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Daily Star and Herald - Monday, April 8, 1895
London, April 5. - The case of Oscar Wilde against the Marquis of Queensberry for libel was brought to a close this morning. The verdict was in favor of the defendant. The jury found not only that the defendant not guilty of libel, but in a subsidiary verdict declared that Queensberry's charges of immoral practices were true and had been made for public good. Wilde was then placed under arrest.
The Boston Post - Saturday, April 6, 1895
LONDON, April 5. - The case of Oscar Wilde against the Marquis of Queensberry for libel was brought to a close this morning in a verdict in favor of the defendant. The jury found not only that the defendant was not guilty of libel, but in a subsidiary verdict, declared that the Marquis of Queensberry’s charges were true and had been made for the public good. The charges were gross immorality.
The Evening News received this afternoon the following letter written upon the notepaper of the Holborn Viaduct Hotel:
"It would have been impossible for me to have proved my case without putting Lord Alfred Douglass in the witness box against his father. He was extremely anxious to go into the witness box, but I would not let him. Rather than put him in so painful a position, I determined to withdraw from the case and bear upon my own shoulders whatever ignominy and shame might result from my prosecution of the Marquis of Queensberry. "(Signed) OSCAR WILDE."
At 3:30 o'clock this afternoon a solicitor applied at the Bow Street Police Court and obtained a warrant against Wilde for immediate execution. He was subsequently found by the detectives, who arrested him and took him to Scotland Yard.
Sworn informations have been lodged against several persons mentioned in the trial, some of whose names were not made public, and the civil officers are only awaiting the authority of the treasury department to make the arrests.
Wilde was taken to a cell in the Bow street station. When the charge, indicated by his testimony in court, was read to him, he stood with his hands in his pockets, silent and apparently unconcerned.
In an interview this afternoon the Marquis of Queensberry said to a representative of the United Press: "I have sent this message to Wilde: ‘If the country allows you to leave, all the better for the country; but if you take my son with you, I will follow you wherever you go, and shoot you.'"