The Telegraph - Monday, April 8, 1895
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Oscar Wilde.
Now Under Arrest.
Appears at Bow Street.
LONDON, April 5.
Mr. Oscar Wilde, who charged the Marquis of Queensberry with criminal libel, but failed in his suit, was arrested this afternoon, and appears at the Bow street police court to-morrow. It appears that Oscar Wilde had been "shadowed" by the detectives for two days. He made no reply to the charge when the warrant was read to him. Lord Alfred Douglas (the Marquis of Queensberry's son) had an interview with Oscar Wilde in his cell. The warrant was issued at the instance of the Treasury.
The managers of the theatres have removed Oscar Wilde's name from their playbills, but will continue playing his pieces for the present. The pieces are "An Ideal Husband" and "The Importance of Being Earnest."
Mr. Wilde, in a letter to the Press, states that he is willing to bear the ignominy of his present position, in order to avoid compelling Lord Alfred Douglas to give evidence against his father. Lord Douglas, however, is eagerly willing to give that evidence on behalf of his friend.
The prisoner has written a letter to the Press saying that he is willing to bear the ignominy in order to avoid compelling Lord Alfred Douglas to give evidence against his father. Lord Douglas, Wilde asserts, is anxious to give evidence, but he (Wilde) will not allow it.
Wilde has written a letter to the newspapers, in which he states that he is willing to bear the ignominy of the charges made against him so as to avoid compelling Lord Alfred Douglas to give evidence against his father. He adds that Lord Alfred was eagerly willing to appear and give this evidence.
[The foregoing appeared in our Second Edition on Saturday.]
LONDON, April 7.
At the Bow street Police Court yesterday Mr. Oscar Wilde was brought up. Evidence of a most convicting nature was put forward by the prosecution, which was not in the least shaken by the defence. Taylor, Oscar Wilde's chief accomplice, had also been arrested, and when confronted with him, Oscar Wilde turned deadly pale, and his entire frame shook perceptibly. An application for bail was refused.
[In connection with the case just concluded, in which Mr. Oscar Wilde withdrew his case, a telegram from London to an American paper says: John Sholto Douglas, Marquis of Queensberry, was arraigned before Magistrate Newton in the Great Marlborough street Police Court on March 2 on a charge of having libelled Mr. Oscar Wilde. Mr. Wilde's lawyer, in presenting the case, set forth that Mr. Wilde was a husband who was living upon most affectionate terms with his wife and two sons. For the last nine or ten months, he said, the Marquis of Queensberry had persecuted Mr. Wilde with the utmost cruelty.
With reference to the London libel action reported by cable yesterday, in which the Marquis of Queensberry is the accused and Osoar Wilde the prosecutor, a telegram from London to an American paper says:—John Shelto Douglas, Marquis of Queensberry, was arraigned before Magistrate Newton in the Great Marlborough-street Police Court on March 2 on a charge of having libelled Mr. Oscar Wilde. Mr. Wilde's lawyer, in presenting the case, set forth that Mr. Wilde was a husband who was living upon most affectionate terms with his wife and two sons. For the last nine or ten months, he said, the Marquis of Queensberry had persecuted Mr. Wilde with the utmost cruelty.
The last act of persecution occurred on February 28, when the Marquis left Wilde, at a club of which both he and Mr. Wilde are members, an open card upon the back of which was written a vile epithet. The porter of the club, upon reading the words, enclosed the card in an envelope so that it might not be seen by other persons than Wilde.
The last act of persecution occurred on February 28, when the Marquis left Wilde, at a club of which both he and Mr. Wilde are members, an open card upon the back of which was written a vile epithet. The porter of the club, upon reading the words, enclosed the card in an envelope so that it might not be seen by other persons than Wilde.
The detective who arrested the Marquis at Dover testified that when he approached the Marquis and informed him of the complaint upon which he was arrested, his lordship said, "This has been going on for two years."
The detective who arrested the Marquis at Dover testified that when he approached the Marquis and informed him of the complaint upon which he was arrested, his Lordship said, "This has been going on for two years."
The detective who arrested the Marquis at Dover that morning testified that when he approached the Marquis and informed him of the complaint upon which he was arrested his lordship said: "This has been going on for two years."
Sir George Lewis, the Marquis of Queensberry's solicitor, in his address to the court, said that when the facts became fully known it would be found that the Marquis had been acting under the influence of great indignation, based upon abundant provocation. The Marquis was released on £1,400 bail, and the case was adjourned for a week.
Sir George Lewis, the Marquis of Queensberry's solicitor, in his address to the court, said that when the facts became fully known it would be found that the Marquis had been acting under the influence of great indignation, based upon abundant provocation. The Marquis was released on £1400 bail, and the case was adjourned for a week.
Sir George Lewis, the Marquis of Queensberry's solicitor, addressing the magistrate, said that when the facts became fully known it would be found that the Marquis had been acting under the influence of great indignation, based upon abundant provocation.
It has not been a secret that the reason for the Marquis of Queensberry's resentment was to be found in intimate relations existing between Mr. Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, who, until the death of Lord Drumlanrig placed him next in succession, was the younger son of the marquis. Owing to the friendship existing between Wilde and Lord Alfred the latter became estranged from his father, who, feeling his position more acutely by reason of sundry reports concerning the nature of their relations — which are also common property — conceived a most violent antipathy to Mr. Wilde.]
It has not been a secret that the reason for the Marquis of Queensberry's resentment was to be found in intimate relations existing between Mr. Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas, who, until the death of Lord Drumlanrig, placed him, next in succession, was the younger son of the Marquis. Owing to the friendship existing between Wilde and Lord Alfred the latter became estranged from his father, who, feeling his position more acutely by reason of sundry reports concerning the nature of their relations—which are also common property—conceived a most violent antipathy to Mr. Wilde.
After a further remand the Marquis was committed for triaL Sir George Lewis withdrew from the case after the second remand. A letter from London, of March 2, says: "It has not been a secret that the reason for the Marquis of Queeneberry's resentment was to be" found in intimate relations existing between Mr. Wilde . and Lord Alfred Douglas. Owing to the friendship existing between Wilde and Lord Alfred the latter became estranged from his father, who, feeling his position more acutely by reason of sundry reports concerning the nature of their relations -- which are also common property -- conceived a most violent antipathy to Mr. Wilde.