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Show A NERVOUS WITNESS. IJcutfMiit Utfll'i Teillmonf la the Kamojilraaliy Croft llsccsr- at Mcanilsl. QUESTIONS. IN ntQARO TO THE liquid ncrnr.iHMr.KTs. Thrcateiilns'Atit .Until to .Volei to llie lorrrain of tbe Jury And l.jcrlt llrrrn. Uj Tslesrsea In ISS TtswM TUB lltCCalttTTItlAI. llertielejr ltell and I. eell tlrten lit tbeMrilaetttlea. lo.ino-r, June . Ilerkeley Ivttl, onenflhedereiidantaln the rase, wtt the next w linns. Lieutenant 1-erelt was pale an I very nervous. The lieutenant's lieu-tenant's testimony, In tubtaiice, confirmed con-firmed that of )oung Mr. Wilton In regard to what took place at Tranby Croft on Heteinhrr 9 and 0 audio. Tho lieutenant told of Ida vltlt to the roomof Cummlnif and of the latter' tomcat whether he(l.evclt)rould net tayhewat mistaken In what be saw. To ttil the lieutenant replied! "I would say t waa mistaken lor your sake and the sako of the regiment, but I know one man who would not do to and that Is Ilerkelsy (Irren. The croM-examlnatlonof Lieutenant Levctthy Clarke did not result lu developing de-veloping any lnilollant points, and utterly failed to thako the lieutenant's testimony, There was a deolded sensation In tourt when, during tho lieutenant's cross examination, Clarke asked A question l'i regard to Tim i.Kjmi) in niKAiiticxn which were lnltaVcn of during the baccarat playing at Tranby Croft, and II had apparently reached audi danger-wis danger-wis ground that the lord chief Justlto felthiuitelt compelled to Interrupt the croae-examlnatlouby enfiulrlug rather severely whether he desired locnuvey to the fury the Impression that Uie hospitality otTrauby Croft In Heptein-ber Heptein-ber last waa nf tho nature nf a "disturbing "disturb-ing lHSpltallty"ofarA rsgarded Iho gamt? Hlr l'.dward Clarke, In ret I, admitted ad-mitted that be did. IAC1TT tlHLT. waa the next wlloesi. In tubtUnc (Ireen's lietlmoiiy couflnneil thn evidence evi-dence of lilt brothir-ln-lAW, Arthur H. Wilson, as to the cvmciirrehro which look laco at Tranby Croft In Her lemUr tail. lhu wltuee bad hardly commenced to give tho Interesting tortloii of his testimony when the lord chief Jmtlce gave theslgnal for rerrs lor luncheon. Upon the rrastembllug of cwrt after luiiilieoii the foreman of tho lot)' handed tho lord rhlefjuttlce a threaten-In threaten-In and Alaiilve note which he said he baa1 lutt receive,. Lyoctl (Irren, who had Jutt reentered the witness box, said ho alto had received a similar note. The lord chief Juitlre read the letter handed to lilm by the foreman of the Jury And assured film It would recvlvo due attention. Hie examination olflrrenwat then continued. Urreu gave a graphic discrlpllon cf Ihe eveula which took i tare the reroud evening at Tranby Croft, lie said when he saw Iho lain-llirput lain-llirput extra countir over the line when hu (Hlr Wlllhun) saw a card favorable, Ills ((Ireen's) tint lu. olto waa to expose the plallitlll, but as the l'rlnco of Wale aud latllca were preeeut lio desisted arid left tho room Home time lae r he sent A note I to Mrs. Wilson saying! "I have distinctly seen Hlr William (Jordoii Cummlng client, lug twice. 1 cannot remain lu Ihe loom any longer. Komelhliig ought to lo done to stop the gaiue."Hubsriuert ly, said (Irion, he atkrd to lo confront-td confront-td wllh Hlr William (lonlou Cummlng, Cum-mlng, and Ihe latter dsnleit hit guilt. UrtLI-Jt WAICIIOU-UXAMINI I) by QUI, who managed to considerably liven up Ihe proct rdlligs, (III) lagan by asking the witness a number of (juisllont a to hi duties on Uay of race aud wltuet replied lu aubstanre thattheycontlstesllii eutrrtalnlug the race Itrlr. (Jill tlisreiiiou remarket! that luucheon waa going on all the afternoon rha. To this witness angrily replied "Do you hint that I waadrunkT". The eiueellou wa followed fol-lowed by loud lauihier In court and by "No, no," from (Jill. Tho lord chief Justice litre Inter, posed, sating liedld uolundertUtidlhe drift of the cross-exanilnatlou at conducted con-ducted by dill. The latter promptly replied "Perhaps the Jury undrnUud there It mush more In thta caso than It seen on the surface," Mrs, Lycett Ureen wa the next witness. wit-ness. Her testimony agretkl with that of previous wltnsssva. Hhe oattlvly declareatthe had not mentioned the unileassut Incident to anybody but her huihend until legal actlou was brought |