29 Apr 1895 - The Globe (London)

From Twisted Roots

Case File: Oscar Wilde

Page 4, Column 4, Link

THE WILDE CASE

The trial of Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor was resumed to-day at the Old Bailey before Mr. Justice Charles. A large crowd again gathered, and there was a rush when the doors were unlocked. As the public gallery is of limited size, only a comparatively few of those anxious to gain admission were allowed to enter. The police had peremptory orders to prevent the crowd from blocking the entrance and staircase leading to the court, and they carried out their task in a determined manner, more especially as the would-be spectators showed a decided reluctance to comply with the request to keep outside.

Messrs. Lehmann and Howard, shorthand writers, gave evidence of taking an official note of the Queensberry trial, and produced the transcript. A

Anton Mazze, professional masseur, repeated his evidence as to the Savoy Hotel incident.

Evidence was next given by a chambermaid and the housekeeper of the Savoy Hotel; and then Sergeant Harris repeated the details of his visit to Taylor's rooms, his watching the place for three weeks, and his arrest of Taylor - Detective Richards proved the arrest of Oscar Wilde.