THE QUEENSBERRY CASE.
(Press Association.) London, May 21. The relations existing between the , Marquis of Queensberry and his son, Lord Alfred Douglas, arising out of the Oscar Wilde scandal, continue strained, and in Piccadilly to-day the Marquis severely chastised his son. Both were arrested, and subsequently admitted to bail. Taylor was convicted on two counts in connection with Charles Williams and Parker, and sentence has been postponed. May 22. Sir Alfred , Douglas .-began the quarrel by calling the Marquis of Queensberry a liar and slanderer. The latter eventually knocked him down. A furious struggle resulted, until the police interfered and separated the paii\ Latee. It was not Lord Alfred Douglas but Lord Douglas, of Hawick, with whom the quarrel occurred. The latter accused his father of sending insulting letters to Lady Douglas because he was one of Wilde's sureties. The Marquis of Queensberry shouted out that he was anxidhs to renew the fight for £10,000, and addressing the crowd said he disowned his son. Both were bound ovar in two sureties of £500 to keep the peace.
Wilde's trial is now proceeding
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Thames Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 8051, 23 May 1895, Page 2
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182THE QUEENSBERRY CASE. Thames Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 8051, 23 May 1895, Page 2
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