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Show A ItOYAL BANKEK. The 1'art Hit Prince of Wales Took In the Ilaccarat Scandal Kiplalned, rive Accuatnt aomnbt oin CUMMINQ. bllrnre Maintained aa 1inff at the Accuird Compiled nllli Certain Cer-tain Conillllont. b Telesrarb. to the ,twt.t the rtnoiH ht'AMitAi. Mr Marlae Ilel.ll. III llrrnru.Lnte. of II, r taril I'Kflr. l-o.tiwN, Juno 1. Hlr IMward Clatke detailed the clrrumaUntve,now hmiiui, of the rani riy at Tandy Croft, Arthur Wilson's residence, ilui. I UK the Doiicotlrr meeting In Bcptcni. Ltr, Its 1ii. Ilaccarat, mlil llio solicitor-genual, solicitor-genual, had never before been played nt Tandy Crofi. It would bo lileduty, Mid the tullfltor-goncrti, to put thu Prince of Walca and leneral Owen Williams In thu wlthtta box. Their testimony would satisfy the Jury that they raw nothing wrong on tha pall of Cunimlng. JIu concluded hie address by waking A brilliant, eloquent and passionate appeal to the Jury In brhalf of lil. client, who, ho claimed, was plainly tho Tlcllni of clrcuruatanct nnd of n fabo desire to arold scandal, which would have Implicated hlahoala nt Tandy Croft and liU old friends, who played larrarat with Mm there. At the conclusion. Hlr William (loruon Cummlnr, plain-tlrr, plain-tlrr, was called to tho wlturta box. Tho laintltraald thn Prince of Wales acted aa banker utn tho occasion referred to, anil that (Itu. Wllllama waa croupier. The plalntltT'e attention wat not called find on the night of Heptcm-tier Heptcm-tier bth. to thn cointlalnt made agatntt him. Tho following evening, he raid, when dressing for dinner, lord Coventry Cov-entry and Uec. Wllllama came In to lilia In hie bedroom at Tandy Croft. The former said aomo peoplo staying there had auld that Ciimtnlng had while playing baccarat, the previous evenlug. retorted to foul play. The plalnllir said that he then to-plied to-plied Hist Ibis waa a foul.atomliiablu ibamr, and a delltarate falsehood, adding, addressing lord Coventry ami (leu. Wllllama, "What am I to do? You two aro lay old frleude, (or good-lien' good-lien' aake ray what la to be done?" Tho plaintiff then remarked hoadded to tbla request that heplacei the whole natter ontlrely In their handa.end that attar dinner, at tha auggeallon of lord C'otentry and Oeu. Wllllamr, he, tho plaintiff; had an interview with the I'rlnceof Wales, lo whom ha repudiated repudi-ated the charge brought against liliu, and aald: "Vour Iloyal lllghneaa can well ate what a terrible thing thla It for lur I, who hare been attempting tor Iweuly yrara to lead tha life of an off). cer and a gentleman." To thlr, ac cording to tho plalntlO, the prince replied: re-plied: "What cau you do? There are (Io accutera." Hlr William (lordon Cunimlng aald he anrwerodi "The Aral linMlta la to publicly Inault my accuaera upon the racecouren tomorrow." To thla the I'rlnceof Walt., theplalntlirtritiried, replledi 'What la tho uia of that? There are flee agalmt you." Continuing, Hlr William aald that half an hour after hla Interview with the prince, he waa aiimmoned to another an-other room where he found Coventry ami (le nrral Wllllama, who told him the only way to avoid a "horrible acandal" waa to algu the document which had already been produced and read. The plalntliTaalJ that although It waa tantamount to au admission of fulll, ho waa persuaded to algu II, be-laving be-laving he could tnit Ida honor to Wllllama and Coventry. Cummlnga concluded hla teatlmony with n eolenin denial that ho had ever cheated at cardial Tandy Croft, or anywhere fclae. The cross-examination of tho plaintiff plain-tiff waa then commenced by Hlr L'harlea Hurse)!, thu (tailing couuael for the defendant!. Tho plaintiff aald ho had no renaon to susjiect malice on the part of any of the niatndefeiidanta. Hlr t'barlra Ilut-ae.ll Ilut-ae.ll then glanced at the tuiper, and turning to plalutltT, continued, "And dues thlaeipresayouroplnlon? Heading. 'The worrt of It le that I reel that they are actlog coneclentloua. ly In the matter, and they believed tbat they did aeo me reaort to foul play." "Pardon me," aild Hlr William lulcklr, drawlug lilm.tlf up, hlaejea erkllng and liU whole manner ilenut-Ingcoii.lderahloeacltenuut, ilenut-Ingcoii.lderahloeacltenuut, "aro you reading from any letter of mine?" Hlr Charlie Jturiell replied, "Yea. Doea It oxpreui your lrrllng?" "Ye.," replied tho plalntlir rharply. Tlion Hlr William, under croee-eiaiu-laatlon, oplalnod at length aeveral twlntaln regard to baocarat playing. lie alio aald ho had nothing before Win on tho table while playing baccarat bacca-rat on the evenluga of Heptember Bth and 0th atTanby Croft, eiceptaemall piece of iaper and poncll, and poulbly Hlr Char'lea Uuvell aaked plaintiff a number of iiuerllona bearing uimii varloua iluU in the ewe, and cleveily Bought to obtalu ndnilMlon that tho barunetlucreared hla ttakiawbeu ho won, and from tho micatlona put It wua evident that the plalntlll would be accuacd of M doing alter teeing tho carda of hla nelghtmni. lleplylug to fucetloua, Hlr William raid lrdHom-rietand lrdHom-rietand Mr.Covonlry lucreed their taktaaud alio kept their cuunleialu their hauda aa wellaa oil the table, The I lalntlir admitted that on thuaeoond oljlitof the tiucoarat game atTanby Croft, the I'rlnceof Waleaaaldt "I do wlili that people would put their taken whero they could be teen," but the plaintiff added that ho did not think IhWrcmark applied to lilmnwo Ihau to uiivono olae. The baronet alro admitted that he kept a number of countera In hla pocket. Ho did not k to bo confronted with hi. accui. It waa folly ou lilt iart, ho adinlttiil, but ho did many foollth Ibluga that eroulng. When he had a platol preaented at him In the form of thlamoit horrible charge ho loithla head, In reply to further queatloiM put by Hlr Chailea Iluuelltbo pUlmia Id he did not recollect Oen. William aylng that the Duke of Cambridge would not 1 ro lenient aa they had ln. He, thn plaintiff, never timed to regret that he hadelguod adocu. meat agreeing not to ever playc,rd again, The baronet admitted that within twenty-four lioura after signing thla document he received a letti r from lrd Coventry and Oeneml Wllllamr, raying there war no iolblllty of doing do-ing otlirrwlM. than to bellev, him guilty, aa there wero flvo irople agalnat one. He, Hlr CharleaUordonCum-mlng. CharleaUordonCum-mlng. tlgned the doeiiinent In uuea-tlon uuea-tlon becauae hla frlenda advlaed hlni that ho hn I nu chance to rove hla Innocence, In-nocence, aa there were Ilea agalntt him, and In order to avoid a rraudal which would necrraarlly Involve thu I'rlnceof Welti. Tho plalntlfT rddrJ that hid (leneral Wllllama ant lxird Coventry given him any Indication lhat they liad Mlef lulila guilt, he would not have Blgued the document preeeutodtohlm. rilr Cbarlealluraell, at thla tlage of procredluga, read a letter which (lordon dimming had handed to (leneral Wllllama Itfurii leaving Tanhy Croft, In which the baronil raid he Ii.,h-, (Jrtieral Wllllama would ti II the I'rlnceof Wal.-a that ho (Hlr William) Wil-liam) had been enllrely guided In' the advlceglvtn him by tlio prince, Ixinl (teventry and (leneral Wllllama (though he denied the r.llritlni made agalnat hlm),a. It waa reMUtlil to nvold acutidal. In thla letter Hlr William oImi aihl lie rhould never touch an-utliercard, an-utliercard, andexpreued n wlili that hla winning, ahould bu given to aomo hwpltal. Anawerlug another iUeatlon, tho plalntldrald hwhad received a memor audum signed Ly thn I'rlnco of Walea, lrj Coventry and Uenerat Wlllltnir, raying that they did notdeilre to bo unneceaurlly hard, but he, Hlr William, Wil-liam, rnu.t cloirly uhdentaiid that In the lace of the overwhelming evldvnco priKiilod, It waa urelciet to attempt to deny the accusation agilnst blm, and ro long aa ho compiled with the conditions con-ditions ret forth In the document he (plalntlflihadalciied, rllence would be maintained. The court, alter hearing further teatlmony tea-tlmony for the plalntlir, adjourned. Tho I'rlnceof Walea remained throughout. |
