The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-06
WOULD NOT CO OUT HERE.
English Judges Can No Longer Re-
proach the Wild and
Woolly West
Scenes of Disorder During the
Baccaret Trial That Make 1t
a Farce.
IS mnrtest" London Indulging in Antics
oueer--The Testimony All in
News Of Foreign Lands.

LONDON, June GAIL exhibitions, thea
ters, musical entertainments and other
such attractions have been fully eclipsed.
shadowed into almost complete neglect, by
the interest which has been taken in the
great baccarat show which has been pre-
sented throughout the week at the queens
bench division of her majesty's high court
of Justice. The court has been crowded
daily with "smartest" London, those who
were able to secure the necessary season
tickets" and the familiar scriticisms of
English newspapers to the effect that there
is considerable lack of dignity of United
States courts has been SO weakened that
they should never be renewed in the face of
the fashionable display, the luncheon exhi-
billions, and other scenes witnessed
during the progress of the baccarat
case. Lady Coleridge, wife of the lord
chief justice, has been seen each day seated
on the bench at the right of her husband,
entertaining her numerous circle of friends,
laughing and talking when she was not
writing notes for her husband and sending
them around the court with the same
freedom as if she had been at a garden
party. Sir Charles Russell was obliged more
witnesses on account of the lack of decorum
displayed in the court.
To-day there was a repetition of the
scenes witnessed during previous days.
The cross-examination of Mrs. Lysett
Green was resumed. Sir Edward Clarke
had the young lady 90 all over the grounds
he covered yesterday afternoon. After
some further questions, Mrs, Arthur Will
son, mother of Arthur Stanley Wilson, was
called to the stand. She said she was
present at Tranby Croft in the room
where baccarat was being played on Sept. 8.
She distinctly recalled her son looking at
her with puzzled expression on his face
and that he afterwards made "a horrible
communications to her. Witness then re-
peated in detail the evidence which has al
ready been given as to the manner in which
the baronet cheated. Mrs. Wilson, when
asked by Sir Charles Russell as to whether
she had seen Cumming cheat, replied with
g eat emotion, Yes, unfortunately; there
IS no doubt about it,
Mrs: Wilson was most emphatic in her
disclaimers that there had been auv
agreement entered into by the viii
son family to watch the plaintiff play
Mrs. Wilson said she saw the plaintiff
push an extra ten-pound counter over
the line. Mrs. Wilson then said she
had an interview with the prince of Wales
on the subject the following day and that
she expressed fears for her son, Arthur
Stanley Wilson, would suffer from the after
effects of what had occurred, owing to the
fact that he was the first person to notice
and call attention to the baronet's cheating,
but she said the prince told her there was
no need for her to fear anything of the
kind. Mrs. Wilson was then turned over
to Sir Edward Clarke for cross examination.
In reply to the solicitorgeneral's questions
she said she had not signed a paper pledg-
ing herself to secrecy. But Mrs. Wilson
the prince of Wales had asked
her not to say anything about the affair.
The witness husband, Arthur Wilson, Sr.,
she continued, objected to baccarat play
ing because, in his opinion, the play might
become high "among the hot-hea6ed boys"
(Laughter)S On previous occasions, she
the sum of $500 had got into the
bank, which amount her husband thought
too large.
"Why did not you tell the prince of
Wales that your husband objected to pac-
carat?" asked Clarke.
Because" replied Mrs Wilson, 1--WE
were such staid, gambling party that
we did not think there could be much harm
from few quiet games of bac-
carat" Mrs. Wilson at another stage of
was the highest stake which she saw played
On the table during the two evenings and
that was placed there by her husband.
Lord Coventry followed Mrs. Arthur Will |
son into the witness box. His testimony
covered that gone over by other witnesses. |
This concluded the case for the defense
and Sir Charles Russell, in behalf of the
defense, addressed the jury. Sir |
Charles Russell in his address Sc
serely scored Sir William Gordon Cum
ming. He asked how plaintiffs conduct
could possibly be considered consistent
with innocence. Defendants. he said, had
been blamed for not at once publicly ex-
posing Sir William Gordon Cumming If he
was rea ly detected in cheating. Bua the
Jury would admit that it was too much to
suggest that men honorably believing
to be acting as plaintiff 8 friends
should be treated as coming into cou and
not believing him guilty because they did
not issue against him an unmerciful edict
If irrevocable condemnation. Could any
hing be imputed to witnesses to justify
he assumption that they were not credi-
,le2 He had not known in his experience
i've witnesses who gave such concurrent
vidence which was SO absolutely untouched
" @ coss-eXamination. At the conclusion
# Sir Charles address the court adjourned.