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Quebec Morning Chronicle - Thursday, May 23, 1895
Quebec Morning Chronicle - Thursday, May 23, 1895
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The Gazette - Thursday, May 23, 1895
The Gazette - Thursday, May 23, 1895
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London, May 22 — The second trial of Oscar Wilde for unnatural practices began in the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, this morning.
Wilde, upon entering the Court, was accompanied by but one of his sureties, Rev. Mr. Headlaw ; his other surety, Lord Douglas of Hawick, being engaged in
the Marlborough . Street Police Court. Wilde looked pale and haggard, evidently being greatly affected by the result of the trial of Taylor yesterday. Sir
Frank Lockwood, Q. C., M.P., conducted the prosecution. The alleged offences charged against Wilde, he said in his opening address, occurred between
February, 1892, and October, 1893. He laid especial stress on the charge in which Wilde was involved with Shelly. Alfred Wood and Charles Parkes were
called to the stand and repeated the testimony previously given by them, after which the Court adjourned.
LONDON, May 22.—The second trial of Oscar Wilde for unnatural practices, began in the Central Criminal court, Old Bailey, this morning.
Wilde, upon entering court, was accompanied by but one of his sureties, the Rev. Stuart Headlam, his other bondsman, Lord Douglas of Hawick, being engaged
in the Marlborough street Police court. Wilde looked pale and haggard, evidently being greatly affected by the result of the trial of Taylor yesterday.
Sir Frank Lockwood, Q.C., M.P., conducted the prosecution. The case had not been concluded when the court rose.
Yesterday’s report that the Marquis of Queensberry and his son, Lord Alfred Douglas, were engaged in a fight in Piccadilly was erroneous
in respect to the younger participant in the affray. It was the Marquis’ elder son, Lord Douglas of Hawick, who was his antagonist. Both were arraigned in
the Marlboro street Police Court this morning and placed in the dock together to answer a charge of disorderly conduct and fighting on the street. The
Marquis said that his son was the aggressor, having first assaulted him and that he only struck back in self-defence. Lord Douglas of Hawick said that he
merely requested his father’ assurance that he would cease writing obscene letter to ' his (Hawick’s) wife, reviling her husband. His aim in meeting his
father was to stop these foul and obscene communications. Lord Queensberry objected to the letters in question being called obscene. Hearing that (Oscar
Wilde was residing with Lord Douglas, he went to the latter’s house and obtained the assurance of his daughter-in-law that his younger son, Lord Alfred
Douglas, was not there also. He thereupon ceased writing letters to Lord Douglas’ wife. Lord Douglas’ lawyer wished to read the letters in question, but
the Magistrate would not allow it. The lawyer said that at the conclusion of Taylor’s trial the Marquis of Queensberry had sent a telegram to Lord Douglas
and his wife. Both the Marquis and his son were bound in sureties of £500 each to keep the peace for six months. The Marquis, who wore a fresh boutonniere
and presented a very jaunty appearance, admitted that he had offered to fight his son. Lord Douglas of Hawick, any where or at any time for £10,000.
Lord Douglas showed a very black eye as the result of his encounter with his father, but the latter did not show a mark. The crowd cheered the Marquis as
he drove away in a cab and as earnestly hissed and hooted Lord Douglas. The Marquis went directly from the Marlboro Street Police Court to the Old Bailey
Court, where he was an attentive listener at the trial of Oscar Wilde.