The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-06
OSCAR WILDE GUILTY.
pr.,ticed the Vices He Advo-
Gated in His Writings.
rse BOXING MARQUIS TRIUMPHs
w,..n the Erotic Poet Sees His Boys In
Court He Wits and Drops the Case
He is ut Once Arrested.

so,doe. April 5.--Before 10 o'clock to-
Az every available foot OF space in the
IA Bailey court room was filled with
~a~s.ators armed with newspapers and
.sekzxes Of sandwiches and otherwise
s..6s TO spend the day in court IN the
nos comfortable manner possible. The
uzrqcss OF Q0eensberry at 1920 O'clock
s-tsrst the court. looking calm and con-
ar, OF the result Promptly at fo.zo
Ia,t,cs Collins entered and the court
Is opened. Oscar Wilde. however, was
sbsent
E3ward N. Carson. q. C., leading CONN
- for the defense. resumed the speecb
wbssh sas not concluded yesterday when
eaay. adjourned. Carson said he hor,ed
~ had demonstrated that the MARQUIS
~ss sss;ifed in bringing to a climax. In
~ way he did, the connection between
s.s son. Lord Alfred Douglass. and
wide. Continuing, the counsel said he
sys approached a more painful duty. IL
sosls be bis task to call several young
rsn who would tell their own tales and
70, would show that the man Taylor.
frequently referred TO during the pro-
esessngs, vas Wilde's procurer. IL was
"a wonder the Marquis of Queensf,~rry
sr,tsssed against tho intimacy between
- son aad Wilde. THE wonder ia %
ssasssi said. that this man has been
= ,sng tolerated In London society. -
-wg5sfs conduct regarding the bow a.
EghS1g." continued Carson, "was an
sssune OF his disgusting audaclty. He
s.iss Up the boy on the pier and intro
dsssa hin 70 his family, dressed him sp
~ rntleman and put public colors
r.s b. hat"
csssn was continuing a terrible de-
azazaon OF Oscar Wilde when Sir Ed
md Clarke and others OF plaintiffs
xsasel left the court room for corsulta-
10 They soon returned and Sir Ed
szr5 &ked for permission 10 interrupt
t1s prDceedings. Then, amid the most
aggressive silence, the leading counsel
sn the plaintiff. announced withdraw al
81 the case on behalf OF his client The
sAlsf concern or Sir Edward Clarke
seemed 10 be his desire to justify himself
b Undertaking the case for Wilde. He
md that after consulting with his client.
aho. by the way. was in the room 20
which his counsel had adjourned. and who
LEI. the building hurriediy when Sir Ed
sard Clarke made his statement, he ask
81 10 withdraw the suit and on Wilde's
behalf sutsnh 10 a verdict for the Mar
onis of Queensberry OF not guilty In re
k&tI TIC NVtArs ttrttff a. AZ
Counsel said he did this more especially
IN view OF the extracts which had beer
read In court from Wilde's novel OF mod
ern social life. Dorian Gray" and from
ne magazins. '"The Chameleon
Carson here inberposed. saying that 4
there was 10 be a verdict of not guilt,
Il also Involved Il verdict of justification
"a the case Of his client must succeed
upon that plea. Justice Collins said tina
II the Jury consented 10 the course sug
rested and were 10 resurn verdict or no
guilty, they were also TO ind that TN
Iist gficatEon set up by the defense wa
true IN substance and In fact. and tina
the words complained OF were publishes
FOR the public benefit
The jurymen consulted together a mo
ment. and then, without leaving thei
STATS, returned verdict as directed b,
Judge Collins, namely. that the Marquis
al oueensherry was not guilty OF libel
and that the words he had written on
card. and which formed tho basis OF tn
splt were published in the interests %
he public.