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Show Cummiiivf' would -condescend to take from such a source, I shall not e.sk tho jury to tlx the damages beyond a uoin.iml sum. When court ad-joiirnKit ad-joiirnKit for luncheon the prince of Wales hurriedly left bis of.it oil ih bench, and contrary b hi iihiirI habits of politeness, completely disregarded humble eo.irtesiej to several sev-eral dame seated iu his immediate vicinity. After Sir Edward ClnrkH finished hi adilre.ato tho jury tin" court adjourned until tomorrow, w hoc Lord Coleridge will deliver bib charge to I no jury. A DIG AT TiiE 1'I!!Cl j Oanewl for' Plaintiff in the Great Baccarat Bac-carat 0a Create a Lively 3uns,tim ia tie Closing Argument, THE LITTLE BEITIallEE SCOEED A Ftieblo Woman PrupiDl Colorado's Groat Bribery Case (Jo.ues to Grid Tci Day's Talcgrajih. London, June 8. When the trial of the baccarat scandal ease was resinned today, Sir Charles Russell took up his adiiresH fur tho defense, which was in-terruu'.ad in-terruu'.ad lat buturday by the ndjoiiru-uieatri ndjoiiru-uieatri court. Sir Charles commenced by calling attcution to Sir illiam Gordon Gor-don (.luinitiing's uietlmd of playia),' baep.rat J fiaying: "If what Arthur Mai-fjy swore to took pUcfl.it whicii iio traci appeared iu tl.e ci.r-resputiilitice ci.r-resputiilitice between Sir William, General Gen-eral H'dfiiiHs and Lord Cortuiry to the e;?Jt that the accusation arose from a jaisuedctvt andiug of tlio plaintiff's plain-tiff's syfeiu of play." S'uk CSarlcs said that in his opinion tlitienljjcuur.se open to Sir l'.ihvard C!u-k, Wadiug counul for tho plainiii!', wae to ahneinice tho whole accusation as an indention. This, he said, would ba ftal(( "Was it possible for an iu-uoe.aut iu-uoe.aut 4mu to adopt tha course taken by thelaiuliir?" aaked thu attorney. "He txti he did not ask to ba coufrout- ed ssjij) '. witnesses because he was advised ten to do so, but the iuipubj 4 of an honorob!e man would ttv .Jieen to iusist that his aecuseis uilijbbe brought face to face with t'lmJLJiwlead oi'Vrs a jury hail placed iieforf ,theiu the iceble suggesiiou that tvjtutiim, mistook for acts of cheating, KOUljHVrtrois. If tins was so, plainlli s vondiK could have been explained, Imt There Was not a syllable of a suggestion of. t'rvajl kind uttered at 1 rati by I roft. jPjjtiiHiff sfgnud that paper and knew r!iat r do,ng w as the same as an ad-uilllsyHi ad-uilllsyHi of guilt. .ir Charles cleveriy oddfiaWored to discount tbo Hiraigu-.qectiof, Hiraigu-.qectiof, the 'il'la family and other tnajnjersof the Trmby Croft baccarat ;ai tvj which he anticipated would be ynajff the lew errors in WtaKj address for the plaiutilT HfiiCf Sir I'.uward Clarke would ttiajttf for' the other side, concluding fr'thfthe remark that he confidently ft-fta defendants' rase in the hands ".jffift jury, being fully aware the latter V4bW lltf their duty aud in their ver-$t.vould ver-$t.vould uphold 'the evidence which iLrien in their beliaif. . ttiiohi Sir Charles liussell sat down tijaiTwas a murmur of surprise, coitn-bi coitn-bi for the defendant having closed his address father unexpectedly. Solicitor g neyal, Sir Edward Clarke, leading . .thsol,- for plaintiff, took tb j ictiOi.id in a few eentonces tersely iijfl; the attttutiou of the jury. '5Jtf$' ' coiiiMemed by sayiuir 3fc4 ti.t'dbeen fcoujmon talk" of the priuce rf Wales' continual presence in cwirt during the trial of this suit, which had been for the purpose of restraining re-straining the tongues of lawyers engaged en-gaged in tho ca.-e from commenting upon the prince of Wales' connection with it. This remark caused a .sensation, .sensa-tion, but was nothing to what followed. fol-lowed. Continuing, Sir Edward imi-mated imi-mated that the presence of the prince of Wales iu the court room would not prevent b in from making any comment necessary, and saying that ho (couuseii had a painful duty to perforin and that tie intended to perform it honestly and fairly. His opponents, he said, had always becu careful to allude to htm (counsel for plaintiff)-as "solicitor general." and he added, "while I am proud of the title, I must remind the jury that I appear in this case biinpiy as an Kugli.su barrister, aud I am obliged to disivaid tha friendship and even my interests and comment on tho conduct ami evidence atrninuL one nf the hiirhil. in the !:ind " against one of tlio highest iu the hind." Sir Edward Clarke, as ho uttered these last words, turned squarely nround until he faced tho Prince of Wales, upon whom the eyes of everybody every-body in court were then fixed, and who nervously crossed his legs while tha audience was utterly aghast at what was consider.;d to be the audacity of the solicitor general. In several directions the whiskered comment why, he is going go-ing to attack the Prince of Wales are distinctly heard and caused all attention atten-tion to be vivited up;n plaintiff's counsel. coun-sel. Continuing, the solicitor general remarked that Sir Charles Russell for the defendants had said that "even if the jury found for tho plaintiff and disregarded the document the latter had signed at Iriuiby Crait, the military authorities would take the matter up, and that Sir Wiliiam Gordon Gor-don Cummings' name would be stricken from the army list. I. wish to say iu unmistakable terms," exclaimed' Sir Edward Clarke, raising his voice until it echoed tellingly through the court, "that it would be impossible for the authorities to do any such thing and to leave on that list tho names of Field Marshal the Princo of Wales, aud General Gen-eral Owen Williams." This bold statement seemed to completely com-pletely take away tho breath of the audienco, and caused by far the greatest great-est sensation of the entire trial. A bushed murmur of astonishment, uot unmixed with dismay and some irritation, swept over the court room. One must thoroughly understand the almost religious worship of royalty which prevails throughout Great Rritain to clearly understand the full meaning and crushing .significance of the solicitor general's words aimed directly at the heir apparent. Amidst this storm tho Princo of Wales sat on a bench to the left of the Lord Chief Justice, immovable. Not a muscle of his face was apparently appar-ently twitchiug. He leaned his head upon his arm, endeavoring to appear totally unconcerned. After the sensation sensa-tion had somewhat subsided Sir Fldward directed his attention to discrepancies which he asserted existed between precise drawn up at 1'ranby C'aft. which accused Sir William Wil-liam Gordon Cummiug of withdrawing as well as adding counter to those he had previously slaked at baccarat, bacca-rat, and the statement in which tho Wilson family disclaim that there was a preconcerted plan to watch Cum.iiing on the second uignt of baccarat playing. Sir Edward followed this with aa arraignment of the Wil-sor.s.which Wil-sor.s.which was most severe and cutting. "Yes," exclaimed the solictor general referring to Wilsons, "they undoubtedly have money, but even if Sir William |