The Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Wednesday, May 22, 1895
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ARISTOCRATS GIVE BONDS
Marquis of Queensberry and His Son in
Court.
London, May 22–- At the Marlborough street police court this morning the Marquis of Queensberry and his son, Lord Douglas of Hawick, were bound over, each in £500 bail, to keep the peace. Their appearance in the police court to-day was the result of their encounter yesterday afternoon in Piccadilly, when they exchanged blows on the street. As they were separated by the police the declared he was willing to fight his son in any place for £10,000. Lord Douglas claims that his father wrote insulting letters to himself and wife that caused all the trouble. The marquis claims that his son started the row and he simply struck in self-defense.