Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-06

that II there was TO be verdict OF moi
guilty. Il also involved a verdict o.
| justification as the case Of his ellen
must succeed on that plea
Justice Collins said that the word.
Posing as a --" were either justi
fed or not Justified. ii the jury con.
scented to the course suggested and
We're to return verdict of not guilty
thea We're also to find that the Justin
ca~bn set up by the defendant was
true IN substance and in fact. and that
the words complained of were publish
ed for the public good. The Jury then
consulted together Tor n moment ana
then, without leaving their scats, they
returned a verdict as directed by JUS
tice Collins, namely, that the Marquis
of Queensberry was not guilty OF libel
aud that the words he had written on
the card which formed the basis OF the
suit We're published in the interest Of
the public.
The verdict was received with loud
applause in the court aud Justice Col
Inns made no attempt to check II.
The Marquis OF Queensberry was
then discharged from custody and left
the court triumphant and surrounded
by his friends.
The defense, II appears, had n long
array of witnesses on hand, including
walters employed in hotels Of Paris,
London and other cities which Wilde
had frequented.
Oscar wilde has just written letter
to the newspapers in which he says:
1T was impossible 20 prove my case
without putting Lord Alfred Douglass
in the witness box against his father.
Lord Alfred was anxious to go into
the box, but ] would not permit 1t.
Rather than put him In such n painful
position l determined 20 retire and let
fall upon my shoulders whatever shame
and ignomy that might result from
not prosecuting the Marquis Of Queens
berry"
Application was made for the arrest
OF Oscar Wilde and the application
was granted
officials OF the treasury department.
under which branch OF the govern
ment public prosecutions are directed.
visited the Bow street police court sew
eral times this afternoon previous to
the granting of the warrant for Wlldes
arrest Upon the occasion Of their last
visit they We're accompanied by de-
tectlVe and " two boys. After
short consultation between the treas
ury officials and Sir John Bridges. dur
Ing which several questions were ad-
dressed to the detective and to the
rant.
Nlue spent several hours In COM
pany with Lord Alfred Douglass al a
hotel in Iolborn. HIS brougham was
waiting In front OF the hotel Early In
the afternoon Lord Alfred drove to a
bank cashed check and returned to
the hotel Soon afterward both Wilde
and Lord Alfred drove away.
Wilde was arrested at the Cadognn
hotel, Sloan street, and taken In cab
by two detectives to Scotland yard.
The name of Oscar Wilde has been
Withdrawn from the play bill and adj
Nertlsements OF the two theaters OF the
st, James and the Haymarket, where
Two Of his plays are running.
wilde Wore an ulster and silk hat.
He was very pale and cool when ne
arrived at Scotland Yard Few per-
sons witnessed his arrival there. and
those who did so maintained silence
AT $40 p. IN. Wilde was arraigned AZ
the Bow street police court He had
merely called at the Cadagon hotel
with couple OF friends, when at $50
o'clock u detective walked into the
Office and asked for him. The officer
was told that Wilde was not staying
there. but the detective was not to be
put OF, and insisted that whether
Wide was staying there or not thnt
hotel VIC
He was thereupon shown a room.
ana upon entering found Wilde sitting
down. The officer at once told Wilde
that he was under arrest. and babe
him prepare to accompany him. Wilde
SAID nothing, but was placed In The
dock at the police station. Here lie