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PAINFUL STREET QUARREL. THE MARQUIS OF QUEENS-, BEBBY THRASHES HIS SON. London, May 22. The -Marquis of Queensborry soverely chastised his son. Both were arrested and subsequently admitted to bail. lleteiui Mai/ 53,1.10 a.m. London, May 22. Lord Alfred Douglas began the quarrel by calling the Marquis of Queensborry a liar and a slanderer. The latter eventually knocked his son down, and a furious strngglo resulted until the police interfered and separated the pair. Bccciml, Mai/23,10.30 tun.
Lokdox, May 22, 1 It is not Lord Alfred Douglas, but Lord Douglas of Howich, with whom the quarrel occurred. He accused his father of sending an insulting letter to Lady Douglas, becauso he was one of Wilde's sureties, The Marquis of Queensborry shouted out, that ho was anxious to ronew the light for ten thousand pounds, and addressing the crowd, said lie disowned his son. Both were bound over in sureties of live hundred each, to keep tho peaoo. Wilde's trial is now proceeding.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5033, 23 May 1895, Page 2
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168LATEST CABLE NEWS. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5033, 23 May 1895, Page 2
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