The New York Times - Sunday, April 7, 1895
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OSCAR WILDE HAS FIRM FRIENDS
By the United Press.
LONDON, April 6. -- Although Oscar Wilde is languishing in jail as a criminal without bail on a heinous charge, he still has a number of influential friends who are zealous in his defense, notwithstanding that they are intimate enough with him to know most of the secrets of his private life. Lord Douglas of Hawick, second and eldest living son of the Marquis of Queensberry, is one of these. He is altogether the manliest-looking of the family. Before the death of his elder brother. Viscount Drumlanrig, he was well and favorably known as plain Percy Douglas. He has an unsmirched reputation, and entirely differs in every respect from his effeminate next younger brother. Lord Alfred Douglas. Since his return from Australia last Fall Lord Douglas of Hawick has been an almost constant associate of Oscar Wilde. He is willing at any time to go upon the witness stand in Wilde's behalf, and is vehement in his denunciation of Wilde's counsel for having withdrawn the suit.
Although Oscar Wilde Is languishing in the jail as a criminal without bail on a heinous charge, still he has a number of influential friends, who are zealous in his defence, notwithstanding that they are intimate enough with him to know most of the secrets of his private life. Lord Douglas, of Hawick, second and eldest living son of the Marquis of Queensberry, is one of them. He is altogether the manliest looking of the family. Before the death of his eldest brother, Viscount Drumlaurig, he was well and favorably known as plain Percy Douglas. He has an unsmirched reputation and is entirely different in every respect from his effeminate next younger brother, Lord Alfred Douglas. Since his return from Australia last fall Lord Douglas of Hawick has been a most constant associate of Oscar Wilde. In an interview this afternoon he said that everyone in his family, excepting his father, has refused to believe the accusations against Wilde. He, himself, he said, was willing at any time to go upon the witness stand in Wilder behalf, and he was vehement in his denunciation of Wilde's counsel for having withdrawn the suit.
Although Oscar Wilde is languishing in jail as a criminal without bail on a heinous charge, still he has a number of influential friends who are zealous of his defense, notwithstanding that they are intimate enough with him to know most of his secret private life. Lord Douglas of Hawick, second and eldest living son of the Marquis of Queensberry, is one of them. He is altogether the manliest looking of the family. Before the death of his eldest brother, Viscount Drumlanrig, he was well and favorably known as plain Percy Douglas. He had an unsmirched reputation and entirely differs in every respect from his effeminate younger brother, Lord Alfred Douglas. Since his return from Australia last fall, Lord Douglas of Hawick has been the almost constant associate of Oscar Wilde. In an interview this afternoon, he said that every one of his family, except his father, had refused to believe the accusation against Wilde. He himself, he said, was willing at any time to go up on the witness stand in Wilde’s behalf and he was vehement in his denunciation of Wilde’s counsel for having withdrawn from the suit.
London, April 6.—Although Oscar Wilde is languishing in jail as a criminal without bail on a heinous charge, he still has a number of influential friends, who are zealous in his defense, notwithstanding that they are intimate enough with him to know most of the secrets of his private life. Lord Douglas, of Hawaick, second and eldest living son of the Marquis of Queensberry, is one of these. He is altogether the manliest looking of the family. Before the death of his elder brother, Viscount Drumlaneyg, he was well and favorably known as plain Percy Douglas. He has an unsmirched reputation and entirely differs in every respect from his effeminate next young brother, Lord Alfred Douglass.
Oscar Wilde still has a number of influential friends who are zealous in his defence, notwithstanding that they are intimate enough with him to know most of the secrets of his private life. Lord Douglas of Hawick, second and eldest living son of the Marquis of Queensberry, is one of them. He is altogether the manliest-looking of the family. Before the death of his elder brother, Viscount Drumlanrig, he was well and favorably known as plain Percy Douglas. He has an unsmirched reputation, and entirely differs in every respect from his effeminate next younger brother, Lord Alfred Douglas.