St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-10
Twelve Loyal Men Give a
Verdict for Wales and
the Wilson's.
The Charge of Lord Coleridge
Is Criticised as Being
Partial.
This Verdict Means Social
Ostracism for the High
Born Plaintiff.
Popular Expressions in Favor
OF the Under Dog in the
Fight.

LONDON, June 9.-Sir William Coz
don Cumming is beaten and disgraced.
so far as the verdict of British iurv
can affect him. The presence i'm cours
during this sensational trial of the
Prince of Wales has had the desired
effect. The closing part of the charge
OF the lord chief justice foreshadowed
the fact that royalty must be protected
at all hazards, and the die has been
cast which gives to ruin the life of one
who has heretofore stood among the
highest in the list of England's nobility,
When the jury retired to-day it was
thought long time might elapse be-
fore verdict would be returned,
Therefore, when, hardly fifteen min
utes after they retired, the clerk of
the court suddenly announced that
the jury was ready to report, there was
a movement of surprise throughout the
packed audience present. Then the
chatting was resumed on all sides, the
short absence of the jury being regard
ed as decidedly unfayorable to the
plaintiff. Everybody may be said to
have been in a breathless state when
the jury re-entered their box, looking
rather frightened and very nervous.
After the clerk of the court had polled
the jury the lord chief justice, address.
ing the jury, said:
"Gentlemen of the Jury, have YOU
agreed upon verdict?"
Yes" almost whispered the FORE
man, standing up and bowing towards
Lord COleridge.
Is 1t for the plaintiff or for the de-
fendants?' asked the lord chief Justice.
s'FOr the Defendants.,,
answered the foreman in low voice.
The announcement of the verdict was
received with slight Kissing from the
galleries where the ladies congregated.
and upon the part of some of those in
the body OF the court who were in sym-
pathy with the plaintiff. The court Off
GERS had some difficulty. for some time,
in suppressing these marks of, princi-
pally, feminins disapprobation of the
verdict. Sir William Gordon Cumming.
to all appearances. was the most un-
moved man in court. He folded his
arms and looked straight at the iury.
but otherwise did not move muscle.
MS face not showing the slightest trace
of emotion. Lord Middleton. however,
flushed scarlet and then turned
very pale. Mrs. Arthur Wilson
and Mrs. Lycett Green were also
noticed to turn pale when the verdict
was rendered. and were evidently badly
frightened when they heard the Kisses
which greeted it. The two ladies mem
toned stood for several minutes whis-
pering earnestly with their counsel, and
theu, accompanied by their respective
husbands, they passed slowly out Of
court, with bowed heads, nobody speak,
ing to them, and, to all appearances,
the objects of much dislike. In fact, so
frightened and downcast was the bear
ing of the defendants, unless Berkeley
Levett be excepted, that anybody would
have taken them for people who had
just had crushing, withering verdict
rendered against them. "The Wilson's
VIM had. as If by magic, spread
from the court room TO the
crowd outside, and from there all
over London, and it was again made
evident as the defendants drove away
by the chilling manner in which they
were regarded that popular sympathy
was with thei guest of Tranbycroft,
whose future was now as black-lOOking
as that of a man condemned to long
term of Imprisonment for some heinous
scrime.
The Natural Difference.
In the meanwhile how different was
the greeting extended to the defeated
litigant, to the unsuccessful plaintiff,
Sir William Gordon Cumming. The lat
ter all this time, while the defendants
were with sinking hearts leaving the.
court room, had remained calmly seated
in his usual place. When the Wilson's
had disappeared the baronet stood
up and gratefully, smilingly shook
hands with Sir Edward Clarke
around him with many cheering words
of sympathy for the man whose career
was thus blighted beyond all hope. The
soldierly form of Sir William. instead
of shrinking beneath the blow which
had been dealt him, seemed to be proud
ly drawn up to its full height, as he
walked slowly, but steadily, to little
table near by, dOnned his Overcoat,
carefully placed his hat on his head,
and. accompanied by Lord Middleton,
walked out of the court by one of the
private exits, followed by the plying
gIances of the ladies, who still remained
in the galleries, anxious to have the
last glimpse of the victim of Tranby-
croft baccarat playing. AS the still
proud-looking baronet and Lord
Middleton left the new law courts
there was another instance Of
the different manner in which the gen.
eral public looked upon the victorious
defendants and upon the defeated
plaintiff. Sir William and Lord Middle
ton were no sooner recognized as they
entered the latter's carriage than they
were loudly, repeatedly and enthusias-
tically cheertd by the dense, excited
crowds packing every approach to the
new law courts, this reception contrast
ing vividly, most significantly. with the
totally different manner-dead silence
with which the Wilson's were greeted
as they drove away. The effect of the
verdict on military circles, it is gener-
ally understood, is that Sir William
Gordon Cumming, major and lieutenant
colonel of the Scots Fusilier guards, will
be promptly cashiered from the army
and just as quickly expelled from the
Marlborough club, the Guards club, the
ization to which he may belong.