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The Thames Advertiser - Friday, April 5, 1895
THE LIBEL CASE.
London, April 4.
Immense crowds attend the trial of the Marquis of Queensbury on the charge of libelling Mr Oscar Wilde. The evidence adduced to-day showed that Wilde paid heavy black mail for his gushing letters to Lord Alfred Douglas (the Marquis' son), which were found in the pockets of his old clothes when given away. The defence is based on the revelations in these letters.
The Bay of Plenty Times - Friday, April 5, 1895
The Queensberry Libel Case.
London, April 3.—Immense crowds attend the trial of the Marquis of Queensbery on a charge of libelling Oscar Wilde.
Evidence adduced today showed that Wilde paid heavy blackmail for his gushing letters to Lord Alfred Douglas, the Marquis's son, found in the pockets of his old clothes when given away. The defence is based on revelations made in these letters.
London, April 4.—Oscar Wilde explained the effusive language of his letters addressed to Lord Douglas as the natural expression of an artist attracted by a beautiful personality.
The Marquis of Queensberry visited his residence and threatened Wilde to which that gentleman responded with 'You are the most infamous brute in London.'
Wilde was subjected to stringent cross examination with the view of showing that 'Dorian Gray' and some articles in the magazine 'Chameleor' with which he is connected, are of an immoral tendency.
Wilde insisted that they are merely an expression of the artistic faculty. His letters to Lord Douglas were prose poems, extraordinary perhaps, but not justifying an immoral interpretation.
He admitted that he gave one of his alleged blackmailers twenty-one pounds and lunched with him in a private room afterwards.
The case was adjourned, defendant being admitted to bail.