Le Figaro - Thursday, May 23, 1895
This report was originally published in French. Machine translations may be available in other languages.
ÉCHOS
Hors Paris
Un incident de l'affaire Oscar Wilde.
A l'issue du procès Taylor, une altercation s'est élevée en pleine rue entre le marquis de Queensbury et son fils lord Alfred Douglas, dont les relations trop intimes avec Wilde ont été le point de départ des procès scandaleux qui défraient actuellement la chronique. Le jeune lord a reçu une sévère correction de la main de son père; mais il ne s'est nullement géné pour riposter. A la suite de cette altercation, tous deux ont comparu devant le Tribunal de police. Ils ont été condamnés à fournir caution de 500 livres chacun, soit 12,500 francs, comme garantie que pendant six mois ils ne recommenceraient pas à se colleter, du moins en public.
ECHOES
Outside Paris
An incident from the Oscar Wilde case.
At the end of the Taylor trial, an altercation arose in the middle of the street between the Marquess of Queensbury and his son Lord Alfred Douglas, whose too intimate relationship with Wilde was the starting point for the scandalous trials which are currently making headlines. . The young lord received a severe beating from the hand of his father; but he was by no means embarrassed to retaliate. Following this altercation, both appeared before the Police Court. They were condemned to furnish bail of 500 pounds each, that is to say 12,500 francs, as a guarantee that for six months they would not begin to struggle again, at least in public.