The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-11
THE WILDE SCANDAL
Marquis Of Queensberry's Mes
sage Very Insulting.
Lord DOUGLAS sT,cksTo OSCAR
Mrs.. Frank Leslie Doesn't Believe the
Charges, - They Arc YreqnentIy
Made In I.pndcu.

John Ghosf0 Douglas. marquis 81
Queensberry. wAe axratxned before Aagfs-
frxte Eewfon IN The Great Marlborough
street police court. London. March :. On
. charge OF having fibesIed Oscar Wilde
Mr.. WfIde-s lawyer. In presenting the
complaint. set forsh that Nr. Wide wns =
husband who WAS isssaG upon the most
atf<ctionate terms with hts wife and two
sons. For the last nine or ten months.
he said. the H1arqsfs Of Qusensberry had
psrsernfed Mr.. Wide with the utmost
cruelty. The iass Act cf persecution oc-
CURED on February n. when the marquis
left for Mr.. Wilde 1T the Albermarle
Club, Of which both he and Mr. Wilde are
members. an open card. upon the back Of
which was . vile eptthet- The porter
upon reading the words Inctosed the card
In an envelope 10 that IL might not be
seen By other persons than Mr.. Wilde.
The detective who arrested the mar
qass at Dover testified that when he APP
preached tie marquis and Informed him
Of the complaint upon which he was ar
rested bis iosdshsp said This has been
going on for two years"
Sir George Lewis. the marquis of
Queensberryss solicitor. In his address to
the court said that when the facts should
become fully known 1t would be found
that the marquis had been acting under
the Influence Of great indignation. based
upon abundant proyccation.
The hearing WAS postponed till March
D. The proceedings in court on that day
are detailed In last Sundays Post-Intel-
Ilas6cer.
What are the three words written on
the marquis card and left at the Abe
marie Club. which 30 Mortified the porter
that he ineiosed the card In an envelope,
can only be imagined as the cable COM
pafaes REFUSE TO transmit them. under
their rules regarding obscene matter.
The anger OF Quesnsberry arises from
eae intimacy of his third son. Lord AL
fred Douglas, a youth of a. with Wilde
The marquis claims that Wilde has alien
aied Lord Alfred from his father. The
extent of the infatuation of the youth
may be gathered from the fact that he
appeared in court In Wiide's company
prepared to testify against his father.
The name of the shelsa Douglas Is illus
tfious In Scottish history and Sir Walter
6eotf has helped to make the family
known the world over But thousa rt,s
who never heard OF the Shoifo Douglas
honor the Marquis OF Qneensberry, for
III pftxenghfs nowadays are conducted
under the rules laid down by the father
Of the prSornt marquis. They provide for
fair Fighting, with gloves a 24-foot ring.
three-minute rounds. with minute be-
tween, ten seconds i'm which to rise from
the 'fioor aud man not To be hit while
rising TO his feet, These rules have en-
treiy superseded the brutal regulations
or the London prize ring
me marquis Is nine or ten inches
shofter, ten years older and fifty pounds
lighter than Wilde. He Ia maryellousIv
wei preserved. however and will easily
pass for man of from q to 40. although
Eufke records the year OF his birth aa
1879. Queensberry has kept In traIuiny
All nis lie. He IL familiar sight during
the London season tramping through
!tyde PARK early In the morning in
sn,cNe1nockers. accompanied always by
IhSortte fox terrier. on "A ten-mila walk
before breakfast. In a personal combat
win Wilde he might literally go about
thAt TAT gentleman like the familiar
cooper, tn sporting parianee. round s a
barrel, and Oscar would he sorry ahon,
the circulation as long as he remembered
deed '. M
2ueensberry is, in fact. most bnu,s
t'ons little nian-orrs al the kind of littl.
men VINO bully big feiiows into a fight
ana then thrash them. much to their sur
prise and modification. He Is always
ready Tor go at fistieufrs. either with
ohiah az the ringsida or a gentleman
VINO may have 1ostied him I'm n crowd
vhe OF The stories told OF his prowess
relates to the favorlte fox terrier which
= nss companion everywhere. Queens
berry was travelling TO the Riviera ac
eompanted by the dog, which. by virtue
OF tips along the line got as far as Mar.
seiiies unehalsenged. There however az,
uprsht station porter refused the mar
Wis prime ana dragged the dog from tn.
railway carriage The porter Was a ~,
isiiow. but the little marquis went at him
hAe game cock and soon had him
stretched on the platform. The porter.s
ieuoNs went 10 his assistance however
ana eueensherry was marched off 10 tho
police station. He was locked up over
n'Sht. nut when his identity was made
known In the morning he was release,
With many apologies. and Travelled an WITH
MS terrier 10 Nice triumphantiy.
nor IL Oscar Wilde the only ce,ehritv
whom oueeashefry has Threatened with
personal chastisement. Two Summers
ago ne caused no less parsonage than
tae present prime minister OF Englans
Sons'nefahse anxiety ms tn his personal
safety and dignity. When oueensberr,.s
eldest son. Niscouut nrnsnianrix. WAS
Elevated To peerage OF the rrnttegt
hingnosn over hss fathers head IN isas
tne marquis put tha asfront TO hifnasif
down TO the account OF Lord Rosaherx
VINO ~ relative by marriage OF the
'Ha'uais divorced wife. A. Rosebery
49, ~ss thea secretary Of state for for
etgn auairs. refused 20 enter info GORE
spondence with Qusensherry with rerar,t
10 the matter. the rugnacIous little mar
outs started for Homhurg where his ene-
my then was. with IN. ayowees intentIa,
OF attacking him in order To make the In
Justice 20 himself pGhisc. Roxebery en-
Eased body guard. employed several de-
.SceiNes " Keep track OF QGesnsherry's
movements. and finally appealed 10 ,hs
tfit'ca OF Wales. who Induced the angry
marquis 10 40 hack 20 London.
the marquis visited British Columbia
III INN Times were flush in yapeouvar
then. and one night there was 90 he
hss frixeiight. Just as the men vera
ready Tor the conflict IL became known
wa, tne Marquis Of oaeenshcrry was in
tnwn. and nothing would do bur that ne
should b. obtained as referee Srar,ss,
vas nSfo fof him. but he could no, re
FOUND; 49, the battle went on without htr,
Just az the npish the marquis arrived.
ne had tcon or the way 10 the hall haxs-
ing heard of the match. hut had missed
h's way The audience felt mighty sorry.
ana wanted ths hattie fought over axnf.
ire marquis ~ notorious snfifef ard
Scotland stands axs1ast at his mnbs,,es
lie Also treated his wife 50 badly that
she 'eft him. bat marquis is not ex@
p~rtef 60 he = good husband Its eldest
scn. Niseoans nunlsnrix. vas accident
ally shot ard killed last year while hunt
ting,
Dear Wilde made a tour o. America q
dasen years ago ard cleared sieosa by
lectnrtng, lie then wore ienx hair ana
knee ereeehes. ard was
A Team and fank young man,
A haggsrd and pale young man.
a grecnery-saileYy, ssrosSenor gallery,
feat-ic-the-sravc young suan.
he II rev rsesl~t ssx-feotsr with a
feFfy-two tneh chest and a sorty~fanr snsh
stomach. who attracts no sacre attention
~ a IsoasScH srcwss where re rs no. it,ass-