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Original paragraph in
Springfield Democrat - Saturday, April 6, 1895
Springfield Democrat - Saturday, April 6, 1895
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The Daily Inter Ocean - Saturday, April 6, 1895
The Daily Inter Ocean - Saturday, April 6, 1895
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LONDON, April 5. -- Not only did Oscar Wilde, the apostle of aestheticism, lose his case of libel charged against the Marquis of
Queensberry, but he found himself in turn a prisoner. The marquis pleaded justification and won. Wilde, by the testimony-and in fact his own admission-is
shown to be given to most vile habits.
The jury in the case of Oscar Wilde against the Marquis of Queensberry, found that the plea of justification submitted by the marquis
was proved and the marquis was discharged from custody. The verdict was received with loud applause from the court room, which the court did not check.
A warrant for the arrest of Oscar Wilde was promptly applied for. Copies of all the witnesses' statements and shorthand notes of the
trial have been furnished to the public prosecutor.
A warrant for the arrest of Oscar Wilde was promptly applied for. Copies of all the witnesses' statements and shorthand notes of the
trial had been furnished to the public prosecutor.
Wilde was arrested at the Cadogan hotel this afternoon.
Wilde in Prison.
Officials of the treasury department under which branch of the government public prosecutions are directed, visited Bow street police
court several times this afternoon previous to the granting of the warrant for Wilde's arrest Upon the occasion of the last visit they were accompanied by
a detective and two boys. After a short consultation between the treasury officials and Sir John Bright, during which several questions were addresses to
the detectives and the boys, the magistrate issued the warrant.
Officials of the Treasury Department, under which branch of 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 occasion of their last visit, after a
short consultation between the treasury officials and Sir John Bridge, the magistrate issued the warrant.
The picture of Wilde has been withdrawn from the play bills and advertisement for two theaters, the St. James and the Haymarket, where
two of his plays are running.
The name of Oscar Wilde has been withdrawn from the playbills and advertisements of the two theaters, the St. James and the Haymarket,
where two of his plays are running.
At 8:10 p m. Wilde was arraigned at Bow street police court. The police inspector then read the charge and asked Wilde if he had
anything to say, adding the usual warning that anything he said might be used against him. The prisoner remained indifferent and made no reply. He was
then searched, after which he was locked in a cell. Shortly after her had been locked up one of his friends arrived at the station with a Gladstone bag
containing a change of clothing and other things, but the police refused to permit him to leave it.
Later Lord Alfred Douglass went to the police station and inquired whether Wilde could be admitted to bail. The police inspector
explained that Wilde had been arrested for a criminal offense which did not allow bail being accepted until he had been arraigned in court.
Lord Alfred was greatly distressed by this information. He was told by the inspector that Wilde had a blanket and other requisites in
his cell to be as comfortable as police regulations allowed.
The prisoner will be arraigned in court to-morrow on a charge involving a penal offense.