The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-06

The verdict VA received with load ar
piaase In court. and Justice Collins rss.fa
no attempt 10 check e. The Mo-rr,ts 90
'@8eensoer-y nas then discharged frnsn
,asoSiy' ana teef the court triumphant.
smiling and surrounded By friends.
ne cefehse Il appears. had a long
array OF witnesses on hard. including
WATERS employed In me hotels az PAS
London and other ctfseg.
ofncials OF the treasury ssarzrfu1er-
under which branch OF the govsrnnen.
pubic prosecutions are directed. visited
toe BoT street police court several times
ms afternoon. previous 20 granting a
warrant for Oscar w!ide's arrest. Upon
the last yisas they were acopnpa MED BY
detective and two boys. After a short
consultation between treasury officials
and Sir John B. Rlge. during which spe-
cial questions were addressed 10 the de-
tecsive and the two boys. the magistrate
ISSUED warrant Wilde spent several
hours IN company with Lord Alfred
Douglass a. the Hotel Eoioorn. His
broughmaE was waiting in front OF tbs
hotel. Early IN the afternoon Lord Al
fred drove TO bank cashed a check
and returned TO the hotel. Soon after
both Wilde and Loro Alfred drove away
Wilde was arrested al the Cadogan hotel.
He was taken in a CAB by two dstectiv IS
to Scotland Yard
Oscar Wilde has written a letter TO the
newspapers In which he says: 1T was
not possible 20 prove my case without
putting Lord Alfred Douglass in the viii
ness box against mis- father. Lord Alfred
was extreusesy anxious 20 go into the box
but I would not allow r. Rather than
put him in such a painful position, | ne-
terrnzned TO retire from the case, ana bear
upon my own shoulders whatever shame
ecuting the Marquis OF Qaeensoerry-
The name of Oscar Wilde has been with
drawn from the play bills and advertise
ments OF the two theaters. the 81 James
and the Haymarket. where two OF MS
plays are running
At $40 70. m. Wilde was arraigned al
the Bow street police court. He had
merely called at the Cadogan hotel with
couple OF friends when at $50 O'Clock
a detective walked into the office and
asked for him. He was shown the room
where Wilde was. and put him under
arrest. Wilde said nothing, but fmmedi-
ateiy went with the detective. who took
him to Scotland Yard where the warrant
was read. The prisoner remained silent
throughout the proceedings. He was
then taken to Bow street. He was not
arraigned In the police court. as was
at first stated, but was placed In the
dock I'm the police station. Here he stood
with his hands in his pockets while the
charge against him was being taken.
A police Inspector thee read the charge
aloud and asked Wilde il he had any
thing 10 say. adding the usual warning
that anything he said might be used
against him. The prisoner remained ST.
lent and apparently indifferent. He was
then searched. after which he was locked
In cell.
Shortly after he had been locked up one
of his friends arrived In a carriage al
the station with a Gladstone bag con-
tanning a change of clothing and other
necessaries. but the police refused TO per-
nit him TO leave Il. Later Lord Alfred
Douglass went 10 the police station and
inquired whether Wilde could be admit
ted 20 bail The police inspector ex'
planned that Wilde had been arrested fol
a criminal offense. which did not allow
| of ball being accepted until he had beer
| arraigned in court. Lord Alfred was
| greatly distressed By this Information
| He was told by the inspector that Wilde
| had a blanket and all the requisites fr
| his cell to be as comfortable as the regu
| lations allowed. The prisoner viii b,
/ allowed 20 receive food from a hotel un
| iii tomorrow, when he will be arraigneC
| on a charge regarding the penal ofrense