The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-04
WILDE, TIE VILE.
Shocking Admissions in the
Arch Estnete's Own
Testimony.
NUMEROUS SHADY FRIENDS
He Loses His Temper and Resents
q Suggestion Of Immoral Con-
duct-His Case Closed.

LONDON, April 4, 1595.-The trial of
the action of Oscar Wilde against the
Marquis of Queensberry fer libel was
resumed today in the Central Criminal
Court, Old Bailey, with the complainant
again In the witness box. Mr.. Carson
cross-exagnining.
Mr.. Wilde, IN answer to a question
by Mr.. Carson, said he had been intro
duced to the man Wood by a man named
Taylor. He had frequently visited Tay-
lorfs house to attend afternoon tea par
ties Taylor. he said, had a habit of
burning perfumes IN the room. but can
dies or gas were not hgfTted. Upon every
occasion of his visiting Taylce's house he
had met a youth named Mayori, who
had since disappeared. MIR. Wilde said he
was aware that Taylor had been arrest
ed. but he did not know that Taylor
had made himself notorious by his prac-
tice OF introducing young men to older
ones. Taylor, he admitted, however, had
introduced him to hvs young men, Nome
OF these young men had any trade, pro-
fesston or employment, as far as he
knew. He had made them presents of
money for the reason that they were
poor.
Mr.. Wilde was questioned in regard to
his acquaintanceship with two brothers
named Parker. He replied that he knew
them and had dined with them. He was
not aware that one OF them was a valet
and the other groom, both of them
of them money on the OCCASION of his
taking tea with him CWilde) IN the lat
ter's private rooms in ST. James street.
His behavior was ia no way improper.
When Taylor and one of the Parkers
were arrested they were in women's
clothes. They were charged with feioni-
Gus practices.
Mr.. Carson-'When you read of Tay-
iors arrest, did it make any difference
Mr. Wilde-'I was greatly distressed
AFFECT my friendship"
MORE QUEER FRIENDS.
AdnifTpd
ship with a man named Atkins, who was
employed by. a boollmaker. He first met
whose name ne. declined to give, but
which he handed up to the Judge. The
name was not made known by the Court
Wilde said he had called Atkins by his
Christian name. Atkins went to Paris
with him. and they stopped together
there, Wilde paid the fares but he de |
to say that they had been guilty of ans.
misconduct. He had given Atkins f3 |
upon one occasion and Els on another. |
Besides, he. had given him presents of
various articles. A youth named Maber |
had stopped with him in a hotel in Lon |
don. Wilde said he was nice, charming |
case worth "a. He knew also a youth |
named Granger, who was a servant to |
Lord Alfred Douglas, son of the Mar
Mr.. Carson asked wilde if he had ever
kissed Granger.
Wilde, who had succeeded remarkably |
began to lose his temper. He declared |
that he had never kissed Granger, and |
in pursuing the line of questioning he had |
followed. Mr.. Carson he said, had in |
suited him throughout the cross-examina- |
ton.
In answer to a new line OF questioning, /
Mr.. Wilde said that a nasseur had at |
tended him at the Savoy Hotel, but de- /
in compromising situations, All of the |
young men who visited him at his rooms |
did SO as his guests. This ended the
= 80 0 NAMES WITHHELD.
1t was noticed that during Mr.. Carson's !
questioning several names were written |
upon slips of paper and handed up to |
the Court. These names We're not made |
public.
Sir Edward Clarke then questioned the
witness in redirect examination He be- |
gan by reading a number OF letters writ |
ten by the Marquis OF Queensberry to
his son, Lord Alfred Douglass, in which
conduct with Wilde. He also read a let
ter written by the Marquis reviling Lord /
Rosaoery, Mr. Gladstone and the Queen
because OF the appointment of his son
to the peerage of Drunlanrig. In one
of the letters the Marquis declared that
Lord Alfred Douglass was not his son.
AT the conclusion of Mr. Wtlde's re-
direct examination the case for the pros
ecution was closed.
Before leaving the witness stand Wilde
explained his fondness for the society of
young men by saying that he disliked
the old and sensible, while. the company
of the young. happy careless and orig
nal had wonderful charm The mere
fact of their youth was amazing.
THE DEFENCE.
MIR. Carson, in opening the case for the
defence, declared that all that the Mar
quis of Queensberry had done and said
he stood by, Withdrawing nothing. His
sole object in sll the steps he had taken
was to save his son from the influence
of Wilde, who according to his own adj
missions. was friend of a person wile
was known to be prceurer Of boys for
vicious purposes. Proof would be adj !
duced, he said, that Wilde had carried
on a criminal intercourse with the man
Woods, who had now returned to Eng
land, and who would give the true ver-
sion of the negotiations carried on be-
tween himself and Wilde for the return
to the latter of a letter written by him. |
Mr.. Carson referred to the letter from |
Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglass as show
ing that Wilde had conceived for him
an abominable passion.
The court adjourned.
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