Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-02
CHEATED AT CARDS.
TIE PRINCE OF WALES MIXED UP In A
SUIT
Ola Very Scandalous Nature-GOrdon- Cummings
on the S,aad-He Denies Charges Of Fraud
Made Against Him-The Prince was
tha Barker in the Game.

LONDON, June 1.-The famous bac-
carat scandal trial, otherwise the action
Of Sir William Gordon Cumming against
Nr. and Mrs. Lycet Green, Mrs. Arthur
Wilson, Mr.. Arthur Wilson and Mr..
Berkeley Lovett, for SANDER, COM
mcnccd before Lord Chief Justice Cole
ridgc to-day, in the Queens Bench
division OF iler Majesty's High Court OF
Justice.
Long before the hour (11 Il. N fixed
for the hearing of this important case,
the court room was filled with crowds of
fashionable people who had been lucky
enough to obtain one OF the much covet-
ed tickets granting them the right to
be present at the long expected baccarat
revelations.
Lord Coleridge, in diSpoSng of the
seats in the court room, had TO resist
much pressure from swarms of ariSto-
cratic notabliueS, male and female, who
desired to be present, and that it was
for the Lord Chief Justice TO see that
this alleged right was respected. But
Lord COleridge was not so easily bull
dozed." lie gave orders that admission
10 the court was to be by special tickets
only, and he announced that he would
Oe able to accommodate only a few of the
most distinguished applicants with seats
beside him on the bench, reServing the
main body OF the court for the witnesses.
jurymen and about 80 newspaper repre-
SentativeS. The result was that crowds
Of angry, disappointed people were to
be seen outside the court, mingling with
the usual crowd Of SightSeerS who
naturally gather at the scene of all i'm
uortant trials The latter waited pa
tiently, laughing and jeSting, playing
practical jokes, and guynG everybody
guyable. enjoying the warm sunshine
and eager 10 obtain even the fainteSt
glimpse of the celebrities in the world
Of the upper ten who were expected to
be present.
The court room resembled the scene
OF some highly fashionable reception
rather than grim law court where an
important case was to be brought 70
trial. Women, strange to say, predOm-
mated in the audience, and the display
made OF spring and summer costumes
and the latest in "pancake" hats was
positively bewildering. In the long
galleries ladies', charmingiy brilliant in
triumphs Of the modiStc's art, filled the
whole available space. Others,
more favored and equally be-
witchinsly dressed, occupied the
reserved seats on the bonch. All the
ladies were talking inan animated man
ner ana flashing their lifted lorgnettcs
hero and there. studying out the Identify
of everybody Of note present, and criti-
ciSinc the laoSt conspicuous costumes
Ia tie most lively manner. One and
all. ladies and gentlemen, were most
eacer for the 'show''-for such TO them
it seemed TO be, to begin in real earnest.
TIE frs; tremor Of excitement was
caused by the arrival in the court room
of Sir William Gordon Cumming, the
plaintiff accompanied by his counsel,
Solicitor General Clarke and Mr.. Gill.
Opposed to these legal lights were the
Attorney General Sir Richard Webster,
Sir Charles Russell, Mr.. ASQuith, Q. c.,
qnd Mr.. Arthur Russell, who arrived
promptly, and almost at the same time
as Sir William Gordon Cumming, ac-
cOmpauied by the defendants, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lycett Green, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Wilson and Mr.. Berkely Lovett. The
plaintifi was cool and calm, but appar-
emily not in the best of humOr. He
stared coldly, almost detianty, at his
enemies, and then glanced haughtily
and curiOuSly around the Court room,
through the old-faShioned windows Of
which the sun streamcd gaily, lighting
up The generally dull interior and show
ing up pleasantly the toletteS Of the
ladies. The legal lights were evidently
conscious Of the conspicuous position in
which they were placed, and seemed
rather 20 enjoy the fusilade of glanceS
from bright female eyes. to which they
were exposed until the Prince of Wales
made his appearance.
The heir apparent entered the court
shortly after II o'clock, accompanied by
Sir Francis Knolls, X. c. G. NJ, his pri
vate secretary. Both the Prince and
his secretary passed through the court
room. the buzz of half whispered con-
versatjOn ceasing as the Prince was rec
ocnized, and were escorted to seats
especially reserved for them on the
bench and on the left hand of the Lord
Chief Justice.
The entrance oi the Prince of Wales
was the signal for the proceedings TO
cOmmcuce. No sooner was the Prince
seated than the jury was sworn and Lord
Chief Justice Coleridge, taking his seat
on the bench, and addressing the Solit-
or.Generai. Sir Edward Claree, Q. c..
leading counsel for the plaintiff, said,
in substance, that he desired that the
Prince of Wales should be kept in Court
As short time as possible, and that he
Lord CoIeridgel hoped that his learned
brother would agree to arrange matters
so that the Prince should not be de-
tained any longer than absolutely nee
eSSary.
To this the Solicitor General calmly
repijed that he could not say exactly
WHEEL the Prince of Wales would be
called upon to give his testimony in the
case. but he begged TO assure the Lord
Chief Justice that be desired most
heartily to serve the Princes conven-
ience 50 far as possible.
The Lord Chief Justice thanked his
learned brother for his courtesy in'this
matter. and wished it remembered that
The Prince Of Wales did not attend the