Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-06
OSCAR WILDE IN JAIL.
He Spent Last Nigh. In a Cell
 In Bow Street Station.
CHARGED NTH 4 PENAL DEFENSE.
The Ex-.ESti.tc's Own Admissions on the stand Cnu,ed His Arrest to Bc Made. Unexpected End [" His Famous Libel Suit Against the Marquis "f 0uecnsbcrry.


 LONDON. April 6.-O-,.r WilLo was ar raignrd in police court this morning after having spent the night ill a cell in tho Bow Street station. This adds n startling and wholly unexpected thHptvr tO the pruCCVdingS in the sensational suit against the Marquis of Qurensbcrry.
 Tho IeSthctic Oscar. after making n fierce attack on the marquis on a charge of libel, suddenly finds the tables turned and is himself languishinE in duranCo vile And now QuCCnSherry has the whip hand. He is all smiles today. and the voice of dcrSion over Oscars plight iS heard from Milo End to ken>inGtAn.
 It cano about with dramatic quir kncss. The verdict of tho jury started it. Just as every ono had hccn cNpccting from the naturo of the testimony revealing tho vile ness of tho man, the jury found that Wildc's libel charge was falSo
 He had accused the marquis of libCling him ny writing that ho was a scoundrol and n moral lcprr. The marquis son, Lord Alfred Douglas, vas hciEE dchauCh- cd in WilJcs company, and the father warned Wildn. The passion poet rotorted by suing tho marquis for libel. and tho upshot came when tho jury returned yer dict finding the marquis not guilty of li- bel, going n step further and dCClarinS
 
 and made for the public good
 When the jurors lad rendered. a verdict of not guilty. Sir Edward Clarke ASScntcd and supplemented their verdict with tho declaration that tho charges made hy tho defendant against Wildu wcr,' true, and that they had been made in pubiir interest.
 When the verdict was rrndrrrd. tho Marquis of QucrnShCrry left the dock amid loud chrrrs. The judge granted an order requiring Wildo tu lr1y the c'etS uf the defense. Wilde was nut i'll court. The willy poet had caught a whiiT If daU4Ur in the air.
 Wilde Scented Danger.
 Ho had hurrirdly lrtt the luilling dur ing Sir Edward Clarkc's stat 'lnrnt and gone Ia the lIulhorn restaurant. \ war rant for his arrest had not y,t been ul- 1 plicd for, but there WIS one tN b. secured to put the l, per behind prison lars.
 After leaving ;hr liuIbnn hotI Mi,do went to the Mc>tmiu>lrr bank. whr"r he drew out the funds tu Iii, account. lIrwa> l constantly >haduwrd. He returned to the ; hotel, aCruupAnivd by Lord \lfrru Doug l las only.
 RvmaininS a fc" ':iGu;,~, they drove Ia Ely PlacT and them, In tho CuGr}.,u h. l tel, whcrr they temporarily vanished, and | the Scotland NarI aUthurltlc> J>,urd de- scriptiuns of Wilde and spread them over the city.
 In an interview the Mar. .u.> If ;,u,,, ns- 1 borry said:
 Il have -r"t this h.. ~~t-r tn W .lur If tn" C0UntIt allows y"@ |" I't>u. aN ih" better for tue ,,'urI:v. ...t If N,u .4 .,. ,uE son with you l wl:l !..i'',, !vI w:.'t,N,r you s;n au >!.:,t N..4' l sworn i!lfu'ntl..,i., E4N.' ttrH r .,.i against >ry,"t. i'.",.,n- i','::tI.I!,u II, fi:.' trial some ul N n, >r ;!}:>.,> >>,'2r rl,t u..,!r l public, and lhr'.>H,! ''~ Itr. "'l aW .:t I ing thv Auth,rIt} ul l,'. lt,A~' ,. u,I',s. I mrnt |" uIA~.' thv a lr~t>. Wilde laG ir :,,'y ,:, ,. ,i # thr CId.- rr l hotel with A ,. i.p." If fr,u,'~ Nn, n. a; | half past " "'cln,n d dtt-ct ', N i@sd l into tho ,t}:r.' and D ;>,,I '"r }'r Tn, ellie r WA ,':! t'-,: N H Nt~ $ Y | ing thsry '::' ti,...s',.t z. 1 -,.i t.',. l put "N w't'. :': ~.. ',, -, .irr.,, l ton. Ald ,u~ ~t.,t. N t:r.r N .. .~ staying th,rr ur Icy '1..' lH,' ,, h., wanted t. ,'r N}~ III t;r Erlrl ii Va~ | thcrrupum shown d r,, 3ti. nI1& ulo3u r:''>: l ing fOunu W';dr st n. u"NIL
 The ollie" lt ur,r t,ld N ldr that h| was under a-r,.~t and hI,i" |. 1r rri ,lr,' tn accompany l. I'll MlI,.r sad nuth F.: hut 3 iInnrd nt>ly W,At N -t!l thu detect >,' who took h;m tn :, rIil:'d Na3d. Wl,'Iv t., '>rr- rant was lr,d He !r.>rrrr rvruH;2yl | silent thrUu +h"ut thr~" ir'' 'rd nE~- lie was then tanrn tn Bow sire Iir Was not arraignyd ;u the ryl'.r ,.."r; a~ wn~ at first stated but was T',s v'I @n the d,"k | in the police s,.sI nH
 Here he >,uud W th his hard~ jn his pockr'S, wh .r thr charge n@Au | him was L., ng taken A p'i.rr 'u~prcl"r thrn read tho rha-;r n.u,.i aI.d a~',rN N 'd if he had anything tn >l5, Hdd IT,. thr usual warning that nnytninE hr sad might h" used agan-t m.