The Globe - Monday, April 8, 1895
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Wilde arraigned.
Oscar Wilde’s friend Taylor was arrested and taken to the Bow Street Police Station on Saturday morning. Oscar Wilde was arraigned before a Magistrate and charged with inciting young men to commit a foul crime, and also with having actually committed the crime himself. When Wilde was arraigned in the Bow Street Police Court Alfred Taylor was also placed in the prisoner’s dock, charged with being an accessory to Wilde’s crimes. As Taylor stepped into the dock Wilde smilingly recognized him. Taylor is a man of medium size, with sharp features and a fair complexion. Wilde and Taylor were demanded. A request was made that the prisoners be admitted to bail, but bail as refused. The marquis of Queensberry is receiving hundreds of congratulatory telegrams and letters. In an interview he said:— "I think I have done my duty, not only to my family and myself, but also to the community. It has cost me $4800 and now if England don’t step in I must make my own law. I have sent a message to this creature Wilde to the effect that if he chooses to leave the country I for one shall not lift a finger to stay him. But he must understand that if he takes my son with him I shall follow him and shoot him like a dog. But I think he ought not be allowed to leave the country. I think he ought to be placed where he can ruin no more young man. For the part I have taken myself in this matter. I can only say that I have acted absolutely and entirely from a sense of duty. Many of my friends said, as many of these telegrams received also say, that I am to be commended for my pluck. I do not see that pluck had anything to do with it. I do not see that I could have acted otherwise than I have done. I have preserved my self-respect. I may tell you that the full measure of this man’s baseness was not revealed to me until my own arrest at his instance. Then the evidence which accumulated and the voluntary confessions which were made to us showed us a depth of immorality which is almost incredible".
The Marquis of Queensberry is receiving hundreds of congratulatory telegrams and letters. In an interview ha said : "I think I have done my duty, not only to my family and myself, but also to the community. It has cost me £1,200 and now if the law of England don't step in I must make my own law. I have sent a message to this creature Wilde to the effect that if he chooses to leave the country I, for one, shall not lift a finger to stay him. But he must distinctly understand that If he takes my son with him I shall follow him and shoot him like a dog. But I think he ought not be allowed to leave the country. I think he ought to be placed where be can ruin no more young men. For the part I have taken myself in this matter I can only say that I have acted absolutely and entirely from a sense of duty. Many of my friends said, as many of these telegrams received also say, that l am to be commended for my pluck. I do not see that pluck had any thing to do with it. I do not see that I could have acted otherwise than I have done. I have preserved my self-respect. I may tell you that the full measure of this man's baseness was not revealed to me until after my own arrest at his instance. Then the evidence which accumulated and the voluntary confessions which were made to us showed us a depth of immorality which is almost incredible."