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Original paragraph in
Dublin Evening Telegraph - Monday, April 8, 1895
Dublin Evening Telegraph - Monday, April 8, 1895
Most similar paragraph from
The Freeman’s Journal - Monday, April 8, 1895
The Freeman’s Journal - Monday, April 8, 1895
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The report was very prevalent and widely circulated on Saturday night that Oscar Wilde had committed suicide. It seems, however, that
the basis of the rumour lay in the fact that when the time came for his removal from Bow Street police-station to Holloway Jail, the prisoner was in an
extremely hysterical condition, and declared that he would commit suicide if he had the chance. This put his jailers on their guard, and he was again
carefully searched to discover whether he had anything on him with which he could take his life. He was accordingly deprived of his breastpin and his
handkerchief, lest he might try to strangle himself with the one or stab himself with the other. It is said that Wilde is completely dazed by the blow
which has fallen upon him, and contrasts markedly in that respect with the man Taylor, who entirely fails to realise the gravity of his position.
Considerable sensation was created on Sunday by the report that a warrant has been issued for "an important personage" in connection with this shocking
case. However, when the warrant is served the arrest will not create much surprise.
The report was very prevalent and widely circulated on Saturday night that Oscar Wilde had committed suicide. It seems, however, that
the basis of the rumour lay in the fact that when the time came for his removal from Bow Street police-station to Holloway Jail, the prisoner was in an
extremely hysterical condition, and declared that he would commit suicide if he had the chance. This put his jailers on their guard, and he was again
carefully searched to discover whether he had anything on him with which he could take his life. He was accordingly deprived of his breastpin and his
handkerchief, lest he might try to strangle himself with the one or stab himself with the other. It is said that Wilde is completely dazed by the blow
which has fallen upon him, and contrasts markedly in that respect with the man Taylor, who entirely fails to realise the gravity of his position.
Considerable sensation was created on Sunday by the report that a warrant has been issued for "an important personage" in connection with this shocking
case. However, when the warrant is served the arrest will not create such surprise.