| OSCAR WILDE HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY. Sentenced by the Court to Two Years' Imprisonment
With Hard
Labor. The Judge Regrets That the Law Will Not Permit a More Severe Penalty. TAYLOR
GETS THE SAME SENTENCE. Both Men Are
Guilty as Charged, and the Wilde Verdict Brings in Some Parties Not Named. [Copyright,
1895, by the New York World.] |
1895-05-26 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
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17 |
1491 |
| WILDE RELEASED ON BAIL Son of the Esthete's Accuse One of the Sureties. Many People
Believe the Poet
Guilty Only of a Romantically Expressed Friend- ship for Lord Alfred. |
1895-05-08 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
1 |
3 |
275 |
| OSCAR WILDE DOOMED. His Case Is So Black That No Power Can Save Him From Prison. |
1895-04-14 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
1 |
3 |
502 |
| OSCAR WILDE DISAPPEARS. Said to Be Afraid of the Trial of the Libel Suit. |
1895-04-03 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
4 |
1 |
50 |
| Oscar Wilde Is a Bankrupt. |
1895-07-26 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
23 |
1 |
31 |
| WILDE'S HEALTH IMPROVES. He Will Appear for Trial and Is Hopeful of Acquittal. |
1895-05-19 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
6 |
1 |
59 |
| The San Francisco Examiner - Sunday, May 26, 1895 |
1895-05-26 |
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United States |
San Francisco |
English |
0 |
0 |
125 |
| FOR WILD'S RELEASE. Writers of All Countries Refuse to Sign a Petition Asking for
His Pardon. |
1895-11-27 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
9 |
1 |
63 |
| Journalists Fight a Duel. |
1895-04-18 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
5 |
1 |
63 |
| WILDE SUED FOR DIVORCE. The Wife of the Fallen Man Has Instructed Her Lawyer to Begin
Proceedings.
SHE WAS ONCE DEVOTED TO HIM. Always a Good Wife, She Even Followed Her Husband in
His Fad as the Leader of Estheticism. |
1895-04-30 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
1 |
3 |
382 |
| Wilde Picking Oakum. |
1895-07-28 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
4 |
1 |
50 |
| WILDE'S JAIL LIFE. |
1895-07-06 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
1 |
9 |
1439 |
| YET WILDE BEARS THE STIGMA. Disagreement of the Jury Called to Try the Poet for Grave
Offenses.
It Is Said That Five Were for Ac- quittal and Seven for Par- tial Conviction. NOT
LIKELY TO BE TRIED AGAIN. As th Case
Stands It Is Thought the Accused Man Will Never More Hold Up His Head. [Copyright,
1895, by the New York World.] |
1895-05-02 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
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8 |
827 |
| ARE PUT IN PRISON GARB. Wilde and Taylor Appear at Pentonville With Cropped Hair. |
1895-05-27 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
6 |
1 |
52 |
| OSCAR WILDE FAILING. Belief That His Prison Life Is En- feebling Him. A General Sympathy
for the
Convict is Growing Up in Literary and Artistic Circles. (Copyright, 1895, by the New
York "World.") |
1895-09-29 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
2 |
2 |
178 |
| WILDE WEARY OF JAIL. His Counsel Will Make a Desperate Fight for Bail. The Accused
Author Arraigned
at the Bow-Street Court and Held to An- swer for His Offense. |
1895-04-20 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
9 |
5 |
180 |
| WILDE AT THE OLD BAILEY. The Poet Testifies in His Libel Suit Against the Mar- quis
of Queensberry.
Grilled on the Witness Stand by the Merciless Counsel for the Defense. SHOWED NERVOUSNESS
UNDER FIRE. He Does Not Care What
Anybody Thinks of His Writings, for He Does Not Believe Them Himself. |
1895-04-04 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
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5 |
832 |
| Wilde Must Stay in Jail. |
1895-06-18 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
14 |
1 |
21 |
| WILDE'S MANY IDIOCIES. |
1895-05-02 |
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English |
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1091 |
| OSCAR WILDE'S LIFE IN PRISON To Be Put in the Treadmill if He Has Physical Strength.
After
That He Will Be Set to Picking Oakum Like Any Common Felon. JAIL FARE AND CONVICTS'
DRESS. His Privileges Will Depend Upon His
Good Behavior, but He Cannot Escape the Plank Bed. [Copyright, 1895, by the New York
World.] |
1895-05-28 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
4 |
14 |
809 |
| THE RESULT OF A LIBEL SUIT. |
1895-09-04 |
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United States |
San Francisco |
English |
0 |
0 |
47 |
| DOES VICE FOLLOW CULTURE? MONSIGNOR CAPEL, IN VIEW OF THE WILDE CASE, AD- VANCES A
MOST STARTLING
THEORY ON THE SUBJECT. |
1895-04-21 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
0 |
0 |
1270 |
| WILDE WILL PICK OAKUM. As His Heart Is Weak He Will Not Do Treadmill Work. |
1895-06-02 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
4 |
1 |
59 |
| TO COMFORT LADY WILDE. Mrs. Frank Leslie Will Go to London to Her Mother-in-Law. |
1895-05-20 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
6 |
1 |
52 |
| NO HOME LIFE IN FRANCE. |
1895-05-28 |
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United States |
San Francisco |
English |
0 |
0 |
74 |
| Oscar Wilde on the Treadmill. [From a sketch made from life for an English paper and
reproduced in the New York
World.] |
1895-06-29 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
0 |
0 |
70 |
| FATHER AND SON IN A STREET FIGHT. The Marquis of Queensberry and Lord Alfred Douglas
Give
Piccadilly a Sensation. Did Not Fight According to Rule, but Both Went in for Blood.
TOO MUCH FOR THE YOUNG MAN. How
the Old Man Chastised His Offspring in Public for the Honor of the Family. |
1895-05-22 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
4 |
15 |
1066 |
| OSCAR WILDE TO PLEAD INSANITY. This Course Taken by His Coun- sel in Opposition to
Family
Wishes. Doctors Delighted at Making the Subject of Heredity a Point of Law. TALK OF
SCIENTIFIC RESTRAINT. The Poet's Father
Was Very Eccentric, and Wilde Himself Has Always Had a Craze for Notoriety. |
1895-05-03 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
1 |
4 |
475 |
| AS WILDE APPEARED TO QUEENSBERRY. |
1895-06-03 |
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United States |
San Francisco |
English |
0 |
1 |
126 |
| DOUGLAS OF HAWICK HAD A BLACK EYE. Why the Marquis of Queensbery Fought in the Street
With His
Son. Some of the Doings of Oscar Wilde After His Release From Jail. FLED BEFORE THE
OLD NOBLEMAN. Warned That He Would Be in
Serious Danger if He Did Not Stay Away From Lord Alfred Douglas. [Copyright, 1895,
by the New York World.] |
1895-05-23 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
1 |
8 |
1573 |
| WILDE TO GET BAIL. The Amount Will Be Fixed by the Court To-Day. |
1895-05-04 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
6 |
1 |
62 |
| OSCAR WILDE IS INSANE. Is Confined in a Padded Cell, as He Is Violent. |
1895-06-05 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
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1 |
39 |
| WILDE ON TRIAL. The Conviction of Taylor Has Made Him Uncomfortable. |
1895-05-23 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
2 |
5 |
334 |
| OSCAR WILDE GETS BAIL. |
1895-05-05 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
2 |
3 |
289 |
| WILDE IS ON THE TREADMILL. Pentonville Prison Authorities Say He Is Well and Working.
Not the
Slightest Foundation for the Story of His Dangerous Insanity Exists. ABLE TO DO THE
HARDEST TASKS. Bag-Making Will Be His Work for
the Future - May Earn Four Months' Rebate. [Copyright, 1895, by the New York World.] |
1895-06-06 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
1 |
2 |
262 |
| AN ANGLO-SAXON OUTCROP. |
1895-05-23 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
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0 |
0 |
357 |
| WILDE'S BAIL. He May Go Free by Furnishing Bond. |
1895-05-05 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
14 |
1 |
44 |
| WHERE WILDE IS TREADING WIND. Stamped With a Broad Arrow and Fed on Mush, He Turns
the Wheel.
Pentonville, the Prison Where the Poet Is Confined, and How It Is Regarded by Convicts.
AMERICAN JAIL A HOTEL BESIDE IT. Men
Who Have Tried Both Say That a California Prison Is Better Than Living on the Outside. |
1895-06-09 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
1 |
13 |
1055 |
| WILDE'S CASE CONTINUES. No New Evidence Elicited and One Part of the Indictment Quached. |
1895-05-24 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
6 |
1 |
114 |
| CASE FIXING ABROAD. |
1895-05-06 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
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San Francisco |
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0 |
0 |
426 |
| OSCAR WILDE DENIES IT ALL. His Lawyers Put the Poet on the Stand in His Own Behalf.
Why He
Accepted a Verdict of Not Guilty in the Queensberry Case. TOLD THE TRUTH AT THAT TIME.
But His Counsel Advised Him That He
Could Not Secure a Conviction of the Marquis. |
1895-05-01 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
9 |
6 |
403 |
| WILDE IS UNDER FIRE. Sir Frank Lockwood Cross-Questions the Writer. Says He Knows
What Is Decency -
Letters to Lord Alfred Douglas Read in Court. |
1895-05-25 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
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English |
0 |
8 |
390 |
| QUEENSBERRY ON WHEELS. |
1895-05-14 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
0 |
0 |
73 |
| OSCAR WILDE IN A BAD TEMPER. He Lost Control of Himself Under Fire From Queens- berry's
Lawyer. How Lord Frederick Douglas Re- plied to the Admonition of His Noble Father.
WHAT A FUNNY LITTLE MAN YOU ARE. The
Attorney for the Defense in the Libel Suit Asserts That He Will Prove the Charges
Made. |
1895-04-05 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
0 |
9 |
635 |
| WHICH ONE HAS THE LAUGH? Does Beardsley Fool the Brit- isher or Does the Britisher
Fool Beardsley?
Oscar Wilde Has Left a Vacant Ped- estal - Will the New Artist Occupy It? IS IT INSANITY
OR ART? One of Those Things That No
Fellow Can Understand, So, of Course, Every- body Buys. |
1895-04-21 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
0 |
0 |
124 |
| OSCAR WILDE IS A RUINED MAN. Complete Collapse of His Libel Suit Against the Marquis
of
Queensberry. Arrested by the Detectives of Scot- land Yar Upon a Most Aw- ful Accusation.
HE WAS GLAD TO DROP HIS CASE. His
Plays Will Be Tabooed in London and His Means of Livelihood Are Thus Cut Off. |
1895-04-06 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
0 |
28 |
1948 |
| FOR OSCAR WILDE. Lord Alfred Douglass Intercedes With the Public in His Friend's Behalf. |
1895-04-21 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
4 |
1 |
53 |
| A FIN DE SIECLE TYPE. |
1895-04-06 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
0 |
0 |
404 |
| True Bill Against Wilde. |
1895-04-23 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
5 |
1 |
37 |
| OSCAR WILDE TO STAY IN JAIL. Remanded Until Next Thursday, and the Judge Refuses to
Accept
Bail. Preserving in the Police Court the Insolent Demeanor Assumed at the Old Bailey.
AWFUL STORIES OF THE WITNESSES. Only
Once Did the Apostle of the Esthetic Shrink Under the Ordeal to Which He Was Subjected. |
1895-04-07 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
0 |
18 |
2553 |
| WILDE NOT TO BE READ. His Books Taken From the Shelves of Two Libraries. Newark and
St. Louis
Relegate the Works of the Apostle of Estheticism to the Garret. |
1895-04-10 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
0 |
3 |
137 |
| OSCAR WILDE TO FIGHT. It Is Not True That He Will Plead Guilty. His Counsel Expected
to Ask for
Delay and to Make Application for Bail in the Meantime. |
1895-04-24 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
11 |
1 |
125 |
| WILDE BREAKS DOWN. The Accused Man in a State of Utter Collapse. Prison Attendants
Are Taking Every
Pre- caution to Prevent Him From Committing Suicide. [Copyright, 1893, by the New
York World.] |
1895-04-08 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
3 |
6 |
377 |
| OSCAR WILDE BREAKING DOWN. Brought Into Court, He Shows the Stain of the Prison Upon
Him.
Some Damaging Testimony and Then the Case Goes Over for One Week. HIS ACCOMPLICE LOST
TO SHAME. Not Even the Prospect of
Long Imprison- ment Serves to Bring a Realizing Sense of His Position. |
1895-04-12 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
0 |
10 |
814 |
| WILDE A COMMON FELON He Has Cut His Hair and Lost His Swagger Air. Put in the Dock
at the Old
Bailey, He Pleads Not Guilty to the Charges Against Him. |
1895-04-27 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
5 |
3 |
223 |
| COMMON SENSE FROM THE BENCH. |
1895-04-08 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
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0 |
0 |
25 |
| Was Not Oscar Wilde's Assistant. |
1895-04-13 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
0 |
0 |
37 |
| BILL NYE AND MR. WILDE. The Gentle Humorist Analyzes the Disgraced English Esthete.
ALWAYS
THOUGHT HIM A FRAUD. Their First Meeting, in Which William Made Use of Some Biting
Sarcasm. |
1895-04-28 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
1 |
20 |
1291 |
| WILDE'S FUTURE. Belief That When He Leaves Prison He Will Be Aided to Begin Anew in
Some Foreign
Country. |
1895-08-25 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
19 |
2 |
84 |
| WILDE TO BE RELEASED. Has Secured Sureties and His Bond Has Been Signed. He May Never
Be Tried, as
Prominent Churchmen Urge That the Case Be Dropped. |
1895-05-07 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
10 |
1 |
187 |
| WILDE NOT THE ONLY OFFENDER. So Evil Is the West End of London That the Police Did
Not Dare to
Uncover Its Sins. [Copyright, 1895, by the New York World.] EVIL AT THE WEST END. |
1895-04-14 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
3 |
2 |
220 |
| WILDE ON HIS TRIAL. Witness Shelly Not Spared by the Lawyers. Plenty of Evidence of
the Guilt of the
Prisoner Given Before the Case Was Adjourned Until Monday. |
1895-04-28 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
0 |
1 |
171 |
| WILDE PICKS OAKUM. The Pentonville Treadmill Is Too Hard Work for the Poet. |
1895-07-01 |
The San Francisco Examiner |
United States |
San Francisco |
English |
14 |
2 |
94 |