The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-22

terday postponed the taking OF the deposi.
tion of Judge Stevens till Wednesday, In
order to allow him time to consult with
friends. Mr.. George w. Hill, relative or
connection OF Mr.. Worsham, having re.
turned to the city, was summoned before the
committee, and underwent thorough ex.
animation.
The committee met pursuant to adjourn
ment. Present: Mcssrs. Massie (chairman),
Lowell, Belts, Ronald, and Starke.
On motion Of Judge Lowell the taking Of
the deposition of Judge Stevens was post.
poned to Wednesday morning at 81 O'Clock.
Four O'Clock P. M.-George W. Hill, an.
other witness, being duly SWORD, deposed as
follows:
Q. Where is your residence, and what your
occupation? A. My residence Is in Rich.
mond, and my occupation is speculator.
Q. Do you know anything of the alleged
gambling between Judge Stevens and W. 81.
Fowle? If so, state all your know about
it. A. All l know about the game is merely
hearsay. / was spending the holidays with
my family, and did not see the game at all.
Q. Did you hear Judge Stevens or Cap.
tain Fewle say anything about the game
A. / never heard Captain FoWle say any
thing about it, but heard Judge Stevens say
he had had game of poker with Captain
Fowle.
@. Did Judge Stevens say whether or not
he had won anything from Captain Fowle !?
A. He did not.
Q. Where were you and Judge Stevens
when he said he had played cards with Cap.
tain Fowle? A. I think 1t was at the house
on the corner of Fourteenth and Franklin
streets, while we were at breakfast. don't
know who Is the proprietor OF the establish
ment, but it goes by the name of Worsham's.
Q. Was anybody present except Judge
Stevens and yourself? A. can't say that
there WOE.
G. What is the character of the house in
which you breakfasted together? A. Gen
tlemen come there and play game of cards
to amuse themselves.
G. Is it or Is it not generally known In the
city as gambling-house7 A. 1t is.
G. Did you see Captain W. H. Fowle there
at or about that time? A. saw Captain
FoWle there either on Sunday or Monday
the I'd or Sd Of January. was introduced
to him by Colonel Wall, member of the
House of Delegates.
@. Did you see Captain Fowle play at cards
at or about that time? 4. did not. went
into the room just as Captain Fowe and
Judge Stevens were finishing the game Of
poker.
Q. How did you know they were playing
II you did not see them? A. Judge Stevens
told me that they had been playing, and
am not certain but that Captain FoWle told
me also.
@. What was Captain Fowle and Judge
Stevens doing when you entered the room
4. They were sitting at a card-table, and had
evidently just finished game OF poker.
Q. Didyou see any bonds, money, or other
evidences of Indebtedness present? A.
saw some bonds on the table.
those bon DIS? A. / did not examine those
bonds, and can't state the amount or charac>
ter.
@. Did you see any other thing of value
other than those bonds? A. Nothing at all.
Q. In whose hands were those bonds? A.
They were Eot in any ones possession sim.
ply lying on the table.
@. State if you know If they were re-
moved from the table, and by whom? A.
think Judge Stevens had some Of them, and
some were in possession of Captain Fowle.
There were two piles. Judge Stevens took
one pile and Captain Fowle the other.
O. What was the condition Of Captain
Fowle as to sobriety at that time? A. From
what I could see they bad been drinking
champagne wine, and did not seem to me to
be under the influence of it. saw bottle
Of champagne with two glasses sitting on the
table with wine in them.
O. Had you seen Captain FoWle before
that time; If 80, where, when, and under
what circumstances A. l saw Captain
Fowle either the Sunday or Monday previous
at Worsham's clubhouse at breakfast.
Q. Who else was present with you at
breakfast on that occasion? A. think Cap
tain Fowle, Mr.. Worsham, and Colonel Wall
were present.
@. State if you know whether or not
Judge Stevens was present. a. am certain
Judge Stevens was not present at the time.
@. When and where did you first see Cap.
taid Fowe and Judge Stevens together, and
under what circumstances A. Time and
nlsce was in the room and on the occasion
heretofore spoken of.
| @. Did you see Captain FoWle after that
| occasou9 A. did not.
O. Did you during the present winter see
Judge Stevens aplay cards with any other
personsg A. I have been in Washington
ever since Congress convened, and have only
been here once or twice since, and have seen
Judge Stevens play game OF poker Wild
gentlemen, but don't know who with. saw
him having at the same place just spoken OF
and on one or two different occasions.
O. Do YOU know whether either OF the
gentlemen with whom he was playing were
members of the present General Assembly
of Virginia? ,
Question objected to by Mr.. Ronald.
a member of the committee: Upon the
pronnd that the committee was appointed to
Investigate the conduct of Judge Stevens, ir
the FoWle Stevens affair, and not for the
nurnose of tpuuiring into the habits of mem
bers of the General Assembly.
A. T don't think I could say, as was pass.
inc through the house, and don't think
conld designate any gentleman engaged in
the game Of poker. ~,
yourself? A. decline to answer, as Il
would criminate myself.
o. Have you not been tried, found guilty.
and paid the fine for playing cards Win Gap
tain Fowle. A. I have.
o. State whether or not you won any
thing from Captain Fowle? a. Yes, sir;
won something from him.
@. What was the character OF the proper.
ty you won from him? A. 3 80 District OF
| Columbia bonds. The amount Of bonds
won by me of Captain Fowle was $4,000,
face value-eight of these $50 each and the
residue $500 bonds, and also check on
| Alexandria for 300.
@. Do you know whether or not those
bonds belonged to Captain Fowle? A.
have no right to believe otherwise; pre-
sumo they belonged to him.
@. Were the bonds you won from Captain
FoWle similar to those on the table spoken
Of, and to which you referred when Stevens