The Inquirer and Commercial News - Friday, May 24, 1895
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TELEGRAMS.
FOREIGN.
[Received May 23, 10 a.m.]
THE
WILDE SCANDAL.
THE RESULT OF THE CASE.
THE JURY DISAGREE ABOUT
WILDE.
TAYLOR CONVICTED.
THE MARQUIS AND HIS SON.
A FIGHTING FAMILY.
BOTH BEFORE THE COURT.
THE THIRD TRIAL OF WILDE.
CHARGED WITH INDECENCY.
[BY TELEGRAPH.]
LONDON, May 22.
The hearing of the charges against Oscar Wilde and his alleged accomplice, was concluded to-day. The jury after a long retirement returned to Court with a verdict of "guilty" against Taylor, but the foreman said they had failed to agree about Wilde. His Honor asked if there was no possibility of an agreement, but the foreman said there was no prospect whatever of a decision being arrived at. The jury was thereupon discharged. His Honor said he would reserve sentence on Taylor until the next day.
In connection with the excitement prevailing over the case, a "scene" occurred in Piccadilly between the Marquis of Queensberry and his son, Lord Alfred Douglas. The former, it is alleged, accused Lord Alfred with writing insulting letters to a lady, to which Lord Alfred rejoined by calling the Marquis a "liar." The noble Marquis then knocked his son down, and as soon as the latter got up, a stand-up fight resulted. The police had some difficulty in seperating the combatants, and arrested both on a charge of disorderly conduct. They were brought before a magistrate and remanded, bail being allowed.
[LATER.]
At the conclusion of the Wilde case, the Crown Prosecutor immediately announced that they would proceed to a fresh - the third — trial of Wilde, this time on a charge of indecency. His Honor was asked if he would take the case the next day. Counsel for the defence objected to such a course, and stigmatised the conduct of the Crown, in endeavoring to take advantage of heated feeling to secure a conviction, as scandalous. His Honor said he would consider the matter of fixing a date for the new trial.
During the fight with his son, the Marquis of Queensberry was repeatedly cheered by the onlookers, and at its conclusion, he remarked that he was prepared to fight Lord Alfred, or any other of "Wilde's creatures" for £1O,OOO to a finish, in any country in the world.
The whole affair has caused a tremendous sensation in London.