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Original paragraph in
Nelson Evening Mail - Monday, April 8, 1895
Nelson Evening Mail - Monday, April 8, 1895
Most similar paragraph from
The Lyttelton Times - Friday, April 5, 1895
The Lyttelton Times - Friday, April 5, 1895
Difference
London, April 6.
Oscar Wilde has been arrested.
Oscar Wilde publishes a letter stating that he abandoned the case in order to avoid placing Lord Douglas in the witness box. After a
warrant had been issued for Wilde's arrest, the police detained three essential witnesses; Lord Douglas and two men remained in conference with Wilde at
the Viaduct Hotel for several hours after the trial, and lunched together in a private room. Subsequently they drove to a bank, where Wilde withdrew a
large sum of money. He was then lost sight of until arrested in the evening at an hotel in Sloane-street. Lord Douglas was much distressed when he found
he was unable to bail him out. After the trial the Marquis of Queensberry sent Oscar Wilde a message stating that he would shoot him if he took his son
abroad. Taylor has also been arrested, and will be charged in conjunction with Wilde. The latter's name has been withdrawn from the playbills of the
London and American theatres.
In the course of his evidence, Oscar Wilde explained the effusive language of the letters addressed to Lord Douglas as the natural
expression of an artist attracted by a beautiful personality. The Marquis of Queensberry visited his residence and threatened Wilde, to which the latter
responded with "You are the most infamous brute in London!"
Mr Wilde explained the effusive language of the letters addressed to Lord Douglas as the natural expression of an artist attracted by a
beautiful personality. The Marquis of Queensberry visited his residence and threatened Mr Wilde, to which that gentleman responded with, "You are the most
infamous brute in London."