St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-05
TOOK HIS KIT ALONG
His Highness Of Wales Always
Carries a Gambling
Outfit.
Reluctant Testimony Against
the Prince by Young Mr..
Wilson
Though Things Look Black,
Cumming Carries a Proud
Front.
Sensations Enough Yester-
day to Satisfy the Most
FaStidiouS.

LONDON, June 4.-The sensational
testimony given yesterday by Stanley
Wilson had, if anything, whetted the
appetite of high society for more pabu-
lum of the same scandalous sort, and
earlier than usual to-day, inside the high
court of justice the same throngs were
gathered. and repetition of the now
familiar scenes was witnessed. Outside
the court, the scenes were of a like ma
ture in the fact that crowds of people
assembled to see the distinguished peo-
pie arrive; but a heavy downpour of
rain kept many of the outsiders away,
and compelled those who braved the de-
pressing weather to keep their umbrel-
las hoisted throughout the morning.
The lord chief justice, in order to
try to make more rapid progress with
the trial, by arrangement with counsel
on both sides, opened the court at
10:30 a. M, instead of IL. But long be-
fore the opening hour, the animated
fashionables who have been in attend
ance throughout the trial were in their
usual places, ready for another day of
baccarat revelations. The Prince of
Wales, who had stayed until late in the
morning at state ball, was among the
early arrivals. He was greeted by the
audience rising to their feet. He bowed
pleasantly, right and left, and seated
himself in the familiar red velvet arm
chair, on the left of the chief justice.
Shortly afterward, Sir William Gordon
Cumming, dignited and appartly conf.
dent in spite of the general belief that
the celebrated case" was going against
hi
erect and his
Gray Eyes Flashing Scorn
in the direction of his enemies, and
took his accustomed place near his
counsel. The plaintiff is much better
looking man than his portraits, now in
all the show windows, make him out to
clear and firm, and he has a mouth and
chin which denote determination. The
anxiety and worry which the baronet'
has suffered are beginning to leave
their traces on his face and are shown
in his weary looks and the dark circles
which can~be plainly noticed about his
eyes. Outside of the immediate Ell.
tourage of the Prince of Wales and the
Wilson's and their friends. the ladies in
court now make no secret of the fact
that their sympathy is with Sir William
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for them to explain their reasons
for this sympathy. Possibly the
fact that the baronet's strange
actions at the Tranbycroft games
of baccdrat leaked out in spite OF
the compact entered into between HIM
self and the defendants that the affair
was to be kept secret, and the utter
social ruin which awaits him if unsuc-
cessful in the present suit, have much
to do with touching the hearts of the
fair danes and damsels present. It is
observable in this trial that the ladies
who frequent the court room manifest
consideration for the comfort of the
judge, jury and auditors which is too
often lacking. Conversation ceases
when the court is declared open, and
not even the entrance into the room of
the long-suffering social lion, Albert Ed
ward, Prince of Wales, has tempted the
naughty danes who have adorned the
royal courts for the past several days to
be guilty of the outrageous conduct
which has too often in the recent past
scandalized the actors, judges aud clergy
of London.