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London Star - Tuesday, May 7, 1895
London Star - Tuesday, May 7, 1895
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Reynolds's Newspaper - Sunday, May 12, 1895
Reynolds's Newspaper - Sunday, May 12, 1895
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The newest surprise in the Wilde case is in regard to the personality of the two sureties accepted this morning by Mr. Vaughan at
Bow-st., for the prisoner's reappearance if admitted to bail. Mr. Travers Humphreys, the prisoner's junior counsel, instructed by his brother, Mr.
Humphreys, the solicitor, reminded the learned magistrate of the circumstances under which the jury at the Old Bailey had acquitted the prisoner on some
counts of the indictment, while being unable to agree upon others, and the subsequent consent of Baron Pollock to
ENLARGE THE PRISONER,
pending his re-trial, on his own recognisances, in £2,500 and two sureties of £1,250 each. He was now provided with two sureties to whom
Mr. Angus Lewis (who was present on behalf of the Treasury) would offer no objection, and with whom the police, after making inquiries, were perfectly
satisfied. They were Lord Douglas of Hawick and the Rev. Stewart Headlam.
Mr. Vaughan asked, "Is there any objection?" and Mr. Angus Lewis replied, "No objection at all." "Let them appear," said the magistrate,
and Mr.
blue-shaven and semi-clerical, stepped into the witness-box, and was sworn. He deposed that he lived at 31, Upper Bedford-place, W.C.
"And you are worth £1,250 after all your just debts are paid?"
"I am!" replied the Rev. Stewart, in the solemn tones of a man brought suddenly to face with the marriage ceremony
"Are you willing to become bail for the appearance of Oscar Wilde?''
Then Lord Douglas of Hawick was sworn. he gave his name as Percy Sholto Douglas, and is of course the eldest surviving son of the
Marquess of Queensberry. Although older brother to the "slim-gilt soul," he
IN NO WAY RESEMBLES
him, being rather fleshy than thin, dark instead of fair, and dressed after the manner of the philistines, in black frock-coat with silk
lapels and the ordinary stand-up collar and black cravat of Piccadilly. He gave as his address Chalcot House, Long Ditton, and seemed confident that he,
too, was worth £1,250 after all his just debts are paid. He was also willing to become bail.
"Very well," said Mr. Vaughan, in this curt manner indicating that the sureties were accepted. It remained to deal with the prisoner's
personal recognisances, and Mr. Vaughan directed that he should be at once brought from Holloway to Bow-st. in a cab.
Interview with Mr. Headlam:
The Rev. Stewart Headlam, interviewed by a Press Association representative at the close of the proceedings at Bow-st., as to the
reasons which induced him to become surety of Mr. Wilde, made the following statement:--I have undertaken this responsibility on public grounds. I felt
that the public mind had been prejudiced before the case began, and I was anxious to give Mr. Wilde any help I could to enable hi, to stand his trial in
good health and spirits.
The Rev. Stewart Headlam, interviewed by a Press representative at the close of the proceedings at Bow-street as to the reasons which
induced him to become surety for Mr. Wilde, handed to the reporter the following statement in writing: "I have undertaken this responsibility on public
grounds. I felt that the public mind had been prejudiced before the case began, and I was anxious to give Mr. Wilde any help I could to enable him to
stand his trial in good health and spirits."
At the close of the case Lord Douglas of Hawick and the Rev. Stewart Headlam, accompanied by one of Messrs. Humphreys's clerks, entered
a cab and drove to Holloway Gaol.
Wilde's Own Recognisances.
Mr. Oscar Wilde will attend at Bow-st. Police Court to-day to enter into his own recognisances in £2,500 before his release.
At a quarter past two Wilde had not arrived at Bow-st., but was said to have left Holloway in charge of Sergeant White, the chief
gaoler. The necessary formalities connected with the giving up of a prisoner had no doubt caused this delay. Lord Douglas of Hawick returned to the court
about two o'clock and was joined by the Rev. Stewart Headlam, who had been smoking a meditative cigarette on the sunny side of Bow-st. It was said that
Mr. Vaughan would see Wilde in his private room.