Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-02
WOMAN'S FIGHT
SAYS NAVAL MAN
FAIR SEX PRED0MINATES AT
COURT MARTIAL
PICTURE OF YOUNG WOMAN WAS
START OF TROUBLE
Paymaster George E. Aud's Trial at
Boston Navy Yard Attracts
Much Attention In
Society
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BOSTON, Feb. Its woman
fight" said a naval officer today as ne
left tho court-martial trial of Paymas-
ter George p. Auld after hearing the
wife of the man that the young Bur
lington officer is said to have attacked
testify that she made special TRIP 70
Washington to get Secretary OF the
Navy Meyer and Senator Lodge TO
press the charges against Aud.
Women predominated in the court
room today, while the presence on the
witness stand of half a dozen young
women of the navy dancing set gave
the scene a decided feminine touch.
From the testimony today, the quar-
rel which the men took up and III
which DR.. e. S Cowles of Boston Is
said to have been beaten originated
over a photograph of Miss Dorothy
IIesler of Evanston, H., which Lr'
Cowles is said 10 have carried from
the room of DR.. A. 5. Robnett, who is
coupled with Mr.. Auld in the charges
and who will be tried later.
Doctor Is Repudiated
DR.. Cowles, whose claims as ply
sician were repudiated by the state
authorities today, said that he carried
the picture away by mistake and that
when about to return it DR.. Robnett
called him by telephone and ordered
him in emphatic language to return
the picture at once or take the conse-
quences.
DIR. Cowles accepted the latter alter
native. and said that MIR. Auld carried
out the orders of DIR. Robnett winch
resulted in the alleged assault on De-
cerhbcr II at the "hop."
Miss Hesler corroborated the story
of the taking of the picture and said
that Dr. CoWles asked her to meet him
10 cnDd flowers She
disliked him and 50 did her friend,
Miss Virginia Swift, a daughter of the
former conlmandant, Rear Admiral
Swift.
Then Mrs. Cowles went on the stand.
She testified that she was surprised TO
learn, nearly a month after the incl
dent, that the matter had been closed.
testimony tomorrow.
Boasted of Conquest
Sensational developments during
Yesterdays proceedings caused consid-
erable interest in the trial Of Auld
when the second day of the court
martial opened at the CharlestoWn
navy yard.
Passed Assistant Surgeon A. D.
Robnett, who is awaiting trial by
court-martial on charges similar to
those against Aud, testified it was
common talk that Cowles had boaSted
of having made an impression on
Miss Hester, to whom he (RobnetD
was engaged.
Miss Virginia Swift, daughter of Rear
Admiral Swift, commandant of the yard
at the time of the incident. testified
briefly regarding a meeting OF man
ayers of the hop.
DR.. e. S. Harvey of the state board Of
examination in medicine, testified that
DR.. Cowles was under suspicion of
"cribbing'' during an examination. DR..
John w. Sanborn, also Of the state
board, said he considered Dr. Cowles a
medical Quack."
Young Woman Testifies
Miss Dorothy Hester. around whom
much of the testimony has centered,
said she had known DIR. Cowles for a
few months and had conversed with
him over the telephone regarding her
picture
DR.. Cowles was requested to return
the photograph, she said, but instead
of replying, asked Miss Hester is she
would not call on him, or If he might
not send her some flowers. She de-
clared she had found DR.. Cowles objec-
tionable only once. That was when he
telephoned her and suggested an ap-
pointment.
DR.. Cowles was called upon to state
his side of the picture incident. He
said he did not return it because DR..
Robnett had threatened him if he did
not do so, and he wanted to see if DR..
Robnett would carry out his threat.
Mrs. Cowles recounted the incident
with Paymaster Auld and Dr. Robnett
at the hop, and the fling of charges
two days later. She said she was sur
prised when nearly a month later she
heard that the affair had been hushed
up.
Wanted Case flushed Up
She went to Washington, where she
saw Secretary Meyer and Senator
Lodge. Secretary Meyer, she said. read
the charges and said that the affair was
the most scandalous that had ever been
brought to his attention. He asked her,
declared Mrs. Cowles, not to press the
charges too far, as Rear Admiral Swift
was his friend.
Senator Lodge made few comments
on the charges, but later he called her
by phone and said they had been placed
in the proper channels. She declared
that she wanted the matter cleared
up"
With the completion of her testimony
the court adjourned.
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