The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-06-03

view of the evidence which had been placed
before him at Tranby Croft by the ladies'
and gentlemen who had played barrarat
with Sir William Cumming on September
9Th and 9th had become convinced Oh the
plaintiffs guilt.
When the murmurs of astonishment
which greeted the jurors questions and the
Princes answers had subsidized, Sir Edward
Clarke. seeing he must do everything possi-
BILE to regain the ground which seemed 10
have been lost by the plaintiff in the estIma-
ton Of the jurymen, said. addressing the
Prince of Wales: 81 take it your II ghness'
answer to the first question put to you by
the juror was, substantially, that you had
not seen any malpractices during the games
of baccarat played at Tranby Croft last Sep
tember."
The Prince assented to this, and his ex-
animation was concluded. He gave his
evidence in a halting. hesitating manner,
and seemed to be very glad and exceedingly
relieved when his examination was over.
GENERAL WILLIAMS TESTIFIES.
General Owen Williams was the next wit
ness. He related the incidents connect q
with the game. his testimony in the main
concurring with the previous witness. On
cross-eXamination by Sir Charles Russell he
said that on the night of the playing ne
heard the Prince of Wales tell the pIalntln
he should keep his hands further back, be-
cause he, the Prince, could not see the stakes.
The General said that he and the Others VINO
were present at Tranby Croft told the plain
tiff that the signing of the document agree
ing never to play cards was the only way oab
OF the difficulty. and ii he did not do SO ne
would have tO leave the house, and would
IN addition be warned off every raee-c0urse
In England or elsewhere. This last piece
Of testimony caused a decided sensation:
When Sir Charles Russell asked General
Williams why he continued to address the
plaintiff as Dear BilP' in his letters after
the baccarat scandal, the witness explained
that the plaintiff was suffering agony OF
mind and that he did not wish to add to his
old friends grief. At another part of the
that the plaintiff bad reproached Lord Cow
entry and himself for giving the plaintiff
what he termed "bad advice"
RESULTS OF INSTRUMENTATION.
Sir Charles RusselPS crosS-eXaminatlon OF
Sir William Gordon Cumming was pro-
n0unced to be very successful enoTt
What Sir Charles wanted was the plaintiff
to admit that he remained quiet so long as
he thought the facts in connection with
the scandal would not get about, and the
fact that they did get out, and no loftier mo-
tive, led Sir William to take the present
proceedings. But the tilt between Sir
Charles and the plaintiff was long and stub
bornly contested; Sir William parrying the
lawyers thrusts skillfully. Finally. in al
luding TO the compact of secrecy. the plain
tiff said: "Yes. l lived in a fools paradise
for a time. At last | had to act because
had l not done so this thing would have
been taken up by my club, by my friends
and my regiment"
That is what wanted" remarked Sir
Charles.
Sir Charles cross-examined the Prince of
OF Wales with some show of airiness. The
word ''yOu." in Sir Charles cross-examina-
tionl; took the place Of your Royal High
neS" and ''Sir," which had plentifully in
terlarded Sir Edward Clarke's questions.
But though Gladstone's Attorney -GeneTa al
(RusSelD showed TO a certain degree his Lib
eral SympatheS, he was manifestly tender
in his handling of the royal witness.
CAREFUL OF THE ROYAL WITNESS.
In fact, the general opinion formed in the
courtroom was that there was evidently a
taclt agreement between the leading counsel
that they were to fish for aud get nothing
FROM the Prince which any other witness
could supply. Only once did the Prince OF
Wales betray any open sign of impatience,
and that was when Sir Charles Russell
asked: What did Mrs. Wilson say to you
about Sir William Gordon Cumming cheat
ng?'
The Prince replied shortly, somewhat
angrily, it appeared: "She said Very little,
and there the subject was dropped as any
lawyer can see at the most important stage.
The Prince had admitted that Mrs.
" iAouH lOiu Hllu oOu5HlthS dDOut OH
Williams cheating, and Sir Charles wanted
TO find out what she had told the Prince,
but the latter's show of annoyance at the
question caused the counsel to turn his legal
mind To other matters. Though it only
lasted twenty minutes the examinations of
the Prince evidently wearied him exceed.
ngly and made him extremely nervous. He
kept changing his position and did not seem
able to keep his hands still, When a
question more pressing aud more TO the
point than usual was put him, the Princes
face was observed to II ash considerably and
Except To the Lord Chief Justice, the coun-
sci or the press representatives apd others
in close proximity to the witness-box, only
about a couple of the Princes answers were
audible through the COURTROOM.