Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-02-25
The FOwIe.Steyens Case.


to adjournment. Present: Messrs. Massey,
Chairman; Starke, Lowell aud R nald.
judge George S. Stevens, being duly sworn,
deposed as follows
c., Are you The Judge Geo. S. Stevens Who.
it nus been alleged, was engaged 10 gambling
with Capt. w. h. Fuwle A. | am.
Q Please state when, where, and under
That circumstances you first met Capt. Fuwle
a. fhr fist tlme | met Caps. FOwe to know
him and The OCCASION Oh which [ was intro
durcd to hun, was on the lSt day OF January.
| 1876, Of he gambling house on the corner u
| Fourleen h and Franklin streets. l had seen
| Can't. EGwe there on one or two OCCASIONS De-
! fore; he WAS engaged in single handed game
| of cards with SINE other gentleman, ADD on
| bc occa son referred to he was engaged 10
game With four other gentlemen 1 now refer
TO the time was Introduced to him. during
| the game, In which | Gas not engaged, Capt.
| Fowe made several bauters to play single
| handed game 4 what Is Known as frc"Zeput
for one huudrcd dollars. The game continued
| for srme time, and uDon It CONCLUSION L saia
to Capt Fowlc thai would play with him
hundred dollar fret zeout, whcreupon we COM
mepced to pay and when the game ended 1
was ahead of the gamc either one huDdred and
ninety or TWO hundred dollars. did not see
Cant. Fowe uu,il on the Monday following,
wen vent to said house where found him,
wnen hr said he was waiting for NE aud want
| ed to have he game over, which was about
or 3 O'Clock .. III. He was then engaged 10
playing game, but quit 10 order to play with
| me. We commenced, and during the even
ing ard night won Of him some two thouss I'D
dollars, perhaps, Tor which he gave me checks,
AMI upon the cooclus 0n OF the game ~ that 0c
sion he equt sted me to hold the checks uulll
one o'c ck Oh the following day, that he pre-
ierred 10 arrange the checks here. As they
were upon Alexandria told him would hold
them for lis convenience o. the next day
Captaiu FoSlc came down to said housa and
redeemed his checks, first proposing to do SO
10 bonds. but declucd to lake them, stating
that had played for money, ADD If he had
beaten me he would have gotten money;
thereupun an arrangement was made for the
sale oil the bonds. y proposition was made to
me to allow Captain Fowle IS cents 10 the dol
lar 90 so mauy bonds az might be necessary to
sell at IS cents in the dollar to redeem his
checks, which was dooe. | don't know who
bought them he ST tiled with me in money
from the sale of the bonds upon that basis. Af-
ter this arrangement had been effected, and
re yiug upoa the bona fdes of the original
trausactiuu, | presuma, | was induced to play
for the bouds, which did, and won Of Capt.
FowIe five thousand dollars in the bonds of the
Dis'rc, 0f Columbia, bearing interest az the
rate of 3.65 and guaranteed by the U nited
States Government, said bonds being coupons,
hence payable to bearer. 1t was 90 Tuesday,
January i, 1876 that first heard or knew
THAI Captain Fowle had such bobds.
Q Was any demand made upon you for
return of your winnings II Captain FowIe, or
sly part thereof. if 50, when aud byWhom was
any such dem I'd made 2 A. o. the Oh Of
January, 1916 Mr.. Alexander Hunter, of
the city of Alexandria. CAM to uy room in the
Richmond House, oD the coroer of Thirteenth
and Ross streets, and presented letter Of in
PRODUCTION TO NC from the Hon. r. A. Coghill,
mcmbcr # the pres2ut House Of Delegates
from the couo,ies Of Amherst and Nelson; alter
presen ting IT, he told NE he desired an lutar-
view 10 behalf Of friend who Was much
troubled; that the duty was unpleasant, but
| however much so it might be, 1t was imposed
upon bin by FREUD ADD companion Ut his
| youth ami manhood, hence b. was constrained
to perform II; that if the matters involved were
personal TO ;jmsaIf, lie would prefer to have
| dis right arm tas u # rather than make any
| lcmgpd upon ne, tu: his frrDd was a man
of tam.iy-a wife AID !wo childreu; that his
losses we're serious. and il compelled to sustain
hem all would iDvoiv" hm in utter ruin and
| bankruptcy. | toid hun that his friend, Capt.
Fpwlc, did not so represent himself to me, bu.
said that he could very well sustain the loss. |
then said to Mr.. Hunter, these being The facts
Of CAPT Fowl condition, what amount ought
| restore. Mr. ilulter suggested, upon my
| iuf, rniug him that had IS, 900 of the bonds
allu led to that ought to return one bali
| 81 500. tod him [ would 10 so, when be
| requested me to wait one hour, when he would
return again, remark!Dg as he left that he
| thought that ought to be sufficient amount
| for me to return, bu, up1n his return, one hour
thereafter, he said that had won about s. POO
Of Cant. T, vie aqd 90 the basis of the un-
derstandng OF the first arrangement, be thought
| opg;.t to return Que half. which did, being
| six $500 binds and one cheek for 5000
| .. Did Mr.. Hunter assign any other reason
han that which you have already stated why
por ion of these wirnugs should be returned;
II so, 4nat other reasons 4. He did not un
less the CONGREGATION between MIR. Hunter aud
myself induced NE TO believe that unless some
| r, sttuton was made for the relief Of Capt.
| Fowl be might do himself some great person
al harm or Injury.
Q DID he say or intimate to you that co.,
| sequ noes serious to yourself might result from
your refusal TO return a part OF said winnings?
A. No. sir 20 such intimstions were made,
and no sucn Consequences We're considered, be
cause if any such cous quences could have been,
or we're, considered, all and DOT one-half, OF
said winnings would have been returned.
Q D, you know wher Der the bonds won by
you OF Capt. Fowie were his own property, or
held by him in trus as the properly of sume
other person or association, AID If held by hlG,
as The property Of auy other, what other, and
when did you first learn their ownership A.
don't know who was the owuer of these bonds;
legally they we're the bonds Of Capt F,wle,
being 10 his possession. This is all | know
about it.
G. Has aoy demand been made upon you
for Jbe bonds which you did not surrender to
Mr. Huuter, as the friend of Capt. Fowle
Ii so, by whom Was that demand made, and
10 what character did he make it A. | don't
know thar any demand was made upon me-
will repeat here letter received from Senator
G. T. Smith. on the 18th of January, 1876,
which is az foloUs in words and FL ures fooU-