The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
NAVY DANCE ROW
STORY of Fight Over Miss
May heSIer'S Photograph.
TOLD AT AULD COURT MARTIAL
DR.. Cowles Swears Paymaster Called
Him Cowardly Cur and Felled
Him to Ground by Blow
From Behind.

Boston. Feb. lat the navy court
martial here of Paymaster George p.
Aud it came out that Dr. Edward s.
Cowles received more than an affront
at the Charlestown navy yard dance,
Dec. II last. On that occasion Pay
master Aud floored DR.. COwles, a
brother of Rear Admiral Cowles, who
is a brother-in-law of Theodore Roose-
welt DR.. Cowles and Paymaster Aud
went to the floor together.
The following letter from the pay
master to Rear Admiral Swift was in
( troduced in evidence;
l approached Dr. Cowles on the floor OF
the ballroom in company with Passed As
sistant Surgeon Robnett. U. S. N, and
stated to him that his presence was high
/ iy Objectionable to Surgeon Robnett and
myself and that we would be very glad If
he would refrain from attending the hops.
/ Or. Cowles asked my reasons, and I
stated that / did not care to enter into
them. He asked If Miss Ames was aware
/ of the fact that ! had contemplated ad-
/ dressing him in this way. and l replied,
as ! believed truthfully. in the affirma-
/ tive.
His language then became abusive. 1
stated TO him that he was a guest in the
| navy yard and that l was precluded from
/ reseutng the offensiveness of his re-
marks
+ Mrs. Cowles appeared and joined in the
1 conversation. l stated to her that | re-
: GREETED exceedingly that this affair had
/ come to her knowledge, as it was a mat
ter in which / wished to dead only with
! DIR. Cowles as a man.
/ DR.. Cowles' abusive remarks continued
and l begged to be excused in order to
! keep : oapt" -ls1l,gtrrcEi and - il'sJ
away.
DR.. Cowles then called out, ''You are a
| contemplate cur" l turned back square
/ ly to his face and, with a warning, as
! follows, what in hell do you mean by
that" l grappled with him about the
| shoulders and threw him down. We both
! went to the floor together
DIR. Cowles then took the stand. He
admitted that after Aud repeatedly
refused to him an explanation OF his
attacks he called Aud common.
cowardly cur" Some minutes later,
said Cowles, as he and his wife were
leaving the hall, Aud ran up and
struck him from behind, knocking his
head against the door. He grabbed
Aud as he staggered and fell. Both
went down together. They were sep
arated almost instantly.
Then came questions about the pho
tograph of Miss Dorothy Hesler, which
Miss Hesler has stated was the cause
of the whole trouble.
Did you ever purloin a photograph
from Miss Hesler?" he was asked.
mo. l took a photo from her home"
did you return ii after being badg
cred to do so?'
t hnt fnkV
was mislaid. 1t was found and was
about to be returned in response TO
courteous note from Miss Hesler.
Miss Margaret Ames, daughter of
DR. Ames, who was the hostess at the
dance where the fuss occurred, testi-
fed that DIR. Cowles and his wife
had been invited to the dance by her
father.
She said she had seen the picture Of
Miss Hesler on DR. Cowles' dresser
and that she told DR.. Robnett it was
there.
Dr. Robnett, who is to be tried later
on charges similar to those made
against Paymaster Aud, testified that
the whole affair was due to DR..
Cowles' boast that Miss HeSler was in
fatuared with him and that he had re-
ceived information concerning these
remarks from Miss Margaret Ames.
He insisted that Miss Ames herself
had asked Mrs. Cowles to send back
Miss Hesler's photograph and declar-
ed that at Il tea at Admiral Swift's
residence, among those present being
Paymaster Aud and Miss Virginia
Swift, daughter Of the admiral, it had
been agreed that DIR. Cowles would be
an undesirable guest at the hop.