Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-09

piace where reputation ia not safe
a, mere V no doubt as 10 the accuracy ~ |
t the E1Scs representing the story told 10 /
sne Ilnoe or wales, 70 Lord Coventry. and |
,H General Owen Williams, Ruf' is n
nkeiy that such mon would be eareIess ~ /
sion? ''" sum nn occa-
ANOTHER SMILE EXCITED
Another wholesale smile WINS eniovoa l.,
! court when Sir Edward referred Ia tbe Az
ference existing between the society which |
h sotu coventry and General Williams had |
uee a accustomed to from birth and the 40. |
ciety which the Wilson's had been ns sss3 ~
r., uV .Sojcitor-deneral also dwelt strongly |
upon the tact that the Prince of Waias /
ueherM Williams, and Lord Coventry all |
veSsd their opinions on Arthur Stanley |
Wlisohs statement, which the latter had |
p,;,,, dlo s and upon the fact that the
ar III SS OF Wales. Lord Coventry, and Gen |
eral Williams testified that they had NOT |
zen zen single suspicious act upon the part |
81 OFT william Gordon-Cumming.
IHE PRINCE, ALAS, sLIdHTs THE LADIES.
=. when the court adjourned for luncheon |
the Prlnce OF Wales hurriedly left the |
courtroom, entirely disregarding the /
greetings OF the ladies who sat near him.
SIR EDWARD RESUMES.
After luncheon Sir Edward resumed by |
saying that there was nothing in the aeon. |
sations against the plaintiff that could not |
pe explained by the system of the play /
Which sir William Gordon Cumming !
adopted, though the jury was asked to be- |
hsVe that the plaintiff had descended 10 |
adopting the tricks, of the lowest sharper. |
after oestowing more sarcasm upon the |
Wiison family, and the readiness with |
winch the Prince bad listened TO them and |
| Cohdemned his old friend, the Solicitor |
General, looking straight into the Prince |
OF Waies's eyes, asked: what was Sir |
william Notwithstanding reason for |
signing the document about which so /
much has been said2"
TO SAVE THE PRINCE.
IL was" he said, after On effective
pause, to save the Prince of Wales.n
Among tho masses of the people," Sir |
Toward continued, utte-ing each word |
with startling distinctness, "it is known /
that q club or inn could be prosecuted for |
playing baccarat, and in great part Of the |
community there was feeling that this |
unhappy incident ought never TO have /
been allowed 10 become known, because /
the circumstances were those which were
at variance with the feeling, with the con-
science Of the people.
THE SUBTLE INFLUENCE OF ROYALTY.
Then there was the strange and subtle
inhuence OF royalty still more solemnly |
ana dramatically said the Solicitor Gene
raj, and Sir William Gordon Cummings
action IN signing that document was due
70 the influence which has adorned his
tory and which has made many knight |
do an unknightly aud dishonoring deed to
save their king, because they gave their
honor as freely as they would have given
their lives for the interests of the dynasty
or to conceal the foibles of the Prince
A slight ripple Of applause. winch was
promptly suppressed, broke out in court
" The document" confined Sir Edward
Clarke, with increasing force and amidst
the most deathllke silence throughout the
COURTROOM, was signed by Sir William
GOrdOn-Cummlng IN order to save the
Prince of Wales from scandal. The motto
of Sir William ,Gordon-CummIng's race is
without fear He came into the witness
box without fear, confident Of verdict
which would wipe this stain from his noble
record Of service with his gallant regiment
Of brave soldiers"
HIS LANGUAGE i PLAIN.
Sir Edward Clarke's plain language
throughout when he referred TO the Prince
of Wales and when he made the assertion
that the afternoon preciS was prepared by
Lord Coventry and signed by Sir William
Gordou-Cumming solely in order to
shield the Prince of Wales from scandal
caused one of the greatest sensations of
this sensational trial.
The So]icitor-General quoted as the ba-
SIS Oh lueSe sltIllllR dileEdLlODS an cAlThCJ
from the Earl of Coyentry's diary in which
the following words occur: I'VE were in
duced TO recommend this course because
we desired to avoid scandal and in orderto
keep the name of the Prince of Wales out
ofit.'
TO SAVE THE PRINCES REPUTATION.
"Sir William Gordon-Cumming as well
as the Earl of Coventry" said Sir Edward,
"is loyal to the Prince of Wales, who has
L 1 I. L lsa.v..
Gordon Cumming signed that document |
because he was willing to sacrifice himself,
as his old friends were willing to sacrifice
him in order to save the reputation of one
the recollection of whose friendship will
always be bright in his memory"
The Solicitor-General then SAID slowly TO
the Jury: 1T is too late 20 undo much of
the mischief which has been done,n and
then facing the Prince of Wales and look
ing the latter directly in the face for about
minute he continued III q voice apparent
" shaken with emotion, and 1t may be
too late TO save the reputation of some
people mentioned in this case, but" again
turning to the jury, "it is not too late for
you to prevent the completion OF the sac
rifce of this gallant officer"
AN ELOQUENT AND A TELLING EFFORT.
Sir Edward Clarke'sspeech was regarded
as a most eloquent and telling effort, and
as he closed his remarks there was burst
of spontaneous applause, cheering, and
hand-clapping throughout the court,
which caused the Lord Chief Justice TO
sbout. " Silence! This Is not theatre"
The applause stopped. but as Cumming
rose from his seat minute later, and
while the Prince of Wales and Lord Cole
ridge were still on the bench, there was a
renewal OF the cheers and hand-clapplng,
of which the plaintiff appeared TO take no
notice.
CUNNING WILL GET VERDICT"
The Jury. It was plainly evident, ap-
peared to be greatly impressed with the
speech of the Solicitor-General, and as he
ended IT remark was heard throughout
the court. 1t was Cumming will get
verdict or at least, the Jury Will disagree.
The court was then adjourned until to;
morrow. when the Lord Chief Justice Will
sum up and the case will be given to the
jury. -