Mr. Grain.—“Did you take him to your room, permit him to commit sodomy with and upon you, rob him of his pocket-book and threaten him with exposure if he complained?”
Witness.—“No.”
Mr. Grain.—“Did you threaten to extort money from him because he had agreed to accompany you home for a foul purpose?”
Witness.—“No.”
Mr. Grain.—“Did you ever stay at a place in the suburbs on the South Western Railway with Burton?”
Witness.—“No.”
Mr. Grain.—“What other addresses have you had in London during the last three years?”
Witness.—“None but those I have told you.”
This concluded the evidence of this witness for the time being.
Mary Applegate, employed as a housekeeper at Osnaburgh Street, said Atkins used to lodge there and left about a month ago. Wilde visited him at this house on two occasions that she was cognisant of. She stated that one of the housemaids came to her and complained of the state of the sheets of the bed in which Atkins slept after Wilde’s first visit. The sheets were stained in a peculiar way. It may be explained here, in order to make the witness’s evidence understood, that the sodomistic act has much the same effect as an enema inserted up the rectum. There is an almost immediate discharge, though not, of course, to the extent produced by the enema operation.