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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Friday, April 5, 1895
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Friday, April 5, 1895
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The Salt Lake Herald - Saturday, April 6, 1895
The Salt Lake Herald - Saturday, April 6, 1895
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London, April 5– The suit of Oscar Wilde against the Marquis of Queensberry came to a sudden and unexpected termination this morning
shortly after the third day’s proceedings were commenced in the Old Bailey, before Justice Collins.
The result was apparently brought about by the terrible denunciations in the opening argument of Queensberry’s lawyer, Edward M.
Carson, M. P., who began yesterday his statement of what he proposed to prove against Wilde. To-day he continued laying down further the line of defense
that he intended to offer, and had proceeded a few minutes when Sir Edward Clarke, Wilde’s leading counsel, left the court room. He returned after a brief
absence, and amid an impressive silence asked permission on behalf his client, Wilde, to withdraw the suit and submit to a verdict of not guilty in regard
to the libel alleged, written by the Marquis of Queensberry. The jury, under instructions from Justice Collins, returned a verdict of not guilty, coupled
with the statement that the justification set up as a defence by the Marquis of Queensberry was true in substance and in fact and that the statement
complained of was published for the public good.
The verdict was received with loud applause, which was not checked by the presiding justice, and the Marquis of Queensberry was
discharged from custody and left the court triumphant, smiling and surrounded by his friends.
The Old Bailey was filled before 10 o’clock with a crowd which had brought lunches, prepared to stay to the end of the day. No one had
the remotest idea that the end was so near at hand. The Marquis of Queensberry entered the court room at 10:20 o’clock, looking calm and confident of the
result. Promptly at 10:30 Justice Collins took his seat on the bench and opened court. It was noticed that Wilde was not in the court room, but nothing
was thought of the circumstance, for the plaintiff was late yesterday.
It was learned later, after Sir Eward Clarke retired, that Wilde was in the anteroom to which his counsel had gone. After a brief
interview with his client Sir Edward Clarke returned and withdrew the suit, as noted above. Wilde left he building hurriedly when his counsel began his
statement of withdrawal.
Sir Edward Clarke, who is a prominent conservative and who was solicitor general under Lord Salisbury’s last administration, seems
desirous of setting himself right for taking the case behalf of Wilde, and the developments of the trial the stated to be altogether surprising to
him.
Oscar Wilde has written a letter to the newspapers in which he says:
Oscar Wilde was arrested at Cardogan hotel. He has written a note to the newspapers, in which he says:
"It was impossible to prove my case without putting Lord Alfred Douglas in the witness box against his father. Lord Alfred was
extremely anxious to go into the box, but I would not allow it. Rather than put him in such a painful position I determined to retire from the case and
bear upon my own shoulders whatever shame and ignominy might result form not prosecuting the Marquis of Queensberry."
"It was not possible to prove my case without putting Lord Alfrad Douglass in the witness-box against his father Lord Alfred was
extremely anxious to go into the box, but I would not allow it. Rather than put him in such a painful position I determined to retire from the case and
bear upon my own shoulders whatever shame and ignominy might result from my prosecution of the Marquis of Queensbury."
Shortly after it was announced that a warrant for the arrest of Oscar Wilde was to be applied for, all the papers in the case having
been submitted to the public prosecutor.
Later in the day the application was formally made at the Bow street police court before Sir John Bridge, the presiding magistrate,
for a warrant for the arrest of Oscar Wilde and the magistrate granted the application.
Officials of the treasury department, under which branch the government public prosecutions are directed, visited Bow street police
court several times this afternoon, previous to the granting of the warrant for Oscar Wilde’s arrest. Upon the question of their last visit they were
accompanied by a detective and two boys. After a short-consultation between the treasury officials and Sir John Bridge, during which several questions
were addressed to the detectives and to the boys, the magistrate issued the warrant. Wilde during the day spent several hours in company with Lord
Douglas, at a hotel in Holborn. His brougham was waiting in front of the hotel. Early in the afternoon Lord Alfred drove to a bank, cashed a check and
returned to the hotel. Soon afterward, both Wilde and Lord Alfred drove away.
Oscar Wilde Arrested.
London, April 5– Oscar Wilde was arrested at the Cadogan hotel this afternoon.
He was taken to Scotland yard by two detectives.