The Weekly Times - Saturday, May 25, 1895
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Father and Son.
LORD QUEENSBERRY AND HIS
ELDEST SON.
A STAND-UP FIGHT IN PICCADILLY
LONDON, May
21.
The Marquis of Queensberry and his son Lord Douglas of Hawick who has lately been associated under very unenviable circumstances with Oscar Wilde, met this evening in Piccadilly, and a furious row took place.
The Marquis of Queensberry and his son Lord Alfred Douglas, who has lately been associated under very unenviable circumstances with Oscar Wilde, met this evening in Piccadilly, and a furious row took place.
Lord Douglas, it is understood, resented his father's reproaches and used expressions which provoked the Marquis to strike him.
Lord Alfred, it is understood, resented his father's reproaches and used expressions which provoked the Marquis to strike him.
A stand-up fight followed. A large crowd collected, and there was great excitement in Piccadilly, especially when it became known who the combatants were.
A stand-up fight followed. A large crowd collected, and there was great excitement in Piccadilly, especially when it became known who the combatants were.
Ultimately the police intervened and stopped the fight, and arrested both father and son.
Ultimately the police intervened and stopped the fight, and arrested both father and son.
They were taken to the nearest station, and there a new difficulty arose, for, although each complained of the other, neither would lay a formal charge.
They were taken to the nearest station, and there a new difficulty arose, for, although each complained of the other, neither would lay a formal charge.
The police therefore entered a charge of disorderly conduct against both the Marquis and his son.
The police therefore entered a charge of disorderly conduct against both the Marquis and his son.
Immediately afterwards they were bailed out by friends and left the station.
Immediately afterwards they were bailed out by friends and left the station.
They are to appear before the magistrates to-day, in order to answer for their conduct.
They are to appear before the magistrates to-day, in order to answer for their conduct.
Lord Douglas appears to have suffered the more, as he left the police station with a badly damaged face and a black eye.
Lord Alfred Douglas appears to have suffered the more, as he left the police station with a badly damaged face and a black eye.
The Marquis of Queensberry had his hat smashed in the encounter, but was not hit about the face.
The Marquis of Queensberry had his hat smashed in the encounter, but was not hit about the face.
The crowds heartily cheered the Marquis.