Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-02-23
The Fowle-Stevens Investigation.


The special committee of the House, yester
day, postponed the taking of the deposition o
Judge Stevens till Wednesday, in order to al
low him time to consult with friends Mr.
George W. Hill, a relative or connection o.
Mr.. Worshau, having returned to the city
was summoned before the committee, and un
derwent thorough examination.
The committee met pursuant to adjourn
ment. Present: Messrs. Massle chairman
Lowell, Bets, Ronald, and Starke.
On motion of Judge Lowell the taking the
deposition Of Judge Stevens was postponed to
Wednesday morning at 81 o'clock.
Four O'Clock p. m.-Gcorge W. Hill, an
other witness, being duly sworn, deposed as
follows:
O. Where is your residence, AMI what your
occupation2 A. My residence IS 10 Richmond,
and m, occupation is a Speculation.
O. Do you know anything OF the alleged
gaulb bling betw en Ju ige Stevens ADD w. Il.
Fowc? II So, state all you know about it. A.
All know about the gam, is merely bearsay.
/ was spending the holidays with my family,
and did not see the game at all.
Q. DID yon hear Judge Stevens or Captain
Fowe say auy hug ab,ut the game? A. l
never heard Captain Fowe say anything about
it, but heard Judge Stevens say be had had a
game OF poker with Captain Fowle.
@ Did Judge Stevens say whether or not be
hau won anything from Captain Fowlc? A.
H. did not.
O. Where were you and Judge Stevens
wilcn he said he had played cards with Cap
tain FuwIel A. l think 1t was at the house
on the ccrner OF Fourteenth aud Franklln
streets, while we were at breakfast. l don't
know who IS the proprietor OF the establish
ment, but it goes by the uams OF Worsham S.
Q. Was anybody preset except Judge
Stevens and yourself? a. cant say that
there was.
@. What is the character of the house in
which you breakfa>ted together? A Gentle
men come there anu play game OF cards TO
amuse themselves.
@. Is it or is it not generally known in the
city as a gambling house? A. 1t is.
@. Did you See Captain W. II. Fowle there
at Or about that time? A. | saw Captain
Fowle there either on Sunday OF Monday, the
"a 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
al or about that tim? A. | did not. | went
into the room just as Captain Fowie and Judge
Stevens were flushing the game Of pc ker. =,
Q How die you Know they were playing II
you did not see them? A. Judge Stevens
told me that they. had been playing, aud l
am not certain but that Captain foWle told me
also.
@. What was Captain Fowle and. Judge
Stevens doing when you enter.d he room
anrH. fph
evidently just flushed game OF poker.
Q. Did you see any bonds, money, or other
evidences of Indebtedness present? A. L saw
sone bonds on the table
O. What was the amount and character of
those bonds? A. did not examine those
bonds, and eau state The amount or character
0 Did you see any other thug OF value
oth;r than those bonds? A. Nothing at all.
Q. 10 whose hands were those bonds? A..
They were not 10 any oue's possession simply
lying on the table.
Q. State if you know if they were removed
FROM the table, and by whom? A. think
Judge Stevens had some of them, and some
we're 10 possession Of Captain FowIe. There
were two piles. Judge Stevens took one pile
and Captain FoWle the other.
@ What was the condi ion OF Capt. Fowle
as 10 sobriety at that time ? A. FROM what L
could see they had been drinking champagne
wine, and did DOT seem to me to be under the
influence of it. | saw battle of champagne,
with two glasses sitting Oh the table With Wine
10 them.
o. Had you seen Captain Fowle before that
time; it So where, when and uuder what cir
cumstances A. saw Captain Fowle either
the Sunday or Monday previous at w orsham 8
club house at breakfast.
!. O. Who else was present with you at break
fast on that occasion A. | think Captain
Fowle, Mr.. Worsham aud Colonel Wall were
prescott.
O. State if you know whether or not Judge
Stevens was present a. am certain Judge
Stevens was not present at the tine.
O. When aud where did you first see Gap
tau Fowie and JUG Stevens together, aud
under what circumstances A. lime and
place we're 10 the room and on the occasion
heretofore spoken or
0. Did you see Captain Fowle after that &C.
cA>i,o A. did not.
0. Did you during the present winter see
Judge Stevens play cards with auy other per-
sons A. have been in Washington ever
since Congress convened, and have only been
here once or twice since, aud have seen Judge
Stevens play game of poker with gentlemen,
but don't know who With. saw Nun piaylpe
at the same place just spoken of and on one or
two different occasions.
@. DO you know whether either OF the gen.
tlemen with whom he was playing were mem-
bers of the present General Assembly OF VIZ
GINA ~ =,
Question objected to by Mr.. -Rooald, , a
m,.uber of the committee: Upon the
ground that the committee was appointed 10
investigate the conduct OF Judge Stevens 10
the Fowle Stevens affair, and not tor the pur-
nose OF iuouiripg into the habits of members
of the General Assembly,
A. don't think l could say as | was pass;
inc ,brouph the house, and don't think | could
designate any gentleman engaged in the game
of poker. .,ee
8 Did you play with Captain FoWle yourself
A. I decline to answer, as it would crImnate
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