Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-04
THE BAccARAr SCANDAL.
Istsrssiog Testimony ON oamblips
Amoc the Hnglish Nobility.

LONDON, June Sin thu bAccArat scan,
dal trial today, you"g Wilson. . witness,
said he saw Sir William Gordon Cum.
mjngs cheat again. He. the bsronct, had
. 10 counter on the table ard directly he
discovered that the card turned up was
favorable to him % he pushed ~ coun-
ter forward with pencil which he held in
his hand and was paid r7.
Referring to Ques ion on the subject,
young Wilson said that there was absolutely
no agreement to watch Sir William Cum
mings play on the second night Of the Bac-
carat playing (Sept. %. Ths table used
for baccrat on that occasion VAS Q long
pantry table covered with green baize. A
upon the previous night, the Prince Of
Wales occupied the position Of banker and
Gen. Owen Williams acted - croupier.
Witness believed that the plaintiff again
had paper and some Of his counters on the
table. He had other counters In the
breast pocket Of his dress coat.
The plaintiff, added the witness, had Q long
thick carpenters pencil In his hand. On
this pencil the words "Tranby croft" were
stamped. Sir William Gordon Cumming
staked q CO counter and tho Prince OF
Wales gave the cards to Lady Coventry,
who took seven, which WAS considered .
good card, from the pack. The plaintiff,
according to the witness, looked over Lady
Coventry's hsud and he, the witness. then
saw ST Williams hand 20 out and gradually
sdvai &c toward the white line marked on
the bscoNst table. Continuing. Mr.. viii
son said that ii then came round u the
Prince Of Wales turn 10 take q
cs-1 soi he took one and said
IL sm bsccsrat', the card beins bad.
Immediately upon hesrinR this, Sir William
Gordon Cpmming pushed jus. over the line
q so counter. 1t was foas inches swsy
FROM the ofisinsi So counter. The plAib-
tfi's tsbleau won and the Prince Of Wales
paid him "fver,' overlooking the other
counter which the plaintiff bad pushed over
the line. Thereupon Sir William Gordon
Cumming exclaimed. beg pardon, cir.
there is another tenner here which YOU
have forgotten" The Prince Of Wslss say
ing, II wish you would put your stakes for
~srd more conspicuously,' paid the sddi-
iopal Gl0 Later in the game"
.sid the same witness, Sir William
Gordon Cumming ilcked another coun-
er over the line with hts pencil.
When ihe,e disclosures were made, the
Prince Of Wahs questioned she witness.
Mr.. Berkeley Levett and MIR. Lycett Green
10 regard to what they had seen Of wrong
usture during the bsoearst playing. and Mr..
Green asked to be confronted with the
plaintiff. Replying 10 further questions.
Mr. Wilson said thai from the time be Che
~i,uess) had siRned the paper, until the
action Tor damsRes brough. sgsinst the de-
PENDANTS vas commenced, he had never
said a word to anybody 10 connection with
the affair known as the "Bsccagat scandal "
Upon cros Examination, the witness sal
hat he bad no occupance and that he had
been at Cambridge University for . year;
Bat" he added. "my father thought II
was only n waste OF time, my staying
thsve"
Roars OF laughter a. Mr.. Wilson's ex-
pense followed this admission. The cross
examination vas long, but the solicitor
general only succeeded in scoring an occs-
,iona, successful upsettipg of any Of the
facts det2iied in the original story told by
the witness. The minor pti ITS
brought out by Sir Charles Russell
we're repeated during ths cr1ss examin-
alton. Arthur Stanley Wilson repeated
his testimony ~ to cheating with the great
est coolness and unc ,ncern. and, leaning
IN the rail Of the witness box, he gave IA
illustration of the rnsnner in which several
scis attributed to the plaintiff. were done.
Mr. Wilson's cross examination was MT
aoished when the court adjourned until ',-
n0rfow.