LONDON, May 7. - Oscar Wilde was released on bail today after furnishing a personal bond in $12,500 and two sureties of $6250 each. The sureties were Lord Douglas of Hawick, the eldest surviving son of the Marquis of Queensberry, and the Rev. Stewart Headlam, a graduate of Cambridge University.
LONDON, May 7.—Oscar Wilde was released on bail to-day, after furnishing a personal bond for $12,500 and two sureties in $6250 each. His sureties were Lord Douglas, of Hawick, eldest surviving son of the Marquis of Queensberry, and Rev. Stewart Headlam. The latter is a graduate of Cambridge University and resides at Hyde Park Gate.
The latter said: "I became a surety for Oscar Wilde on public grounds. I felt that the public mind was prejudiced before the case began, and I am anxious to give him any help possible to enable him to stand trial in good health and spirits."
He was interviewed shortly after it became known that he had become one of Wilde's bondsmen, and said: "I became surety for Oscar Wilde on public grounds. I felt that the public mind was prejudiced before the case began and I am anxious to give him any help possible in order to enable him to stand trial in good health and spirits."
At 12:30 o'clock Wilde was driven in a cab from Halloway jail to the Bow-street Police Court, where the bail was formally accepted. Then, in company with Lord Douglas of Hawick, Wilde left the court.