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Original paragraph in
The Washington Post - Sunday, June 2, 1895
The Washington Post - Sunday, June 2, 1895
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The Gazette - Tuesday, June 4, 1895
The Gazette - Tuesday, June 4, 1895
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Oscar Wilde will serve his two years’ sentence in Wormwood Scrubbs prison. The prison doctors affirm that his heart is weak, and he has
therefore not yet been placed on the treadmill, but has been compelled to pick oakum. His health is broken, and he hardly sleeps. Taylor, his accomplice
in the detestable crimes, takes prison life in a lighter manner. Certain low-class papers clamor for the arrest and trial of the known associates of
"Cocoa," as Taylor is nicknamed. The police actually arrested several male street pests, but they were afterward liberated, the government being unwilling
to create any further social mal-odor.
London, June l.— Oscar Wilde will serve his two year's sentence in Wormwood Scrubbs prison. The prison doctors affirm that his heart is
weak and be has therefore not yet been placed on the treadmill, but has been compelled to pick oakum. His health is broken and be hardly sleeps. Taylor,
his accomplice, takes prison in a lighter manner. Certain low class papers clamor for the arrest and trial of known associates of "Cocoa," as Taylor is
nicknamed. The police actually arrested several, but they were afterwards liberated, the Government being unwilling to create any further social
malordor.