-
rible communication" to her. 1t was to the
effect that he had seen the plaintiff, Cum
mings, cheat while playing cards. The
witness then repeated in detail the evil
dence which had already been given as to
the manner in which the baronet cheated.
Mrs. Wilson was most emphatic in her
disclaimers that there had been any agree
ment entered into by the Wilson family to
watch the plaintiffs play on the second
night, September 9, of the baccarat playing.
Mrs. Wilson said when her son told her the
plaintiff had been cheating she said: "Oh,
you must not speak of it. We must not
have q scandal in our house, During the
second evenings play witness did not
notice anything until she received a note
from her son -in-law, Lycett Green, inform
ing her of the facts discovered. Mrs. Will
son added she recollected plaintiff asking
to have an extra e10 paid him for the el0
which he claimed had not been noticed by
the Prince of Wales. and that the prince,
III the annoyance, told the plaintiff to place
his stakes where they could be seen. Re =
ferring to another occasion, Mrs. Wilson
said she saw plaintiff push an extra .elO
counter over to him. Mrs. Wilson then
said she had an interview with the Prince
OF Wales on the subject the following day.
and that she expressed fears that her son,
Arthur Stanley Wilson, would suffer from
the after effects Of what had occurred ow-
fv,cv 10 sh<,f 70, thoe hA q.
to notice and call attention to the baronet's
cheating, but she said the prince told her
there need be no fear of anything of the
kind. From September 10 until legal pro-
ceedings were commenced, Mrs. Wilson con-
tinued, she said absolutely nothing TO any
body outside those of her own family who
were already acQuaiD ted with the facts re-
garding the scandal. Mrs. Wilson was
then turned over 70 Sir Edward Clarke for
cross examination.
In reply to the solicitor generals ques-
tons she said she had not signed paper
pledging herself to secrecy, but Mrs. Will
son admitted the Prince of Wales had asked
her not to say anything about TIE affair
Answering another question put to her by
leading counsel for the plaintiff, Mrs. Will
SOD said that on the night of September S
the Prince of Wales asked her if it was not
possible to provide proper baccsrats table
for the night following. This, Mrs. Wilson
explained, was before the prince knew
anything of the alleged cheating upon the
part of Cumming. Consequently, for the
second nights play fresh table was pro-
vided, but this was not done on account of
Sir William Cumming, though il was
hoped its use would prevent a recurrence
of the events of the previous night. Wit
ness husband, Arthur Wilson, she
continued, objected to the baccarat
playing, because, in his opinion,
the play might become high among hot
headed boys" Laughter.
ION previous occasions" she continued,
"the sum of $500 had got into the bank,
large.
"Why did you not tell the Prince of
Wales your husband objected to baccarat!"
asked Clarke.
Because" replied Mrs. Wilson, ''we are
such q staid, non gam bling party that we
did not think there could be much harm
from a few quiet games of BAG
carat"
Mrs. Wilson at another stage of her cross
examination admitted els was the highest
stake which she saw placed on the table
iu.ing the two evenings, and she did not
think anybody staked even that amount
until her husband did SO during the second
nights play.
Lord Coventry followed Mrs. Wilson
mo Tue WltQcSS OOx- Testimony COW
cred that gone over by other witnesses. |
Coventry said General Williams and he told |
plaintiff after the accusations Of cheating 1
had been made that Lycett Green and one !
If the gentlemen who had witnessed the /
acts complained of announced desire to !
De confronted with Sir William. But"
added the witness slowly, plaintiff did not 1
express any desire to meet Mr.. Green or to |
De confronted with his accusers."
The earl produced a note book in which
he had entered q memorandum of the prin-
,ipal events which took place at Tranby
Croft September last. Sir Charles Rus
'ell read an entry referring to the bacca-
at scandal which had been made there by
Coventry. II was soon seen that the ac-
count in the book agreed in all the main
PARTICULARS with the evidence already pre-
ented ON behalf Of the defendants The
closed with these words: 81
vas induced to recommend this course in
rider to avoid q scandal and in order to
Ieep the Prince Of Wales out of il. l con-
idered have done my duty to society so
ar as the case permits by insisting that the
'ccused shall never play cards again"
Sir Charles Russell in his address Sc
'erely scored Sir William Gordon Cum
ming. He asked how plaintiffs conduct
ould possibly be considered consistent
With innocence. The defendsnts, he said,
nd been blamed for not at once publicly
xposing Sig William Gordon Cumming If