| WILDE’S LIBEL SUIT. He and the Marquis Were On the Stand To-Day. A SCENE AT OLD BAILEY
Queensberry Attempted to Assault the Aesthetic Complainant. THAT LETTER READ IN COURT. Oscar Told How He Came to Write It To
Lord Douglass––He Denied Queens- Berry’s Charges, and Described a Scene Between Himself and the Marquis––Some Admissions on Cross-
Examination. |
1895-04-03 |
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| IT MADE OSCAR ANGRY. He Denied the Charge that He Kissed Young Grainger. PROSECUTION’S CASE CLOSED.
Letters of the Marquis of Queensberry Reviling Lord Rosebery, Gladstone and the Queen as Well as Oscar Wilde Were put in
Evidence–-The Defendant’s Counsel Accused of Insolence. |
1895-04-04 |
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| WILDE ARRESTED A Warrant Issued This Afternoon. PROSECUTION FAILS. The Jury Vindicated
Queensberry and Declared His Charges True. PAPERS SENT TO PROSECUTOR. Sir Edward Clarke Disgusted with Wilde and Accepted a
Verdict of Not Guilty Without the Defense Making any argument or Offering Any Testimony. |
1895-04-05 |
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| HIS BAIL WAS REFUSED. Wilde Must Stay in Jail During His Trial. HE AND TAYLOR ARRAIGNED.
Charged in the Bow Street Police Court To-Day, with the Abominable Practices––Charles Parker, Aged 19, Gave Damaging Testimony
Against the Aesthete and Dramatist––London Newspaper Criticism of the Case. |
1895-04-06 |
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| IN WILDE’S DEFENSE. He Has Friends Who Don’t Believe the Charges Against Him. |
1895-04-07 |
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| Oscar Wilde’s Books Boycotted. |
1895-04-09 |
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| AT THE BOW STREET BAR Oscar Wilde’s and Taylor’s Preliminary Examination. BOTH REMANDED WITHOUT BAIL
A Great Rush for Wilde’s Books–- They Have Not Been Withdrawn From the British Museum –- "Dorian Grey" Has Been Withdrawn by
the Publishing House of Ward & Lock–- A Publisher’s Clerk, Shelley, Discharged Because of His Intimacy with Wilde. |
1895-04-11 |
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| OSCAR WILDE SCANDAL. An Ango-American Journalist Suing a British Consul. |
1895-04-14 |
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| WILDE MUST STAND TRIAL. He and Taylor FInally Committed With- Out Bail To-Day. |
1895-04-19 |
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| Oscar Wilde Indicted. |
1895-04-22 |
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| OSCAR WILDE’S INDICTMENT. His Bric-a-Brac, Pottery and Prints Will Be Sold at Auction. |
1895-04-23 |
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| NO BE TRIED FRIDAY. The Court Refused a Postponement to Oscar Wilde. |
1895-04-24 |
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| DISGUSTING ADMISSION. Brought Out on Oscar Wilde’s Trial at the Old Bailey To-day. |
1895-04-26 |
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| HE DON’T REMEMBER. Young Atkins Don’t Recall His Black- Mailing Exploits. |
1895-04-27 |
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| APPLAUSE FOR WILDE. The Accused Playwright Testifies In His Own Behalf. CHARGE OF. CONSPIRACY FAILS.
A Portion of the Indictment Withdrawn By the Prosecution–-Wilde’s Eloquent Explanation of Spiritual Love Excited The Admiration of
the Spectators–- Both Defendants Assert Their Inno cence Under Oath–-The Court Refused To Permit a Verdict of Not Guilty on The
Withdrawn Charges. |
1895-04-30 |
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| THE JURY DISAGREED. Oscar Wilde Was Remanded to Jail for a New Trial. ACQUITTED OF SOME CHARGES.
After Deliberation of Three and a Half Hours, the Jury Failed to FInd a Ver- Deict on Several of the Charges, And Were
Discharged–-The Government Prosecutor Says He Will Try Wilde and Taylor Again-– Bail Was Refused. |
1895-05-01 |
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| $25,000 BAIL FOR WILDE. The Court Says the Playwright Must Qualify for Half that Amount. |
1895-05-04 |
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| A PLEA FOR OSCAR. Mr. Hamilton Glad Wilde Jury Disagreed and Believes Him Innocent. |
1895-05-06 |
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| WILDE GIVES BAIL. The Playwright Will Be Released from Jail To-Morrow. |
1895-05-06 |
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| WILDE RELEASED. Lord Douglas and the Rev. Mr. Headlam His Sureties. |
1895-05-07 |
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| The Brooklyn Citizen - Sunday, May 12, 1895 |
1895-05-12 |
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| To Try Wilde and Taylor Separately. |
1895-05-15 |
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| Wilde Hopeful of Acquittal. |
1895-05-19 |
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| WILDE'S SECOND TRIAL. It Will Not Take Place Till After Taylor's Which Was Begun To-day. |
1895-05-20 |
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| PROSECUTION RESTS. The Evidence Against Oscar Wilde Has All Been Given. |
1895-05-23 |
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| WILDE’S SECOND TRIAL. The Accuse Playwright a Witness in His Own Defense. |
1895-05-24 |
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| WILDE CONVICTED. His Sentence Is Two Years at Hard Labor. TAYLOR GETS THE SAME It Is Expected
that Other Warrants Will Be Issued. THE JUDGE"S CHARGE TO THE JURY. The Foreman of the Jury Asked His Honor if a Warrant Had Been
Issued for the Arrest of Lord ALfred Douglas, and Was Told No. |
1895-05-25 |
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| PICKING OAKUM. Oscar Wilde’s Head Is Weak, So He Has Not Yet Tried the Treadmill. |
1895-06-02 |
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| WILDE’S MIND AFFECTED. The Playwright Is Now in a Padded Cell. |
1895-06-04 |
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| Why He Bailed Wilde. |
1895-06-09 |
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| WILDE TURNS TO RELIGION. He Asks a Friend to Send Him St. Augustine’s Works. |
1895-06-29 |
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| A Receiver for Oscar Wilde’s Property. |
1895-07-25 |
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| Oscar Breaks Stones Now. |
1895-07-28 |
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| OSCAR WILDE’S INCOME. He Made $10,000 a Year and Spent Much More. |
1895-08-22 |
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| OSCAR WILDE’S DEBTS. They Will be Paid in Full, His Lawyer Informs the Court. |
1895-09-24 |
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5 |
98 |
| Short Cablegrams. |
1895-09-29 |
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23 |
| OSCAR WILDE IN COURT. His Debts Amount to about £17,000 With No Assets |
1895-11-12 |
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| ZOLA WON’T SIGN. The French Author Declines to Ask for Oscar Wilde’s Pardon. |
1895-11-26 |
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64 |