The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-24
FREEZE-OUT.
.ANoTHER NAME, FoR POKER

i
+. ,ANoTRER NAME FOR POKER .
A FULL STATEMENT FROM JUDGE STE
VENs-A NEW VERSION OF THE STORY
THE JUDGE REFUSES TO TELL THE
NAMES OF TIE LEGISLATORS HE HAS
PLAYED W1TH-HE IS REGARDED AS IN
CONTEMPT.
The House special committee yesterday
heard the statement, upon oath, Of Judge
Stevens in the FoWle-Stevens affair. Judge
Stevens said: -
The first time / met Captain Fowle to
know him was on the list day of January.
1876, at the gambling-house corner Of Four
teenth and Franklin streets. / had seen
Captain Fowle there on one or two OCCASIONS
before. Captain Fowie made several baDters
to play me single-handed game of what is
known as "freeze-outn for 800. The
game which FowIe was playing continued
for some time, and upon its conclusion said
to Captain Fowie that I wouldp with him
o one-hundred-dollar ! &ftsta~' T. '1
- :. : = FREEZE outs &sA't- -.
when the game ended was ahead either
$50 or 800. | did not see Captain Fowle
until the morning following, when | went
to said house, where / found him. BE said
he was waiting for me, and wanted to have
the game over. He was then engaged in
pls7ing game, but quit ia order TO play
with me. We commenced, and during the
evening and night I won Of him some
$1,000, for which be gave me checks, and
upon the conclusion of the game on that oc.
casiou requested me to hold the checks until
O'Clock on the following day-thst he pre-
ferred to arrange the checks here, as they
were upon Alexandria. Itold him l would
hold them for his convenience. On the next
day Captain Fowle came down to said house
and
REDEEMED HIS CHECKS,
first proposing to do so in bonds, but dc.
clined to take them, stating that l had
played for money, and if he had beaten me
be would have gotten money. Thereupon
an arrangement was made for the sale OF the
bonds. A proposition was made to me to
allow Captain Fowle seventy.fiVe cents in
the dollar, or so many bonds as might be
necessary to sell at sixty-eight cents in the
dollar to redeem his checks; which Was
done. don't know who bought them. He
settled with me in money from the sale OF the
bonds upon that basis. After this arrange.
ment had been effected, aud relying upon the
" bona fdeness" Of ..-a..... ..E
THE ORIGINAL TRANSACTION,
7 presume, I was induced to play for the
bonds. which I did, and won of Captain
Fowle S. 900 in the coupon bonds OF the
-. C<,1r MOI 'l'npQ6aV
January 4, 1876.
On the 9th of January, 1876, Mr.. Alexander
Hunter, OF the city of Alexandria, came to
my room, In the Richmond House, on the
corner of Thirteenth. and Ross streets. MIR.
Hunter said that if the matters involved
were personal to himself he would prefer TO
have his
= RIaHT ARX TAKEN OFF 4-
rather than make any demand upon me, but
his friend was q man of family-had wife
and two children; that his losses were seri.
ous.. and If compelled to sustain them all
would involve hin In utter ruin and bank
ruptcy. Itold him that his friend, Captain
Fowle, did not SO represent himself to me,
br1t. on the contrary, said that he could very
well sustain the loss. I asked, these being
the facts. what amount ought to restore.
Mr.. Hunter suggested, upon my informing
him that I had $1,000 Of the bonds alluded
TO. that ought to return enc half az, QUO
I told him would do SO, when he requested
me to .i'- -
when he would return again, remarklng,
AZ he left, that be thought that ought to De q
sufficient amount for me to return but upon
his return one hour thereafter he said that
had won about $1,000 Of Captain FoWle
and ON the basis of the understanding of the
first arrangement he thought ought to re-
turn one half, which did, being six To0o
bonds and one check for 5000. 1t was init
mated that unless restitution was made Cap
tain Fowle might do himself some great
nersonal harm or injury. No sort of intima-
tions of personal Injury to me were made
Did not know to whom the bonds oeiouseu
@. Has any demand been made upon you
for the bonds which you did not surrender
to Mr.. Hunter as the friend OF CaptalI
Fowle. II so, by whom was that demano
made, and in what character did he make IL
A, don't know that any demand was MADE
upon me. ! will repeat here letter re-
ceived from
SENATOR c. T. SIXTH
on the 18th Of Jauuary, 1876, Wnlcn IS 81
| follows: .,...-
"R1cHuoNp, VA, January 13, 1876. }
"Dear George,-l have just been ap
| proached by Mr.. Beckham, of Alexandra,
brother.in.iaw of Captain Fowle. and beer
informed that you still have about y, ,5oo o
the money you won at cards OF Captall
Fogle. MIR. Hunter has talked with m
also, and am told that the proof 10 at nant
that Captain Fowle was not bimself ourlnl
the game, and that unless satisfactory ar
rangements be made YOU will be put 10 trou
BILE as county judge, &c. l learn that unde
the circumstances Captain FoWle ana hi
friends are willing for you to keep 81 ,ooo Q
the $4,000 as q full and final adjustment
this matter. OF course am nobody's pal
tisan in this matter, and do not wish TO nav
anything to do with it, and as your irlen
write this, hoping 1t may result in your bes
interest and to the satisfaction OF all cor
| cerned. a# Ha s ,.-.
"Iu haste, yours truly,
&C. T. Smith.
| s"P. SIT is. conceded by Mr. Hunter an
others interested that the papers you hol
ifrom him protect you legally and fully. Nj
Beekham will hand ysu this, and Mr.. Hun
ter will explain fully as to Fowle, the mo1ey
and so on. .. c. T. S."
bad been informed by Mr.. Hunter an
Captain Fowle that they were not parties I
@"., . THIS DEMAND, a".a
and this is the only threatening commupica