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Original paragraph in
The West Australian - Friday, May 24, 1895
The West Australian - Friday, May 24, 1895
Most similar paragraph from
The Australasian - Saturday, May 25, 1895
The Australasian - Saturday, May 25, 1895
Difference
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.
Lord Douglas of Hawick had accused his father of having written insulting letters to Lady Douglas because he had bailed out 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.