St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-06
THIS ONE DIFFERS.
The Earl of Coventry Says Cum
ming Was Watched.


LONDON, June SIN the baccarat
scandal trial to-day Lord Coventry fol-
lowed Mrs. Arthur Wilson into the wit
ness box. He was dressed in the regu-
lation frock coat, wore high collar,
blue aud white necktic, which was
made conspicuous by the fact that it
supported an immense horseshoe pin.
The earl, with the utmost good humor,
testified that during the evening of
sept. 10. at Tranbvcroft, Lycett Green,
Mrs. Arthur Wilson's son-in-law,
called him to one side, and made
a confession to him, which he (Mr.
Greem afterward repeated in the pres
ence of Gen. Owen Williams and of
himself, and of Lord Edward Somerset,
Capt Somerset and Arthur Stanley
Wilson. The substance of this COM
muncation was that Sir William Cor
don Cumming had, beyond any possible
doubt, been seen by several witnesses
TO cheat while playing baccarat. Lord
Coventry, i'll continuation, said that as
the Prince Of Wales had for many years
honored Sir William Gordon Cumming
with his friendship, they (the party re-
ferred to- felt that after what had taken
place they could not allow that friend
snip to continue without first placing
facts.
Subsequent to the meeting where this
determination was arrived at, said the
earl, he saw the plaintiff, and told him
plainly that he was accused of having
cheated at cards during the.evenings of
Sept. and 0. Plaintiff, in reply, said:
''lt is false. Who are my accusers?"
Witness testified that he then told Sir
William Gordon Cumming that his ac-
cusers were Lycett Green and Arthur
Stanley Wilson. The plaintiff then ex-
claimed: 'Do you believe the statement
OF parcel of inexperienced boySW The
witness was afterwards present when
the plaintiff saw the Prince Of Wales,
the latter being in company with Gen.
Owen Williams. Sir William Gordon
Cumming, the witness continued, then
warmly protested that he was innocent
of the charges brought against him by
the gentlemen named, and added that
he hoped the Prince of w ales would not
believe the statements which had been
made against him. To this the prince,
according to Lord Coventry, replied:
"Ihere are five witnesses against YOU"
During another portion of his testi-
mony the Earl of Coventry said that
when the plaintiff was shown the docu
meDt which he was asked to sign as the
price of silence, upon the part of the
Iranbyeroft baccarat party. and in
which he (the plaintifD agreed never to
play cards again, Sir William said:
why, this is tantamount to an adms-
sion of guilt. Iwon't sign it." ITO
this, we replied" said the earl gravely
aud ndssententiously.s THAT is so; but there
II no hurry about it, - Replying to one.
Of Sir Charles Russell's questions, the
earl said that there was nothing in Sir
William Gordon Cummings demeanor
or behavior throughout this proceeding
which III any way suggested that he had
;'lost his head"
Sir Edward Clarke at this point OBJ
jected to the question which had drawn
out this last answer. and Sir Charles
Russell claiming that the question
and reply should go i'll evidence, the
matter was referred to the lord chief
justice, who overruled Sir Edward
Clarke's objection. and the question was
consequently allowed. The examina-
tion of the Earl of Coventry was then
continued, and the earl said that the
plaintiff asked the witness aud Gen.
Williams, as personal friends of Sir
William Gordon Cumming. if they adj
vised him to sign the document re-
ferred to. and that in reply both the wit
ness and Gen. Williams replied ''yes."
"My impression is," said the witness,
carefully weighing his words, and evl-
IDENTIFY fully aware that this ''impres-
sion'' was contrary to the testimony Of
all the previous witnesses, 'that Lycett
Green told me during one of the con-
versations we had on the subject that
the plaintiff had been Intentionally
watched during the second nights play
on September g."
This concluded the case for the de-
his address to the jury, but before he
had fairly started an adjournment was
taken to Monday, Saturday being half
holiday.