Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-06
The StOweII Investigation.
DAMAGING TESTIMONY OF STATE SENATOR
GRAHAM.

DAMAGING TESTIMONY OF STATE SENATOR
GRAHAM.
The House Committee on Naval Affairs
to-day resumed the investigation of the
charge against Representative Stowell of
having sold "A naval cadetship. State Sena-
tor G. W. Graham, of Virginia, gave a cir
cumstantial account of his connection with
the matter saying, DIR. Beatty stated to him
that he (Beatty) had step-SOn whom he was
anxious should be appointed to the Naval
Academy. Witness informed him that if he
should succeed i'll procuring the appointment
he should charge him for his services He
did not tell Beatty where the money was to
go outside of himself. Beatty was willing to
give 81 500 or $1,000 although he desire to
secure the appointment as low as he coIld
He finally agreed to give s1,7OO. Witness
subsequently informed Mr.. Stowell of his
conversation with Beatty, when Stowel
said, - You can go and make the arrange
ment,' and authorized him as his agent to at
tend to the business. Stowell said to
nm, If, after receiving your pay, you
can get me 81 900 the appointm ent shall be
made" Some time after this Stowell sent
TO witness the designation of appointment.
which he TOOK TO DR.. Beatty, who, on ac
count gave him draft for $1,000. Witness
soon afterwards came to Washington and
met StOwell at the eth street wharf. He ac-
companied witness and niece TO the BALTIC
and o. depot where they were to ke the train
for the north. The witness there privately
gave StOwell $500. He told StOwell what the
money was for. He had no other pecuniary
DeSOnU InlS Win StOwell, except
In cases involving only a few dollars. Some
time after this witness and Stowell came to-
gether from Richmond to Washington, and
IN the course OF the conversation StOwell
asked him when the balance of the one
thousand dollars would be paid. Stowall
remarked unless this was paid he would
withdraw the cadet designation. Arriving at
Washington, StOwell said he was going west
by way of New York. Subsequently witness
went to DR.. Beatty, who gave him a check
for 500, from which witness placed to Stow
ellis credit with Jay Cooke & Co. $50, max
ing $50 he had given to Stowell. Witness
acquainted Stowell with what he had thus
done, and Stowell acknowledged the receipt
OF the letter conveying the information. This
was on the 10th of June, 1873, Stowell being
at st. Paul. Witness never turned over to
Stowell the balance of $40 to complete the
81 900 which Stowell had required. The wit
ness said he had spent considerable money in
the payment OF expenses of delegates to a
political convention in Virginia, etc Stow
ell and himself several weeks ago had a pri-
vate conference in Richmond, when Stowell
asked him what course he intended to pur-
sue. Witness said to Stowell that as he had
been called blackmailer he proposed to
make to the Committee On Naval Affairs a
statement of facts as they were, and to tell
them where there was other evidence. Stow
ell said to the witness that if he would make
statement that he did not give him (Stow-
ell) the money, he would return to him the
amount. This proposition he declined.
Further examination was postponed until
tomorrow.