St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-05
SEVERE ON WILDE.
oscar Placed in a Most Unen-
viable Position in His.
Suit.
THE LAWYERS ARE PITILEsS
In Their Cross-EXaminatiOn--
He Makes Out q Weak
Case.
HE LAWYERS ARE PITILESS
NOW FOR DEVELOPMENTS.
The Noble Defendant Prom
ises Some Astounding
Revelations.

LONDON, April 4. = There was
unabated interest today at the Old
Bailey in the taking of testimony.
on the second day of the trial of the
suit for libel brought by Oscar
Wilde against the Marquis of
Queensberry. The audience was
largely composed of lawyers and re-
porters. There were few notable
persons present. The plaintiff ar
rived in court at an early hour, and
took his seat at the table reserved
for the solicitors. The Marquis of
Queensberry entered a few min
utes later, looking jaunty and con-
fident. Several of his friends rushed
forward and shook the defendants
hand as he entered the dock.
Oscar Wilde, upon resuming his
place on the witness stand, ad-
mitted that he had attended tea
parties in the rooms of a. man
named Taylor, which were artistic
ally furnished, and in which per-
fumes were burning. He denied,
however, that he had seen Taylor in
woman'S costume. Further QueS-
tons on the part of Mr.. Carson,
counsel for the Marquis of Queens
berry, brought forth the admission
that Taylor introduced to Wilde five
youths to whom Wilde gave money,
and took them to restaurant. The
plaintiff admitted that he was not
aware that one of them was a valet
and another a coachman, or that
Taylor had been arrested in raid on
house in FitZroy square. Wilde, in
his answers to the questions put to
him, exhibited confusion, and con-
tradicted himself frequently. He
also
LOST HIS TEMPER.
Mr.. Carson's questions were, in the
main, pitiless and unprintable. Mr..
CarSon'S croSS-eXamination of the
plaintiff was concluded at noon, after
having lasted, including the time of
yesterday, over six hours. Sir Ed
ward Clarke, leading counsel for
Wilde, then began the examina-
ton of his client by putting in GER
tain letters of the Marquis of Queens
berry, in which he called upon his
son, Lord Alfred Douglas, to cease
his Infamous intimacy with the
plaintiff, saying that his "blood
turned cold at the sight of their in
famous faces" He added: 81 hear
that Wilde's wife will petition for a
divorce on the ground of unnatural
crimes. If you do not cease to let
him disgrace us, l shall feel justified
in shooting him on sight
To this letter Lord Alfred Douglas
replied by telegraph to his father,
saying: What a funny little man
you are
Most of the newspapers are print
ing the testimony in the suit almost
verbatim, but the character of the
testimony is such today that the st.
James Gazette says: 1.-THE nature
of the evidence and the whole cir
cumstances of the case prove to be
of such a character that we cannot
report it." The Gazette adds: 1.-The
English public is at the present mo-
ment involved in one Of those
ORGIES OF INDECENCY
permitted by the operation of open
law courts and an enterpriSing
press" The Gazette urges that all
such cases should be heard in cam
era.
After the noon recess the crowd in
the court room was larger than
ever, and the hall and stairs lead
ing to it were filled ten deep with
well-dresSed men, who were await
ing a chance to enter. The Marquis
of Queensberry lunched with sew
eral of his friends, and the sympa-
thy Of all in court seemed to be
with him. Wilde kept the court
waiting ten minutes, for which he
apologized to Justice Collins, saying
that he had been consulting his
doctor. After the production of other
letters, the case for the plaintiff was
closed, and Mr.. Carson began his
speech for the defense. 1t was ter
ribly
DENUNCIATORY OF WILDE,
who left the court room as soon as
counsel for the defendant began to
speak.
Lord Alfred Douglas was present
in court for a short time during the
morning, but he did not return in
the afternoon. The speech of Mr..
Carson for the defendant lasted until
court adjourned at p. M, and was
not finished at that hour. He re-
viewed the evidence, denounced
Wilde and said that the witnesses he
would produce would prove to the
jury beyond any doubt the guilt of
the plaintiff. During the course of
his remarks, Mr.. Carson alluded in
complimentary terms to the course
of Beerbohm Tree in forwarding to
the plaintiff a copy of the anony-
nous letter handed to the English
actor, whereupon Justice Collins
said: There is no occasion to men
ton the name Of Beerbohm Tree"
Mr.. Carson in reply remarked:
Nor should I do so, my lord, had
it not been that I received a cable
message from him today asking that
his connection with the case be
fully explained" Every one under
stands that Mr.. Trees connection
with the case is in every way honor
able and praiseworthy," said the
justice, in conclusion.
Wilde returned to the court room
Tor a few minutes before the adj
Journment. Among the letters nro-