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Original paragraph in
Auckland Star - Friday, April 26, 1895
Auckland Star - Friday, April 26, 1895
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The Australian Star - Thursday, May 2, 1895
The Australian Star - Thursday, May 2, 1895
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The collapse of Oscar Wilde's case, and subsequent arrest (say the London correspondents of the New York papers), on the 5th, caused a
sensation without parallel in London since the exposure and flight of the forger Pigott. The poor fool imagined it still possible to brazen it out, so he
persuaded his lawyer, who refused to go on with the case, to bring the trial to a close by withdrawing the charges against Lord Queensberry.
This was done, and then the fact was brought home to Wilde that although nominally prosecutor, it was he and not the Marquis of
Queensberry who was really on trial. Even the prompt verdict of the jury declaring explicitly that the infamous charge against him was justified did not
make the strange creature realise his position.
This was done, and then the fact was brought home to Wilde that although nominally prosecutor, it was he, and not the Marquis of
Queensberry, who was really on trial. Even the prompt verdict of the jury declaring explicitly that the infamous charge against him was true did not make
the strange creature realise his position.
He wrote a note to the evening newspaper, declaring that he was unable to prove his innocence, except by putting Lord Alfred Douglas in
the witness box, and that he preferred to suffer shame rather than allow the son to testify against the father.
He wrote a note to an evening newspaper declaring that he was unable to prove his innocence, except by patting Lord Alfred Douglas in
the witness-box, and that he preferred to suffer shame rather than allow the son to testify against the father.
This was simply imbecile, because nothing has been adduced in the trial about the relations between Wilde and Lord Douglas. There is
reason to believe the disgraced man was prepared to flee from the country, but the English law for once acted with commendable promptness. Red tape was
cut. The Public Prosecutor applied for a warrant within two hours after the dramatic collapse of the case in court, and tonight the man who a few days ago
was a pampered exquisite lies on a plank bed in an eight-by-four cell in the Bow-street police station.
This was simply imbecile, because nothing has been adduced in the trial about the relations between Wilde and Lord Douglas. There is
reason to believe the disgraced man was prepared to flee from the country, but the English law for once acted with commendable promptness. Red tape was
cut. The Public Prosecutor applied for a warrant within two hours after the dramatic collapse of the case in court, and to-night the man who a few days
ago was a pampered exquisite lies on a plank bed in an eight-by-four cell in the Bow-street police station.
The charge against him, for some reason not explained, is not felony, but misdemeanour, and the maximum penalty is two years at hard
labour, but the Grand Jury may change the indictment to a more serious offence.
The charge against him, for some reason not explained, is not felony, but misdemeanor, and the maximum penalty is two years at hard
labor, but the Grand Jury may change the indictment to a more serious offence.
He must remain in gaol until the trial takes place in May, for the magistrate is certain to refuse to accept bail.
The London newspapers have printed far more about the matter than has been telegraphed to the American press. The great morning dailies
like the "Times" and "Telegraph" have given their readers 6,000 to 12,000 words daily of the court proceedings.
Many seats which had been purchased at the Haymarket and St. James Theatres, where Wilde's plays, "The Ideal Husband," and "The
Importance of Being Earnest," are running, were empty tonight. The audiences were small and there was a smaller proportion of ladies than usual, but no
demonstration of any kind.
Many seats which had been purchased at the Haymarket and St. James Theatres, where Wilde's plays, "The Ideal Husband" and "The
Importance of Being Earnest," are running, were empty tonight. The audiences were small and there was a smaller proportion of ladies than usual, but no
demonstration of any kind.
The "Leader" published an interview with Lord Douglas, in which the latter says: "Myself and every member of the family except father
disbelieve all the charges. We think them simply part of the persecution father has carried on against us ever since I can remember, and that Mr Wilde and
his counsel are to blame for not showing, as they should have done, that that was the fact."
The "Chronicle" says: It suffices us to know as some return for undamming the public tidal wave that our life is rid forever of a
pestiferous poser of decadence which has received its death blow, and the way is cleared for increased wholesomeness in life. We seem for some unhappy
purpose to have been shuddering witnesses of a revival of society under the late Roman empire, or against the dark background of the Italian
Renaissance.
The CHRONICLE says:—It suffices us to know as some return for undamming the public tidal wave that our life is rid forever of a
pestiferous poser of decadence, which has received its death blow, and the way is cleared for increased wholesomeness in life. We seem for some unhappy
purpose to have been shuddering witnesses of a revival of society under the late Roman empire, or against the dark background of the Italian
Renaissance.