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San Francisco Chronicle - Tuesday, May 28, 1895
San Francisco Chronicle - Tuesday, May 28, 1895
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The Daily Telegraph - Friday, June 21, 1895
The Daily Telegraph - Friday, June 21, 1895
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NEW YORK, May 27. - The World's London cable says: Oscar Wilde, after he was sentenced on Saturday, was taken to Holoway jail in the
northern part of London. There all his money and valuables were taken away from him by the warden. He was stripped to the shirt, and an officer wrote down
in the prison register a minute account of his appearance, the color of his eyes, hair and complexion, and any peculiarities, such as a broken finger,
tattoo marks, moles, etc.
Then Wilde was put in a hot bath, and his shirt, the last vestige of his days of freedom, was removed. Emerging from the water, he
found a full suit of prison clothes ready for him, from under-linen to loose shoes and a hideous Scotch cap. His clothes are of a dirty drab canvas,
plentifully adorned with drab arrows.
Shortly afterward Wilde ate his first real prison meal, an allowance of thin porridge and a small, brown loaf. He was then taken to-day
to Pentonville, hard by the Holborn Viaduct prison for convicted criminals. He was examined physically with great care, since upon the medical officer's
report will depend what labor he is to do.
If passed sound and fit for first-class hard labor he will take his first month's exercise on the tread wheel six hours daily, making
an ascent of 6000 feet, twenty minutes continuously and then five minutes. The necessity for a complete medical examination is obvious before a man is
subjected to this labor.
Wilde will be subjected to auscultation and percussion, and thoroughly overhauled before the decision is made. A Government Inspector
will visit him once a month and hear any representation or complaint, and a visiting committee of London magistrates will call frequently at the prison
for the same laudable purpose.
On his release, Wilde, if he has worked well and behaved well, will have earned the magnificent sum of 10 shillings.
While Oscar Wilde's case has absorbed public attention the records of the London Police courts show that persons accused of the offense
for which he is committed come frequently before the magistrates. On the very day he was convicted John Goodchild, 28 years old and said to have a good
education, was sentenced to two years at hard labor for the identical crime. The Judge remarked that no country could remain great while such persons were
allowed to live free in it. He believed, indeed, that they should not be allowed to live at all.
While Oscar Wilde's case has absorbed public attention for weeks, the records of the London Police Court show (according to Ballard
Smith, the correspondent in this case) that persons accused of the offence of which he is convicted come frequently before the magistrates. On the very
day Wilde was convicted John Goodchild, 28 years old, and said to have a fine education, was sentenced to two years' hard labor for this identical crime.
The Judge remarked that no country can remain great while such persons are allowed to live free in it. He believed, indeed, that they should not be
allowed to live at all.