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The Evening Journal - Monday, May 27, 1895
The Evening Journal - Monday, May 27, 1895
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The Cincinnati Enquirer - Saturday, May 25, 1895
The Cincinnati Enquirer - Saturday, May 25, 1895
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London, May 25.- The jury in the Wilde case occupied two hours in the consideration of the evidence. After their verdict had been
rendered, Sir Edward Clarke, on behalf of Wilde and counsel tor Alfred Taylor, made application for postponement of sentence. The judge peremptorily
refused to grant the application, and in his remarks described the offences of which the prisoner was guilty as the most heinous that had ever come to his
notice.
When the sentence was pronounced Wilde appeared to be stunned, and sank down a pitiable object, an utter wreck. As the last word of the
sentence was uttered the apostle of aestheticism was hurried to his cell a felon.
Burning Words.
Later.- The verdict was guilty on every count of the indictment, except the one with reference to Shelley. Taylor was brought from his
cell and placed in the dock with Wilde.
The judge then addressed the prisoners. He said that the case was the worst he ever had dealt with. The verdict of the jury was right.
He could not persuade himself to entertain a shadow of doubt that persons who could do the thing of which the prisoners bad been found guilty were dead to
every sense of shame. It would be a waste of words to address them further. He could not do anything except to pass the extreme sentence of the law,
which, is his judgment, was totally inadequate.
Queensberry Made a Mistake.
London, May 25.- Before the verdict in the Wilde case the Marquis of Queensberry was interviewed. He said: "I do not wish to see Wilde
further punished. He has suffered enough. I only want to keep the beast from my son. You know I have carried my point and that I have been praised by the
best elected jury which ever sat in God's or man's jury box. Consequently, I do not care what else is now done to Wilde. One of his companions has been
found guilty, and everyone in London knows that Wilde is no better than Alfred Taylor."
LONDON, May 24. — The Marquis of Queensberry, in an interview, is quoted as saying: "I do not wish to see Wilde further punished. He
has suffered enough. I only want to keep the beast from my son. You know I have carried my point, and that I have been praised by the best selected jury
which ever sat in God or man's jury box. Consequently I do not care what else is now done to Wilde. One of his companions has been found guilty, and every
one in London knows that Wilde is no better than Alfred Taylor."
When the Marquis of Queensberry was asked what he thought would be the verdict in Oscar Wilde's case, he said:
When the Marquis of Queensberry was asked what he thought wouold be the verdict in Oscar Wilde's case he said:
"I am willing to forfeit £1,000 to any one that Wilde is acquitted. There are many names back of this thing that say so. I have as much
chance of dropping dead in the street to-day as Oscar Wilde has of being found guilty."
"I am willing to forfeit 1,000 to 1 that Wilde is acquitted. There are many names back of this thing that say so. I have as much chance
of dropping dead in the street to-day as Oscar Wilde has of being found guilt."
The Popular Feeling Against Wilde.
New York, May 28.- The London cable of the Sun, dealing with Wilde's sentence says: The passionate shout which went up from the nation
when Wilde's impudent libel action against the Marquis of Queensberry designed to stop the mouths of his accusers, ignobly collapsed, compelled the
government to take action against him and his foul accomplice, Taylor, but Lord Alfred Douglas and other men, whose evidence would have made the case
against Wilde and others even more complete and irrefutable, were allowed to leave the country. They are still abroad, but doubtless they will turn to
this country in a short time secure against punishment. Possibly it is as well, for Wilde's conviction can scarcely fail to prove an effectual deterrent
for years to come, and it will be to the public interest to let this awful scandal become forgotten.
Wilde's Collapse.
Honest men from the first displayed an unusual, perhaps unchristian desire for conviction in this case. During the first two or three
days fierce and universal resentment has been spoken and shown at what appeared to the superficial observers almost collusion on the part of the judge and
the lawyers in order to save Wilde. But Justice Willis' summing up, which unexpectedly proved to be a strictly judicial piece of work, together with the
solicitor general's masterly speech and the common sense of a jury of plain citizens finally prevailed. Wilde was full of confidence to the last so that
the result was a staggering blow to him. He strove to say something, but his tongue clove to the roof of his mouth and he sank back in his chair a mental
and physical wreck. The final scene was truly fittingly dramatic.