THE CARD SCANDAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8584, 4 June 1891, Page 5

THE CARD SCANDAL.

- EXAMINATION OF THE - PLAINTIFF.' EVIDENCE OF THE PRINCE OF . WALES. - ' ' Prtu Association.— Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. London, June 2. The baccarat case was resumed to-day. Sir Charles Russell's cross-examina-tion of Sir Gordon Cumming is regarded as damaging to the plaintiffs case.

The evidence to-day elicited but few facts. The plaintiff, under crossexamination, professed absolute innocence as regards the play, and explained that his winning from the Prince of Wales and. others was owing to the system of his play. , The examination of the Prince of Wales was . brief - and - • his evidence colourless. He admitted that he did not sea any irregularity in Sir W. Gordon Cumming's play, and said it was Lord Coventry who first suggested that the plaintiff was not playing fairly. There were so many of those present who said they had witnessed the unfair play that he could not : help believing the accusations. He said that the statement of five witnesses that they had observed Sir Gordon : Camming cheating, evidently influenced his judgment in the matter. General Owen Williams was examined, and admitted that he did not see any . cheating on the part of the plaintiff, still lie and others signed the confession i in order to secure the required silence, . The witness declared that i the Prince of Wales told Sir Gordon Cumming that to play with his hands on the table did not look well. He said Mr. Lycett Green, son-in-law of Mrs. Arthur . Wilson, at whose residence' the offence is alleged to have been committed, was the'first to accuse the plaintiff of, cheating, a and , that Mr. Berkeley Levett also witnessed it. - London, June 3. In his evidence in the baccarat case. His Royal Highness ' the Prince of Wales said that in the ! interview he had with Sir William'Gordon-Cumming, at Tranby Croft, on the night of the alleged cheating, the latter denied the charge. /' " , , The case for the plaintiff has closed.