Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-02-25
NnR1A GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER

communication that ever received or had
! from, anv perSon touching the said bonds The
bonds I returned to Mr.. Hunter have never
seen since they we're returned to him, to-Wit:
the 9th of January. 1876.
O. Were your winnings OF Captain toWie on
Saturday. January |, 1876, 10 money or other
value A. 10 money.
O.. Do you know how, and from whom be
received the money lost by him at that time?
A. do not There was sume gentleman III
the room that cashed the check.
O Az what hour of the day did this game
taxa placa? A. Il was not in the day, bu! at
night. Don't rememo Der he hour, but am sure
, it was nishr.
O. State if you know at what time Capt
FuWle visited Wolshan's gamblng house IN
Saturday. A. | don't know. 1t WIS night
when | first saw him Oh that occasion.
O How ruany different days did you play
WITH Can't. Fowie, and what days were they?
A. 1t was on the lst, 81 and 4th OF January,
) 1876.
O Were you at said house on Sunday A.
| NAY have been, don't remember; whether
| was there 90 the ID day OF January | cant
Q Did you play with Capt. Fuwie on Sun
da,? A. lid not.
". Al WuaG tluc ulu youI iaoI poJiuS VIZ
Can't, Fowle cease, meosoniug the day aud
hour? A. % Tuesday night, the 4th Of Jan
uary, 1876, some time between the hours OF .
and II 0 clock p. M.
) O Was any person except yourself and
, Capt. Fowle present ducing your various games,
or any OF them? A. No persons except the
. servants and walters about the house, except
during the first sitting several gentlemen were
! present.
: O.. You have stated that the checks Won by
. YOU Of Capt Fowle were paid from the pro
!, cecds of the sale Of bonds sold for him; who
paid those checks? A. Paid BY the gentle.
=, man to whom be delivered the hoods to sell.
O. Who was that gentleman? This ques.
:, ton objected to by Mr.. Ronald, and overlu cd
} by the c. mmittee.) A. Ii it be contltl2
- precedent 10 establish the fact that did play
y y cards with Capt Fowle | will uame him. other
WIS.,. | shall have 10 decline 10 nam him.
(Questlon OBJECTED TO by Mr.. koua.d, whose
, deslr. has beeu t. coDduct the examination
: upou lega principles and to coufuc the en-
curry wi hiu the scope of the resolution, The
= objection to the question therefore, ls-that
y the name OF the gentleman who negotiated the
. sale of the bonds Tor Capt. Fowl Was 40 lu-
:, dependent transaction between Capt. toWie
and his friend, and had ~ Connection what
! ever with the gaming between Judge Stevens
! and Fowe L. d. Starke, another member Of
;, the committee, lUslss upon the competency
and relevancy OF tile question, as 1t refers TO d
gentleman mentioned by the witness himself,
but no, named This individual may be able,
! if discovered, to give importaD, testimony 10
: this case He was eviemtya party 10 sumo
> of the transactions between Fowls and Steyes
according to the testimony of Stevens Em sell. J
Tie check was paid 10 me by Alr. Jahu
Wursham's clerk, on the Planters National
Bank ior 81 900, and residue IN money, and
: Mr.. w crshuD IS The geutcnIau that received
9 the buudS as | was informed; be is the gentle
g mao to wuom | alluded u as having sold
. them.
: @ Is "freeze out and poker" the Sane
thl' G? A. |; is.
@ State If you know the nsme or names If
; the proprietor or proprlctors oil the house
known is Wcr>h rs ambling- house, curn=r
OF Foure zenith and Franklin streets? a. L
eau sly that know Item all, but IA Dir. Nor
gan and james Bally are said TO be lis proprl-
! etOrS.
Q. State if GU know whether g.. 0. W. Hill
is Ur is cot couuscted with the prupri"lprsulp
or manaerment of said hous.? a. do not
, know | have only seen Mr. Hill 10 ,hcre once
this winter; whether or cot he is Interested 10
, il | cau't say.
, O State Whether or no. said Hill was pres
!, ent during any of the gaining between yonr-elt
,, auu said Fowle? a. | don't think he Was !;
the only time | saw Mr.. Hill WAS when he
came 10 the room just IS we had '>hei the
gone; did not see them play single haDd.
nor di hear proposition to p'ay.
O. State VIII, tier or moi you have, si0ce the
, commenceu ent ct the present session Cf the
General Assembly Of Virginia, gambled with
any member of said Gen, raj Assembly other
than Capt. Fowe?
Question olj c,ed to by Mr.. Rousld, because
be does not cUnstrue the resolution under
which the committee are acting rs clio hing
= them with urqucstoDed powers, Sc Tar IS The
action aud habits OF the new hers of the Gene
raj Assembly are concerned-the resolution
confning the scope of the Committee 10 he
!, conduct of Judge Stevens only 10 the FowIe.
Stevens transaction.
Direction ovGrrued by the committee
A. have played at cards 10 games 10 which
!. members of the present General Ass mbiy
we're engaged, betting the game. Z. Please
, give the names Of the mem hers with whom you
have thus played? A. | decline to answer
thai question.
On motion of Mr. Starke the committee in
structed the Chairman to ask the House to
issue rule against the witness for contempt
in having refused to answer the preceding
question.
Mr.. r. A. Coghill and Lieutenant. Governor
Thomas testified before the committee last
night. The former vouohed for The high char
acter OF Judge Stevens, with the exception OF
the vice of occasional gambling Judge Thomas
stated that Mr.. Hu'ter tod him Capt. Fowe
had ST. 10 game with Judge Stevens, sew
cra thousand dollars in bonds belonging o the
Montpelier vciation.-Rtch. Enquirer
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