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Original paragraph in
The Advertiser - Thursday, May 23, 1895
The Advertiser - Thursday, May 23, 1895
Most similar paragraph from
The Leader - Saturday, May 25, 1895
The Leader - Saturday, May 25, 1895
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It is reported that the Marquis of Queensberry, being incensed at the conduct of his son, Lord Alfred Douglas, since the institution of
the criminal proceedings against Oscar Wilde, whose relations with Lord Alfred caused the outbreak of the present scandal, has publicly thrashed his
lordship.
Both the marquis and Lord Alfred were arrested by the police on a charge of creating a disturbance of the peace, but were subsequently
admitted to bail.
LONDON, May 22, 10.55 a.m.
It is stated that Lord Queensberry met Lord Alfred Douglas in Piccadilly, where the encounter took place. The police had great difficulty
in separating the combatants.
The marquis struck his son violently in the eye and blacked it. Lord Alfred called his father a "liar" and a "slanderer."
Lord Queensberry then addressed the crowd which had collected, and publicly disowned Lord Alfred Douglas as his son. The onlookers loudly
cheered him when he made this announcement.
Both Lord Queensberry and his son will be tried on a charge of disorderly conduct in a public place.
LONDON, May 22, 11.55 a.m.
It has transpired that the fight in Piccadilly yesterday took place between Lord Queensberry and his eldest son, Lord Douglas of Hawick,
and not between the Marquis and Lord Alfred Douglas. Lord Douglas of Hawick accused his father of writing insulting letters to his wife, and a violent
quarrel ensued. Both parties were this morning bound over to keep the peace, and ordered to find sureties for their good behavior.
LONDON, May 22, 1.55 p.m.
During the fracas Lord Queensberry offered to fight his son in any part of the country for £10,000.
During the street fracas in Piccadilly, the Marquis of Queensberry offered to fight his son, Lord Alfred Douglas, in any part of the
country for £10,000 a side.