Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-06-03
ENGLAND'C SCANDAL
The Third Day Of the Famous
Baccarat Trial.
UNpLEAsANTFA FACTS DEVELOPED
The Prince Of Wales Testifes that he Saw
No Crooked Play.

Tho Case Against Cumming Believed to
be settled-A woman's Revenge Said to
be ut the Bottom of the Exposure-A Re-
port that the Plaintiff VIII Commit
Suicide II Defeated.
LONDON, June 3.-The Baccarat case
has thus far developed the following
facts: That Gordon Cumming signed a
document for the purpose of securing
himself against the charge being pub
licly made known, and that he did not
demand to be confronted with his ac-
cusers, but signed the damaging docu-
ment and left the house next morn
ing, as he was told to do by Gen. Will
Jams and Lord Coventry. This conduct
he explains by saying that at the time he
had lost his head.
That the Prince of Wales did not ask
him to sign the paper, nor was it even
mentioned in the course of the interview
which he had with the Prince.
That Lord Coventry and Gen. Owen
Williams, who advised him to sign, were
very old friends, and he had no reason
to doubt that they believed him to be
guilty. That he took no steps to assert
his innocence until thescandal leaked out,
and then because he was justified in the
thought that the affair would be taken
up by his club, his regiment and his
friends So the case stands to-day, the
evidence given by the Prince Of Wales
not materially affecting the main issue.
The Prince In the Box.
= The Prince of Wales went into the box
looking very much annoyed. He spoke
with German accent, showing his en-
barrassment. He continually wiped his
h.l I, n,sc Lee nd
one leg over the other. His testimony
showed plainly that he still has a fellow
feeling for his old friend Cumming.
Gossip About tho Trial.
The Prince of Wales made a decidedly
favorable impression az a witness. His
testimony was given with a frankness
that seemed to command the belief of all
present, at the same time the Prince was
unable to conceal that he felt himself in
an unpleasant position. His popularity
was shown by the spontaneous respect
which everybody displayed.
The general talk in clubs and Hobbies
is that the testimony of the Prince has
settled the. case against Cumming. His
avowal that he had cut Sir William since
last September is accepted as stronger
evidence of the Princes belief in Cum
ming's guilt than if he had plainly ex-
pressed his conviction of such guilt. In
matters of the kind the Prince is known
to be merciless.
Clubmen generally scout the story that
a woman's revenge was at the bottom of
the Cumming exposure. One of the lead
ing men of the Electromagnetic Prince
of Wales own-said last night that it
was a story impossible to keep, and that
il was we'll for society and the army it
could not be kept. The Prince, he said,
had erred only in attempting to keep the
matter secret through hisS sympathy for
Cumming.
One of the rumors floating about is
that Cumming had doubly attended the
Prince by his free remarks regarding the
Prince and Lady Brooke, and that had
Cumming kept his tongue still as to the
Prince and the lady, he would have had
influence enough behind him to save him
from the present disgrace.