Arizona weekly citizen., 1891-06-06
TELECRApHIc.


Owen Wiz ans IN the witness box and
that their testimony would satisfy the
jury. They saw nothing wrong on the
part OF Cummings His client. he said
wea plainly the victim OF circpmstan-
G IS aud of false desire to avoid scan
dal which wou5 have implicated his
hosts at Tanoy craft aud his old friends
VINO played baccar;.t .-i;h him there.
SIR William, sne plaintiff, WAS then
called TO the witness sta2a. The plain.
tiff said the Prince of Wales acsel as q
bar yer upon the occasion refe~, g. o
and that Co. Williams wns crouJiar.
When dressing for dlnner on the evon
ing of September 9, Lord Coventry ana
General Williams came to h IN. The
former said sJme psOpie staying there
said that be (Cummings). had resorted
to foul play. The plaintiff replied that
this was a deliberate falsenrood. He
asked them and subsequently, asked
the Primes Of Wales what be should do.
According to the plaintiff the Psrinc of
Wales replied: "Whst can you do?
There are five accusers
Sir William said that he was sum
moned tn another room, where he found
Lord Coventry and General Williams,
who told him that the only way to avoid
a horrible scandal" was to sign a doc
ument which they produc ID ard read
The plaintiff said that although II was
tantamuut to the admission OF gri',
he was persuaded to sign It, believing
he could trust his honor - Williams
and Coventry.
Cummings concluded his ties imony
with solemn denial thathe ever oper
ated at cards at Tranby craft or any
where else.
After cross examination and hearing,
further testimony The court adjourned.
The Prince of Wales remained
throughout the hearing.
LATEsT-SASE AS YESTERDAY.
LONDON, June 3 The second day OF
jhe baccarat trial began this morning
with the repetition Of the scenes of yes
.Arday.
Sir William, the plaintiff, under c:oss-
examination said that he took the
present legal proceeding because the
scandal had become public and had he
cot taken such action the clubs he be-
.onged t. would certainly do so.
Later eoc Of Sir William denied that
he asked Sir Berksly Lovstt certain
weston, whereaL Sir Charles Russell,
counsel for the defense gravely warned
H.mto be careful. The warning created a
sensation in court. which was increased
when the plaintiff acknowledged that he
said something Of the sort.
The Prince of Wales stiiied that he
had known the plaintiff for twenty
years and that tn cir intimacy cont nueG
HDi'npaired until last September. He
observed nothing suspicious in plaintiffs
play at TanOycrofG ana was first inf 1rm
d OF the reports current by Lord Gov
entry.
CITY OF MEXICO, June IA special
o the Anglo-American at o'clock last
right from Acapulco says there is well
founded report here that the officers OF
ne Esmeralda which coaled here yes5er
lay have said that the fugitive CHILEAN
-essel, the ltata, has gone direct to Mel
'ourne, Australia after having trans
ierred her arms and ammunition brought
the United States to the Esmeralda
the officers of the cruiser have made No
-ecret that they had communication wit
he Itata on the 10 INST.
CoNsTANTINoPi.s. June IA party OF
Jrigands near jcuernkei yesterday
placed distractions ccF0-H the railroad
track and deraiIcd the eastern express
they found several German and tuglisi
tourists among the passengers. =. ~
hem was q banker of Berlin. iir Or
sande demanded $4,000 as rar som tul
he captives and Chancellor Van Capra
vi autographed The German embssadoI
nere authorizing him TO advance that
amount, The remaining passengers were
1espoiled Of their belongings and then
left a!ono. The place where the ACT
occurred was Liesde, between this cit!
and Adrianop,e. Tue brigands number
ID 80.
New YORK. June Miss Anna Dick
Inson arrived from Goshen last evening
and gave out to the representatives OF
the press that she would shortly lnsti
ute proceedings where she was confined
for insanity.
Colonel Hart, her counsel said that
damages world de placed at sl00,COt
criminal proceedings against Them WcG d
also be brought. Miss Dickinson val
sue as a citizen o. New York and the
case will probably be brought in a
Philadelphia court.
New YORK, June "a valparaiso
correspondent of the World under date
OF April 30th says:
Canaral, a few hundred miles north OF
Caldero, was the scene On April oath OF
a naval battle in which the merchant
vessel Bertha was sunk and fiotilla OF
three government vessels defeated by
the insurgent cruiser Magallanes..
The MagaIianes was attacked on the
morning OF that day by the Admiral
Lynch, The Condell and the Sergeant
Aldea.
The fotilla formed in a triangle, the
Magallanes beirg il the opening thereof,
and exposed 10 he raking FIRE Of
three vessels. While she could only
work her forward battery and light
light Hatchkiss guns she made every
shot tell, and soon The smokestack of
the Lynch was t,own away. killing
twenty men. Sergeant Aldea was nearly
blown to pieces and the foremost Of
ColdeN blown into the sea. The for
ward part Of the battery q Msgellanes
was slenced when the Lynch fired tor
pedo which came straight for Magellsnes
but by a singular coincidence OF the
cannon ball dropping into the water dl
verted the course OF a torpe 20 toward
the bark Bertha, which was sunk
with q loss Of two men. the government
feet soon discontinued the battle and
put to sea, followed by the lnsurgent
cruiser.
OTTAWA, June 3.-Sir John Mcdonald
rested fairly we'll last aishr.
ORAN, ALGarrA June l,-Jeanne Weiss
who was on t~i;.i are yesterday. charged
With having slowly POISONED her hus-
band by adunlpister.EE sGiali emounts Of
arsenic to him, at The ia5t.l ton il was
cIaimad If n woman's lover. az rpipesr