| WILDE’S LIBEL SUIT. He and the Marquis Were On the Stand To-Day. A SCENE AT OLD BAILEY
Queensberry Attempted to Assault the Aesthetic Complainant. THAT LETTER READ IN COURT. Oscar Told How He Came to Write It To
Lord Douglass––He Denied Queens- Berry’s Charges, and Described a Scene Between Himself and the Marquis––Some Admissions on Cross-
Examination. |
1895-04-03 |
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| IT MADE OSCAR ANGRY. He Denied the Charge that He Kissed Young Grainger. PROSECUTION’S CASE CLOSED.
Letters of the Marquis of Queensberry Reviling Lord Rosebery, Gladstone and the Queen as Well as Oscar Wilde Were put in
Evidence–-The Defendant’s Counsel Accused of Insolence. |
1895-04-04 |
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| WILDE ARRESTED A Warrant Issued This Afternoon. PROSECUTION FAILS. The Jury Vindicated
Queensberry and Declared His Charges True. PAPERS SENT TO PROSECUTOR. Sir Edward Clarke Disgusted with Wilde and Accepted a
Verdict of Not Guilty Without the Defense Making any argument or Offering Any Testimony. |
1895-04-05 |
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| HIS BAIL WAS REFUSED. Wilde Must Stay in Jail During His Trial. HE AND TAYLOR ARRAIGNED.
Charged in the Bow Street Police Court To-Day, with the Abominable Practices––Charles Parker, Aged 19, Gave Damaging Testimony
Against the Aesthete and Dramatist––London Newspaper Criticism of the Case. |
1895-04-06 |
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| IN WILDE’S DEFENSE. He Has Friends Who Don’t Believe the Charges Against Him. |
1895-04-07 |
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| Oscar Wilde’s Books Boycotted. |
1895-04-09 |
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| AT THE BOW STREET BAR Oscar Wilde’s and Taylor’s Preliminary Examination. BOTH REMANDED WITHOUT BAIL
A Great Rush for Wilde’s Books–- They Have Not Been Withdrawn From the British Museum –- "Dorian Grey" Has Been Withdrawn by
the Publishing House of Ward & Lock–- A Publisher’s Clerk, Shelley, Discharged Because of His Intimacy with Wilde. |
1895-04-11 |
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| OSCAR WILDE SCANDAL. An Ango-American Journalist Suing a British Consul. |
1895-04-14 |
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| WILDE MUST STAND TRIAL. He and Taylor FInally Committed With- Out Bail To-Day. |
1895-04-19 |
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| Oscar Wilde Indicted. |
1895-04-22 |
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| OSCAR WILDE’S INDICTMENT. His Bric-a-Brac, Pottery and Prints Will Be Sold at Auction. |
1895-04-23 |
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| NO BE TRIED FRIDAY. The Court Refused a Postponement to Oscar Wilde. |
1895-04-24 |
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| DISGUSTING ADMISSION. Brought Out on Oscar Wilde’s Trial at the Old Bailey To-day. |
1895-04-26 |
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| HE DON’T REMEMBER. Young Atkins Don’t Recall His Black- Mailing Exploits. |
1895-04-27 |
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105 |
| APPLAUSE FOR WILDE. The Accused Playwright Testifies In His Own Behalf. CHARGE OF. CONSPIRACY FAILS.
A Portion of the Indictment Withdrawn By the Prosecution–-Wilde’s Eloquent Explanation of Spiritual Love Excited The Admiration of
the Spectators–- Both Defendants Assert Their Inno cence Under Oath–-The Court Refused To Permit a Verdict of Not Guilty on The
Withdrawn Charges. |
1895-04-30 |
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| THE JURY DISAGREED. Oscar Wilde Was Remanded to Jail for a New Trial. ACQUITTED OF SOME CHARGES.
After Deliberation of Three and a Half Hours, the Jury Failed to FInd a Ver- Deict on Several of the Charges, And Were
Discharged–-The Government Prosecutor Says He Will Try Wilde and Taylor Again-– Bail Was Refused. |
1895-05-01 |
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| $25,000 BAIL FOR WILDE. The Court Says the Playwright Must Qualify for Half that Amount. |
1895-05-04 |
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| A PLEA FOR OSCAR. Mr. Hamilton Glad Wilde Jury Disagreed and Believes Him Innocent. |
1895-05-06 |
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| WILDE GIVES BAIL. The Playwright Will Be Released from Jail To-Morrow. |
1895-05-06 |
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| WILDE RELEASED. Lord Douglas and the Rev. Mr. Headlam His Sureties. |
1895-05-07 |
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| The Brooklyn Citizen - Sunday, May 12, 1895 |
1895-05-12 |
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| To Try Wilde and Taylor Separately. |
1895-05-15 |
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| Wilde Hopeful of Acquittal. |
1895-05-19 |
The Brooklyn Citizen |
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| WILDE'S SECOND TRIAL. It Will Not Take Place Till After Taylor's Which Was Begun To-day. |
1895-05-20 |
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| PROSECUTION RESTS. The Evidence Against Oscar Wilde Has All Been Given. |
1895-05-23 |
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| WILDE’S SECOND TRIAL. The Accuse Playwright a Witness in His Own Defense. |
1895-05-24 |
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| WILDE CONVICTED. His Sentence Is Two Years at Hard Labor. TAYLOR GETS THE SAME It Is Expected
that Other Warrants Will Be Issued. THE JUDGE"S CHARGE TO THE JURY. The Foreman of the Jury Asked His Honor if a Warrant Had Been
Issued for the Arrest of Lord ALfred Douglas, and Was Told No. |
1895-05-25 |
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| PICKING OAKUM. Oscar Wilde’s Head Is Weak, So He Has Not Yet Tried the Treadmill. |
1895-06-02 |
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| WILDE’S MIND AFFECTED. The Playwright Is Now in a Padded Cell. |
1895-06-04 |
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| Why He Bailed Wilde. |
1895-06-09 |
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| WILDE TURNS TO RELIGION. He Asks a Friend to Send Him St. Augustine’s Works. |
1895-06-29 |
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| A Receiver for Oscar Wilde’s Property. |
1895-07-25 |
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| Oscar Breaks Stones Now. |
1895-07-28 |
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| OSCAR WILDE’S INCOME. He Made $10,000 a Year and Spent Much More. |
1895-08-22 |
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| OSCAR WILDE’S DEBTS. They Will be Paid in Full, His Lawyer Informs the Court. |
1895-09-24 |
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| Short Cablegrams. |
1895-09-29 |
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| OSCAR WILDE IN COURT. His Debts Amount to about £17,000 With No Assets |
1895-11-12 |
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123 |
| ZOLA WON’T SIGN. The French Author Declines to Ask for Oscar Wilde’s Pardon. |
1895-11-26 |
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| WILDE THE CHIEF WITNESS In the First Day of Queensberry’s Trial for Libel. LETTERS AND A NOVEL
READ. The Defendant’s Counsel Quotes From Dorian Grey, One of Wilde’s Own Writings–-A Close Friendship Between the Author and the Marquis’
Second Son Shown by the Testimony. |
1895-04-03 |
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| QUEENSBERRY LIBEL SUIT. The Prosecution Concluded and the Defense Begun in London. |
1895-04-04 |
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316 |
| OSCAR WILDE WAS ARRESTED Immediately After Abandoning His Suit Against Queensberry. HIS CARD TO
THE NEWSPAPERS. Sensational Termination of a Scandalous Case-–Papers Submitted to the Public Prosecutor as Soon as the Collapse
Was Announced–-The Disgraced Writer and Dramatist Taken to Scotland Yard This Afternoon by Two Detectives. |
1895-04-05 |
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| THE JUDGE REFUSES BAIL. Oscar Wilde Remanded to Jail Until Next Thursday. |
1895-04-06 |
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| BELIEVE WILDE GUILTY. Lord Douglas Had No Authority to Speak for His Relatives. |
1895-04-07 |
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| Frohman Withdraws Wilde’s Play |
1895-04-07 |
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |
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2 |
28 |
| WILDE’S WORKS TABOOED. The British Museum the Latest to Withdraw His Books. |
1895-04-10 |
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| WILDE LOOKED HAGGARD. His Hearing in the London Police Court Continued. |
1895-04-11 |
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |
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1 |
6 |
285 |
| NORDAU CALLS WILDE INSANE. An Interview With the Author of "Degeneration." ADVISES MENTAL
EXAMINATION. The Distinguished Medico-Literary Expert, Whose Latest Book Has Made a Sensation on Two Conti- nents, Refuses to
Attack or to Con- demn the Fallen Esthetic Idol––Stig- Mata of Mental Disease Described. |
1895-04-14 |
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| The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Sunday, April 21, 1895 |
1895-04-21 |
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| Oscar Wilde Indicted. |
1895-04-22 |
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| The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Thursday, April 25, 1895 |
1895-04-25 |
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| Wilde Pleads Not Guilty. |
1895-04-26 |
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| Wilde’s Trial May End To-Morrow. |
1895-04-29 |
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |
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3 |
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42 |
| THE WILDE JURY DISAGREES. After Four Hours’ Deliberation No Verdict Was Reached. BAIL REFUSED THE
PRISONER. The Judge Made His Charge This Morning, in Which He Called Attention to the Bad Reputation of Witnesses Against th
eDefence-–New Sensation in an Already Most Notorious Case. |
1895-05-01 |
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| Wilde to be Bailed. |
1895-05-03 |
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |
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26 |
| Oscar Wilde Out on Bail. |
1895-05-04 |
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |
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23 |
| Wilde May Go Out on Bail. |
1895-05-05 |
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |
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8 |
38 |
| WILDE RELEASED ON BAIL. The Rev. Stewart Headlam One of His Sureties. |
1895-05-07 |
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |
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151 |
| ARISTOCRATS GIVE BONDS Marquis of Queensberry and His Son in Court. |
1895-05-22 |
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111 |
| WILDE TAKEN ILL IN COURT. His Second Trial Commenced in London This Morning. |
1895-05-22 |
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92 |
| OSCAR WILDE FOUND GUILTY. Sentenced to Two Years’ Imprisonment at Hard Labor. |
1895-05-25 |
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| WILDE MAKES A STATEMENT. He Gives Out an Interview Protesting His Innocence. |
1895-05-26 |
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| OSCAR WILDE INSANE. So It Is Reported in London, From His Prison. |
1895-06-04 |
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39 |
| Wilde’s Application Refused. |
1895-06-17 |
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27 |
| OSCAR WILD BANKRUPT. |
1895-07-25 |
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| The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Friday, August 23, 1895 |
1895-08-23 |
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| The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Saturday, August 24, 1895 |
1895-08-24 |
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| OSCAR WILDE A BANKRUPT. |
1895-09-24 |
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69 |
| ON TRIAL. Oscar Wilde's Libel Suit Against Lord Queensberry. THE POET'S "PROSE SONNET."
Defendant Pleads That the Alleged Libel Is True. AN EXCITING SCENE IN COURT. THE MARQUIS ATTEMPTS TO STRIKE THE APOSTLE OF
ES- THETICISM - WILDE ON THE STAND - A SEARCHING CROSS- EXAMINATION - SOME START- LING ADMISSIONS - THE COURT- ROOM PACKED
WITH PEOPLE. |
1895-04-03 |
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1369 |
| WILDE'S TRIAL. He Makes Damaging Admissions on Cross Examination. THE PROSECUTION IS CLOSED.
LETTERS FROM THE MARQUIS OF QUEENSBERRY READ REVILING LORD ROSEBERY, MR. GLAD- STONE AND QUEEN VICTORIA - ONE LONDON
NEWSPAPER DE- CLINES TO REPORT THE CASE. |
1895-04-04 |
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284 |
| MARQUIS WINS. The Jury Says His Charges Against Wilde Were True. WARRANT FOR OSCAR'S ARREST
ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON - SIR ED- WARD CLARKE PRACTICALLY THREW UP HIS CASE - QUEENS- BERRY LOUDLY CHEERED - WILDE TO PAY ALL
COSTS - A COMPLETE VICTORY FOR THE MARQUIS. |
1895-04-05 |
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| EIGHT PAGES. |
1895-04-05 |
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| BAIL REFUSED. Oscar Wilde and His Friend Tay- lor Arraigned and Remanded. BOTH CHARGED WITH HEINOUS
CRIMES - TESTIMONY GIVEN BY CHARLES PARKER WHICH, IF TRUE, PROVES THE CHARGE AGAINST WILDE. |
1895-04-06 |
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| The Wilde Case. |
1895-04-06 |
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| NEWS OF THE WEEK. Wednesday. |
1895-04-06 |
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| EIGHT PAGES. |
1895-04-08 |
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| UNFORTUNATE. REGRET IN WASHINGTON AT WILDE'S DOWNFALL |
1895-04-09 |
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| NEWS IN BRIEF. |
1895-04-09 |
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| AT ALBANY. OSCAR WILDE'S FALL AND THE "HAY- SEEDS" |
1895-04-10 |
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| OSCAR WILDE ILL. Confinement in Prison Has Made Him Sick. HIS BOOKS NOT WITHDRAWN FROM PUBLIC
USE IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM LIBRARY - FURTHER EXAMINATION IN BOW STREET POLICE COURT TO-DAY - WILDE REMANDED AGAIN WITHOUT
BAIL. |
1895-04-11 |
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41 |
256 |
| WILDE'S BOOKS. THEY ARE UNLIKELY TO BE RE- MOVED FROM THE BROOKLYN LI- BRARY. |
1895-04-11 |
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| NEWS OF THE WEEK. Thursday. |
1895-04-13 |
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| SENT TO TRIAL. Oscar Wilde's Police Court Exam- ination Ended. DAMAGING TESTIMONY GIVEN AGAINST
BOTH WILDE AND TAY- LOR - TALE OF A BURLESQUE WEDDING - THE PRISONERS FULLY COMMITTED FOR TRIAL - BAIL AGAIN REFUSED - WILDE
LOOKS FATIGUED AND ILL. |
1895-04-19 |
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| NEWS OF THE WEEK. Friday. |
1895-04-20 |
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| TRUE BILL FOUND AGAINST OSCAR WILDE - WILL HE PLEAD GUILTY? |
1895-04-23 |
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| WILDE'S TRIAL BEGUN. PARKER AND THE OTHERS RE- PEAT THEIR PREVIOUS EVI- DENCE. |
1895-04-26 |
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| WILDE ON TRIAL. YOUNG WOOD ADMITS HE IS A BLACKMAILER. |
1895-04-27 |
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| NEWS OF THE WEEK. Friday. |
1895-04-27 |
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| WILDE'S TRIAL. A DISTINGUISHED LITERARY MAN'S SYMPATHY. |
1895-04-29 |
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| WILDE'S DEFENSE. He Denies on Oath All the Charges Against Him. OSCAR APPLAUDED IN COURT. FOR
HIS ELOQUENT EXPOSITION OF SPIRITUAL LOVE - THE CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY WITH- DRAWN - SIR EDWARD CLARKE ACCEPTS THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF THE SUDDEN END OF THE FORMER TRIAL - TAYLOR'S STRONG DENIAL. |
1895-04-30 |
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| NEWS IN BRIEF. |
1895-04-30 |
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| DISAGREED. The Oscar Wilde Jury Fail to Bring in a Verdict. PRISONERS SENT BACK TO JAIL TO
AWAIT A NEW TRIAL, BAIL BE- ING AGAIN REFUSED - THE JUDGE'S CHARGE SEEMED TO FAVOR THE ACCUSED - THE JURY DISCHARGED AFTER BEING
OUT THREE AND A HALF HOURS. |
1895-05-01 |
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| EIGHT PAGES. |
1895-05-01 |
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| EIGHT PAGES. A Lesson in the Morbid. |
1895-05-02 |
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| NEWS OF THE WEEK Wednesday. |
1895-05-04 |
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| WILDE'S BAIL FIXED AT $25,000, HALF TO BE FUR- NISHED BY HIMSELF. |
1895-05-04 |
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| BAIL ACCEPTED. Oscar Wilde to Be Released From Prison To-morrow. JUSTICE POLLOCK, FINDING THE
SURETIES RESPONSIBLE, SIGNS THE ORDER - HE WILL BE AL- LOWED TO GO ABROAD, AND MAY NOT BE RETRIED. |
1895-05-06 |
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1895-05-07 |
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| NEWS OF THE WEEK Monday. |
1895-05-11 |
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| OSCAR WILDE. AND ALFRED TAYLOR MAY BE TRIED SEPERATELY NEXT TIME. |
1895-05-15 |
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| THE WILDE CASE. Counsel Succeeds in Getting a Sep- arate Trial for Oscar. SIR EDWARD CLARKE ALSO
ASKED THAT WILDE BE TRIED FIRST, BUT THE JUDGE DECLINED TO GRANT THE REQUEST, AND OR- DERED THE CASE AGAINST TAY- LOR TO
PROCEED. |
1895-05-20 |
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