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Show 1 THE LUNDUN MML Counsel for tha Defense Makes Its First Point Today ia aa Admission lrom the fluiatifC SEK3ATI0N IS THE 00UET E00M. Ths Plaintiff Admonished to B Mors 0:.ful ia ILs Djuiais Prinue of Wales ou the Staad. London. Juue 2. Long before 11 O'clock, tho hour fixed for tho opening Of court, all seats were li.lcil Jlany of ' those prcscu: brought luuciifs bo they Would not be eoaiptllod to los.t any part Of the proceeding by going out to eat. The pUiutift. S;r William Gordon ,'Cuiumings, retumod tho witueks stand tod hm pressed ou cro.ss-uiatuiuatio u jUslioiis by UiLssell. i The plaiutill a,d ho took tho present legal proceedings because the baccarat 'ecandal had become a public uiattur of euiiver.vttiuii uud cunimetit, uud lie-cause lie-cause it hat reached clubs to which .hu belonged, thu Turf club and the Marlborough club among others, and had he not taken this action iu the ma'ter bis clubs wuuld certainly have done so. Sir Charles thcu read two letters from General Williams. They were addressed to "jMar Hill' aud referred re-ferred tu the t'omplaiuti. made tiy the piainlill aud the pledge of secrecy given when he had signed the document agreeing nev er to play cards again had been broken. In reply to tha defendant's counsel's questions, ,r William said he applied to Colonel Stracuy of (he Scots guards ' in January last for permission to retire from tho army on half pay. , lie added that Colonel Stracey. had replied that the fact that tho plaintiff l had signed a document of the nature of the one already described, could not be overlooked. , A letter from General Williams to Cummiug was then read and placed in evidence. It was addressed: "My lear Hill," and its contents were that nothing was left to him, the plaiutilf, but to place hiui.elf unreservedly unre-servedly in the hands of his t couiinauding officer. Colonel Stracey, as he had done. The le'ter also contained con-tained the following: "Yon are riuite I (he duko of Cambridge?" was the next ! nucmhm. j "lleeidedly," replied the prince. I "lJid you desire under the circum-' circum-' s'auccs to act as Icuietitly as possible ; out of regard fur Sir William Gordon Camming? llavu yon met Sir William shice the occurence at irouby oourtr' msud h,r Charles. "So," answered the prince. "Aud have you intimated that you cauuut lutel him?'1 "it wuuld be more reasonable not to do so." At this stage a juryman caused a sensal.oa by rising in his place and asking ask-ing iu a loud voice: "Are the jury to understand that you were banker on these two occasions aud saw uoihiug of ! Mjo alleged malpractices?" llicpiiiicu hesitated for a moment, as if uudec.ded as to whether be ougnt or ought uot to reply. Finally be said, with half a smile: "It is very easy for a banker, wheu dealing cards, uot to see anything, especially when in company com-pany ot fneudo iu a" country bouse. Von do not for a moment suppose that auy oi.e will play uniitirly." ihe juror asked: "Hiiat was your nputiou iu the tune the charges were uailu against thu pi. until!'" To this the prince savagely replied: "The charges made ag tiiisl him were o unanimous that 1 had not auy other course open to oie thau to believe tiieiu." The priuce's answer caused another flutter of excitement, followed by whispered whis-pered comment. 1 he juror apparently had succeeded in bringing out sipiaruly uud beyond any possioie doubt the' fact that thu 1'iiuco of Wales, in view of the evidence evi-dence w hieh had been placed before han ut Trauby Crait by the ladies and gentleman who played baccarat with oir William Cummiug, was convinced of tne pis. null's guilt. Wheu the murmurs of Vstonishment which greeted liie juror's question aud the pi nice answer had subs.ded, Sir Edward Clarke, seeing he must do everything possible to regain the ground which seemed to havo been lost by the plaiutiti in the estimation of the jury said, addressing the Prince of Wales: "1 take it, Your Highness, that tho answer to the first question put to you by the juror was substantially substan-tially that you had not seen any malpractices during the games of bau-caral bau-caral played at Trauby Craft last September?" Sep-tember?" The prince assented to this and his examination was concluded, lie gave his evidence in a halting, hesitating hesitat-ing manner, and seemed very glad wnen liis examination was over. With the testimony of today, the case of the plaintiff closed aud court adjourned ad-journed until to-morrow. at liberty to tell Colonel Stracey that you signed the document under extreme pressura and promise of secrecy. Tho witness here said: "1 have never for a moment ceased to deny the accu- sation made against me." Later on Sir William denied that he had said to Berkeley Levett: "Could ' you not say that you were mistaken?" -i! sensation was created at tiii'j point : lby Sir diaries Ivtisseil, who, after heal-v heal-v iog tuis last. denial from the plaiatiif, i,. remnrked gravely, fixing his eyes steadily upou the baronet in the witness wit-ness box: "Colonel Sir William Gordon dimming, you will have to be careful." A low murmur of comment passed over the people in court as Sir Charles Russell uttered tbeso words. The plaintiff evidently noticed the etl'eci, they had. for almost immediately afterwards, his manner seemed to lose ome of its jaunty carelessness and be acknowledged that ha had said something some-thing of that sort to H.q keley Levett. This caused another sensation and it seemed to be admitted that tho counsel for the defendant had scored his first IB-tl decided advantage. Tho Prince of Vaie was tho next called to the witnes-i box. The prince g'ave his testimony in a clear voice and with unrullled brow: Ju substance, the prince said : "1 have known the plaintiff plain-tiff for twenty years aud have been his friend for the past lu years. : He visited my house several trues. Our intimacy continued unimpaired until last September. 1 observed nothing suspicious in the plaintiffs play at Trail by Croft. 1 was first informed of the reports current in regard to Sir William Wil-liam by Lord Coventry. Continuing the Prince of Wales said tho event ithe charges brought aifaiust Sir William) broke up the, party at Tranby Croft. lie. t:io prince, had scaled the document tip, put it in his pocket anil sent it to his Secretary, who was not aware of the nature of its contents. con-tents. The lalK-r, said tho prince, had remain-d iu a safe place until sent for in connection with the present, proceedings. proceed-ings. The document imide the packet, the prince explained, was a statement of three gentlemen and two ladies, (.Mr. and Mrs Lycett Green, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wileon and Mr.Herkcley Levett.) The prince then said: "I did not see any of the live persons in question until un-til after Sir William had an interview with me and denied the charge brought against him. When I heard tho gen-tloman's gen-tloman's story several days afterwards, Lord Coventry and General Wiliiauis prepared a statement of what had taken place and handed it to inc." Cross examined by Russell Tho Prince of Wales was asked: "Do you recollect whether, in addition to the three gentlemen referred to, you also saw Lord Edward Somerset and Captain Cap-tain Somerset at Tramby Croft?" Th:t prince replied: "I believe I did." To whom certain statements were made by the other three gentlemen?" asked Sir Charles. "Yes." replied the prince. Had you also been informed that two ladies whom you did not at that time see, had aliened that they also had witnessed the cheating":' T was not." "In reference to this statement." continued con-tinued Sir Charles, "could you charge your memory as to whether any three gentlemen said anything about withdrawing with-drawing a portion of the stake aud that Sir William systematically played a large stake on the table when ho won .as ordinarily placed there?" In answer to this question the prince said: "I do not recollect any such statement made." Sir Charles' next question was: "Was a memorandum of the suggestion of yours, or of another's-, in whieh you Acquiesced on the suggestion made by ' Lord 'oentry. "1 was greatly distressed at the occur rence. 1 was present at the interview with Sir William in the presence of General Williams and Lord Coventry, j 1 think be. Sir Williams, asked me I whether I believed the statement made j about him. but I do not recollect w hat I replied." 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