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The North American - Monday, April 29, 1895
London, April 27 — The trial of Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor, charged with serious misdemeanors, was resumed at the Old Bailey Court yesterday [...] The witness was also questioned by counsel with the view of showing that he received £500 from a foreign count whose yacht was lying at Scarborough, but the witness denied having received the money.
When Edward Shelly, the former employee of Matthews and Lane, was testifying, and was asked to tell the jury what had occurred in Oscar Wilde’s rooms, the witness pathetically appealed to counsel to read it from his previous deposition and thus spare him the shame of repeating it. Counsel, however, made the witness repeat his story. The day was occupied by the examination of the same witnesses who have already been on the stand.
The Daily Inter Ocean - Sunday, April 28, 1895
London, April 27. -- The trial of Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor was resumed at the Old Bailey Court today, with a large attendance. Alfred Wood was examined and was then cross-examined by Sir Edward Clarke, Q. C., counsel for Wilde, but his evidence was not shaken. Frederick Atkins, described as a variety singer, gave evidence as to knowing Alfred Taylor and others mentioned during the trial. This witness was also questioned by counsel with the view of showing that he received £500 from a foreign Count whose yacht was lying at Scarborough, but the witness denied having received the money.
After Atkins had repeated his previous testimony concerning his intimacy with Wilde, and told how he accompanied him to Paris as his secretary, Sir Edward Clarke endeavored to show that Atkins was a professional blackmailer and that he had blackmailed gentlemen at Nice, Paris, and various other places. During the cross-examination Sir Edward Clarke asked:
"Did you, two years ago, extort a large sum of money from two Americans who were staying at the Hotel Victoria?"
Atkins, in replying, said that he had not blackmailed the two Americans. The names of the Americans, alleged to have been blackmailed, were not mentioned.
When Edward Shelby, the former employe of the publishers, Matthews & Lane, was testifying and was asked to tell the jury what had occurred in Oscar Wilde's room the witness pathetically appealed to counsel to read it from his previous deposition and thus spare him the shame of repeating it. Counsel, however, made him repeat the story. The day was occupied by the examination of the same witnesses who have already been called to the stand, and the testimony was of the same character as already outlined. The trial was continued until Monday.