Telegram-herald., 1891-06-11
ANYTHING TOR 4 TITLE
ks Gordon Cummings Aaygys .
FOOL American Girl.
RoCBLES HAVE not CRUSHED hin
ssspsss tas Dssfsisn In the Basesrss Gaze
hts ffaaess, Miss floFssss Garner
Rs&sias sts4afass-Ia<y W ill
tIs4g Tais Country.

a. IA IN the fashionable Holy Trinity
church az Chelsea, 20 Miss Florence
Garner, daughter of the late Commo-
dors William Garner. Of New York
city. Lord Thurlow gave the bride away.
Maj. yesey Dawson. OF the Coldstrean
guards, was the best man Rev. Rob-
ers Eyeton otieisted- The marriage
WAS practically = secret marriage.
only twelve people were present at
the ceremony. The bride looked
charming and happy. and Sir william
was proud-looking. cool and entire
ly self possessed There was no trace
In his personal appearance of depres-
slon or emotion resulting from the YER
dict in ths eacearst case. Lady and
SIR William Gordon Cumming left this
city shortly after the ceremony for tho
bridegroorn's estate, Ai.yre. near For
rsA In Scotland. where they VIII spend
the honeymoon.
10 IL expected that Sir william and
his wife will visit tho United States in
the autumn Lady Gordon Cumming
Is The eldest daughter Of the late Com
modoro William Garner OF New York,
who was drowned in July. 1873, with
L
Gamers yacht Mohawk.
When Sir William Vas convinced that
public exposure of the Tranby Croft
affair was inevitable he told Miss
Garner all about il and offered to re-
lease her from the engagement She re-
fused to believe the charges made
against her lover and said she did not
wish TO De released. Sir William In
sisted urging upon his fancee that
he might not be able TO con-
vince the world Of his innocence,
and that IL he could not succeed
in indicating himself his position
would be very different one from
sNhat IL was when he became en-
jagged % herr that she would suffer
seriously IL she was the wife
OF what society would look up
on as ruined and disgraccd
man After this conversation with his
betrothed Sir William even went so far
as 20 tell two or three people who
asked him about it that the report
he.was 10 marry Miss Garner was un-
true The young woman's relations
also took Sir Williams view of the
case and urged her TO at least wait
for the result of the trial. but Miss
Garner was obdurate. She loved Sir
William. she said, and believed In his
innocence no matter what the verdict
might be. II he broke off the engage
ment it would not be because she
wanted him 20.
LONDON, Juno l0.-The comments Of
the London papers on the baccarat
verdict will not be pleasant reading for
the prince of Wales and his royal
mother. Although there is distinct
difference in tone between the liberal
and the tory organs, Albert Ed
ward can get but scant COM
fort from the papers. which nat
urslly lean most lightly on his foibles.
The Times, which is still the most in
huential organ of English opinion. has
an article which must make his royal
highness feel as he did while Sir Ed
ward Clarke was attacking his conduct
20 his face. The Times says the case is
ended in the only possible way that
an impartial observer believed pos
sible. I'VE express the universal feel
ing of millions OF English mea and
women when we saw we profoundly re-
gret tho connection of the prince of
Wales with the affair" The Times al
most wishes that the prince of Wales.
for the sake of English society, had
also signed a declaration never to play
cards again.
The Daily News (Gladssonean) says:
'.ln our Judgment no other verdict was
possible Cummings signing the paper
was damuable II Is a pity that the
hatr 20 the throne was at the baccarat
tab'a The prince should show a
elesaly life % his future subjects"
The Chronicle (radical-unionist) con-
demEs the jurv's finding and the par
TALLY Of Chief Justice Coleridge and
say, gArre is no evidence inconsister
wish the hypothesis that Cumming
merely played The well-known coup DO
trois. The verdict means. tho
Chronicle continues. according to
the Jury, that Cumming deliberately
cheated his illustrious but i'm
pecuuious friend by a trick requiring
long. toilsome years Of practice 10 ac-
quirc Cumming is not the first loyal
scot made 20 feel the ban Of tae
princes iugratitude. The paper asks
what steps viii be taken 20 vindicate
Justice n regard % the crime which the
prince compounded by signing a com
pact with Cumming. or whether the
scandal will be forever hushed
The STANDARD tory says that. IL the
plaintiff comes worst out Of the affair
II must be admitted that the defend
ants and their friends are somewhat
furnished
Sr William Gordon Cumming. in re-
ply 70 an interviewer, said Tuesday
night.
.srhe v.rdic- wss not Of course what
hoped Tor or expected but you may ssy thss
sttrisute n entirely ~ sae biased and
prsfudiced summing up ~ The lord
chief Justice have been told on
wbst believe % - good authority that Lord
Cei-rtIse animated % seversi people before
the Trial that Be thought there was 40 doubt rs
20 ny ruiik II locked bad also tat ths
p-sace - waies WHO vas sit.eriy
hostile - ne. -borid lunch every daJ
go ne chief ia~tice Does ANYBODY eeitsvt
rnev r-frsiaed frons discussing the cas~f Las
nisht T ard nv friends after listening 20 ~
Tdwsrd CiarEss speech thosght The verdict
must ne IN my favof, tat after me Judges sum
ming ap est al hope
10 tou Intend &c rove fcr rev trfsir
Z Nd NINA sf Z, a. ars. solely % vie sroaTt
az the osr-isstty % the ra1ses shssse, bet
,i.,v't thiak there = usch chance o. sstftns
rs~ ,rfsI On tsAs ground 80 shaii probaol ,
give ap tneifes"
The division Of public feeling upor
the verdict viii b largely class d.
vision. the aristocratic circle sidine