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The Australasian - Saturday, May 25, 1895
The trial of Alfred Taylor, who is charged, in conjunction with Oscar Wilde, the well-known author and dramatist, with serious offences, was continued before Mr. Justice Wills and brought to a conclusion.
The accused was found guilty on the two counts charging him with criminal offences in connection with Charles and William Parker, and was remanded for sentence.
Oscar Wilde is to be tried separately on similar charges.
A serious fracas occurred in Piccadilly to-day arising out of the Oscar Wilde scandal. The two persons concerned were the Marquis of Queensberry and his son, Lord Douglas of Hawick. Lord Queensberry was recently acquitted on the charge of having criminally libelled Oscar Wilde, his defence being that the action he took was intended to save his son from the evil influence of Wilde.
Parent and son met in Piccadilly, when a violent altercation arose between them, which ended in Lord Queensberry severely chastising his son. They were both arrested and taken to the police station, where they were bailed out.
The quarrel was commenced by Lord Douglas, who accosted his father, calling him a liar and a slanderer. Lord Queensberry thereupon proceeded to chastise his son, eventually knocking him down. A furious struggle then ensued, which lasted until the police came up and separated the two combatants.
The sympathies of the crowd were entirely with the Marquis of Queensberry, who was loudly cheered as he left in charge of the police.
Lord Douglas of Hawick had accused his father of having written insulting letters to Lady Douglas because he had bailed out Oscar Wilde.
Father and son have been bound over in £500 each to keep the peace towards one another.
The West Australian - Friday, May 24, 1895
It transpires that it was not Lord Alfred Douglas but Lord Douglas Hawick-Tivvers, his eldest surviving brother, with whom the Marquis of Queensberry came into conflict in Piccadilly.
Lord Douglas began the quarrel by accusing his father of writing insulting letters to Lady Douglas because he (Lord Douglas) had become one of the sureties for Oscar Wilde.
The Marquis, even after the intervention of the police, was anxious to renew the combat with his son. He was ready, he declared, to fight him for £10,000.
To-day the defendants appeared before a police magistrate, charged with breach of the peace. The court in which the case was heard was crowded, the affair having excited an immense amount of interest. Defendants were bound over in £500 each to keep the peace.