The Sydney Morning Herald - Friday, April 26, 1895
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SPECIAL CABLES.
FROM THE HERALD'S LONDON
CORRESPONDENTS.
THE QUEENSBERRY FAMILY.
ARREST OF
LORD SHOLTO
DOUGLAS.
LONDON, April 24.
New York newspapers state that Lord Sholto Douglas, son of the Marquis of Queensberry, and brother of Lord Alfred Douglas, who figured prominently in the Oscar Wilde scandal, has been arrested in California on a charge of insanity, in order to prevent his marriage with a waitress.
London, April 24. -- New York newspapers state that Lord Sholto George Douglas, youngest son. of the Marquis of Queensberry, and brother of Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas, who was the cause of the Oscar Wilde scandal, has been arrested in California on a charge of insanity in order to prevent his marriage with a waitress in the State.
London, April 24. -- New York newspapers state that Lord Sholto George Douglas, youngest son of the Marquis of Queensbery, and brother of Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas, who was the cause of the Oscar Wilde scandal, has been arrested in California on a charge of insanity in order to prevent his marriage with a waitress in the State.