The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-03

say LnuJ under the circumstances he de-
sired to act us lenientlyl as possible out
Of regard for Sir William Gordon Cum
mings; he had not met him since the
occurrence, and itwould be more agree
able to him not to do so.
An AUDAcIous JuRYMAH.
At this moment an audacious juryman
caused a sensation by rising in his box
and deliberately questioning the Prince
Of Wales in loud voice: "Are the Jury
to understand that you were banking
on these two occasions and saw nothing
OF the alleged mal.practices"
The Prince hesitated moment, rs il
undecided whether he ought, or ought
not, to reply. Finally concluding that
he would answer, he said with a smile:
ut is very easyfor banker when deal
ing cards not to see anything especially
when in the company OF friends in a
country house. You do not suppose
that any one will play unfairly"
The juror, returning to the charge,
asked: "What was your opinion at the
time OF the. charges made against the
plaintiff2"
10 this the Prince suavely replied:
'The charges made against him were SO
unanimous that had not any course
open to me than to believe them"
CAUSED A FLuTTER.
The Princes last answer caused an
other OF those futters of excitement,
followed by whispered comments which
follow the making on one side or the
other Of point during the progress Of
an important trial. The Juror appar-
emily had succeeded in bringing out SO
squarely and beyond any possible doubt
the fact that the Prince of Wales, in
view OF the evidence which had been
placed before him at Tranby Croft by
the ladies and gentlemen who had
played baccarat with Sir William Cor
on-Cummings on September s and 0,
1890, had become convinced OF the
plaintiffs guilt.
When the murmurs OF astonishment
which greeted the jurors questions and
the Princes answers had subsided, Sir
Edward Clark, seeing that he must do
everything possible to regain the
ground which seemed to have been
lost by the plaintiff in the estimation
OF the jurymen, said, addressing the
Prince OF Wales: ~ take it that your
highness' answer to the first question
put to you by the juror was substan-
tally that you had not seen any NAL
practices during the games Of baccarat
played ut Tranby Croft last September"
TIE PRINCE CONFUSED.
The Prince assented to this and his
examination was concluded. He gave
his evidence in hating, hcsitating
manner, and he seemed to be very glad
and exceedingly relieved when his ex-
animation was over. Though it only
lasted twenty minutes the examination
Of the Prince evidently wearied him
exceedingly and made him nervous.
The Prince seemed to lose his usual
state OF calm shortly after he entered
the witness box. He did not seem able
to make himself at ease on the stand.
1t was noticed that the heir apparent
was decidedly fdgety; that he kept
changing his position, and that he 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 to the point than usual was
put to him the Princes face was OBJ
served to flush considerably and pale
again, showing the state OF nervousness
in which the Prince found himself.
With the testimony to-day the case OF
the plaintiff was closed and the court
adjourned until tomorrow.
The Prince Of Wales glowered to-day
when the bold jurym6n stopped him by
question, when he was upon the point
OF leaving the witness box at the termi-
nation OF Sir Charles Russells cross:
examination, but toward the end of his
answers to the iuryman the Prince
smiled benignantly upon the entire
jury.
Then he shrugged his shoulders and
passed across the court to his seat on
the bench, and from there, in company
with the Lord Chief Justice, to pri-
yate door, through which the Prince
and the Judge disappeared on their way
to luncheon. During the half hour de-
voted to lunching, not one of the ladieS
with the exception OF the Coleridge par
ty, left the court. At about o'clock
the Lord Chief Justice returned alone,
having apparently left the Prince Of
Wales.
SUCCESSFUL EFFORT.
Sir Charles Russell's cross-examina-