Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-04-03
OSCAR WILDE'S SUIT
Libel Case Brousl, Aslils, Tho Mar
QlI3 Of Ql.slsOuJJ.
SENSATIONAL uEyGLornESrs.


mon % tlH Oll balltN was nNthNlNA
thla morning when tho hearing ci thu |
libel suii, brought against the Marquis !
OF Quoenslury ty O.tar Wilde, was /
opened urfJro Justice Collinu Wilde .
charges tho marquis with leaving on /
Fob. gS.n. au uncovered CaFI st che
Albumarie CLUB, on which was written
certain foul upilhutH. Asa result WHO
ON March o., Cuuud tho aun.t
OF the MARQUIS and the latter, at tuu
Marlborough street police court Wag
placed under gl,luO bill. The court
room WAS today crowded with lgwyers.
Admission was obtained boy tickets
only, anu The sheriff iu charge Shove.
representative Of the AEa Grated
Press % pile OF applications l1gt uiEn.
Kum6fs were current lu London
yeHlrrdny That Wilde hal Huiduuly
loft the city 90 avoid being present iU
court To-Day, sud reports wnru aH1 ENG.
rent that startling Developments would
nfito today. But both the fumIus we've
aut az rect uy tnr arrival 900 court Iy /
lnu principals Go iug suit The mH.puis
who wufu shabby Uvgr.H.li NO.
placed in the docket Eu3 uut7Hr.l Oh
Indictment by plrallng N..' Iu. suH'y /
aud second that the li1.. wa tgul au /
published ~ 'lr Iuhllu EuDl.
the mNus.r ..nWu' uH,rrUrruri ]
AMI fsrlYi. 90 uuufiI us spoke quietly /
| ami Clearly. HlF Edward CHr., iIIu- /
rfIy solicitor suu.nl, lu Ju.uiug the |
case said ih. carr lut no AlHauurIu |
/ Tor Mr. Wilde waH que OF tlu vlsiiiug /
cards Of Mafguia QuoyusJuty, Con.
uualng counsel tsiI thegHyu-i Issues
| haL cen falFUd, ga the defendant lu
| his plusd .ugs alleged she piuluul had
| Tor some time solicited pur-Uns named
/ 90 commit Indecent Ulause. CvtnIu
/ lollep addressed by plaintiff o.
/ Lord Alfred JuJF'aH the fegnu1
sUu OF MaiqulH UIuuusuJry, were
brought 20 pluIutu by "a muu who
| rsII uu was iu jlstvsH nu DO gave him
go. with which 90 pay UIs IHsau.u iu
/ America. Another letter was handed
Brrflly 81. Tee. au actor, who guvu
Into plliuui. Counsel ihru fycauEteI
the inuta already known boo the Ca.ui
showing that Wilde, who bad recently
returned from AlglrIt, drove uu io
| Alternate CLUB about o o.. m. on Fob.
Is aud on uutvr.ur was handed uu enc
yri1Yc by Porter sydney Wight who
Hrid "L1rI QueeusbuTy desired me,
SIR. o. hauG tuiH O. you whom
YOU came 90 tue Clll" ln the
envelope plaintiff found o. card, aud on
THE card were wuitUu certain FOUL
u,Ithg,H which i0rWHI the NHsiH 1i Che
Huil. OsrHr Wilde WINS called, tv
larruiliy arose igHW the FIlloitat'F
table, whore be was scat. u aud
entered the WitnesH box, Plaintiff
was nuItl,-aly dressed Ia black ir9uk
coat ana carried his gloves iu hls hand
showing fingers covered with ruga,
lie was very pale, hut seemingly COM
posed. The iIry, which was composed
N very Intelligent mon Of elderly ul-
ugatgucp, maluIy prosperous trades.
usr, Dyed Wilde with curiosity.
Wl,uy.s said that uluu arriving ht
hla house low months ago hr '.luA
3 two gentlemen VNN.E Iu .HH library,
Ouu Faa lnr .'Ngha ni R1r'n-lufli
fUuutulr wac ua..uNu O. l.hiu'N.
lLn Former said, "sit DOWN. 4 rr-
uII.H-"Lugd QuHuuHbuty ] VIII not
laIIuw auy ono o. talk tubt Wry lu
| my house. / suppose yOu have come
. ltJAruIlE.ze. is 10 pgts.blr that ~
grruso .ur aaI your sou OF H.lImI2
replied, "l dyu't sgy o., lut you
look like %, ali appear like o."
Z Counsel f.r plnIullU zen a1k14 Wit
% uCss Ub ut the man g. whom he bad
. given $40 with which 20 pay bis
rasssst 80 America. witness sal;
"Ih" ugu told inc DO hal uruu OF
= fUrgl $50 Tor the letter aud l huaiiy
: gave nim money In orler 10 releNt
v uis disirrs. ami he gave inc the lolter.'
The document To.orruu 20 was pa
Q dugud m count 10 referred 10 "tht
- ruse TrI llI-N 0i Lord Allied bguE.as'
=, grI tuu writer glut,Hsgl hun as "mS
u own IuY." 10 WAS signed with uu
VI diving love - Oscar" Council 30
30 rxplaiulug this lalier, said II
mirht seem uxtTayHgunl 10 thosi
y i'm lheahauit " wntug letter.,
But, hv added! "It was mere poetry
n ILaughterl The interest ia the ya-l
10 r.s increased when Sir Edwhr,
x CLARKE, upon finishing tho direct eE
p .nttnaii0n, turned the wi.luss over q
u n. IA. Carson, q. O., II. r., counsel To-
d lie MARQUIS OF Quuousbury for cross
u examination. IsBJu begun lhn pre-
l. .rutntiou Of The case Tor tau Wulqui
,, by reading passages from I'D IA cray
~ me on Oscar wlld0's novels, 20 SHOW
u That Inc author upheld sOIumy. PLAN
10 IN VA. following counsel with "a cop.
II N the hook AuI was laughing at CHl
.e suu,a IusiuuAtiuus. CalsOu, addTustin
Dc plnintitl, asked:
70 "Do y.uthiuk the description Of Dor
Z draw. given ON page o, iH moral Oue2'
h - ,,plist Wide. UJust whH