New-York tribune., 1910-02-02
NAVY TRIAL LIVELY
WONEN WITNESSES.
Paymaster -4un,s Case 4ppdr-
entEg .4ided By Them.

Boston. Feb Its a wonaan's fight
sssd naval officer a. he left the court
martial proceedings to-day of Payrnaster
George ? Aud after hearing Mrs E =
Co~rles the wife of the man whom Young
Auld IS SAID 20 have assaulted, testifyIng
.hat she made q special trip 70 Washington
n GET Secretary or the Navy Meyer ana
Senator Lodge 70 press the charges against
Aud
Women p-edorninsted IN the courtroom TO
cav. while the presence on the witness stano
Of half dozen young women Of the naVa4
dancing set gave the staid procedure o.
naval court martial decidedly FEMININE
touch.
From the testimony to-day II aPFe9 ~
-hz- The ouar-eI which the men took up
originated over a photograph OF MIS- LII
nv Eesler. Of Evanston, IL. which Dr- T.
( .~o-lee o4s Eostou. IS said 20 have car
-4ez ~ from the room OF DR. A > hoo-
-a4+ THO IS coupled with Nir- Aud in the
--z-7es and who will be tried later
n Cos-les. whose claims as physician
--e-a -enudiared by the state authorities TO
.5sv said that he carried the picture OF nV
mistake. and that when about 70 return II
n Pabne-t called him by telephone ana
o-5e-ed hin IL emphatic language TO return
4te picture a. once Or take the consequences
D. Covles accepted the latter alternative
z-E said that M Aud carried ouI t1e OF
ders o. Dr.. Robuett, which resulted III tne
alleged assault On December Il 81 the now
famous hop
1riss rasIe- corroborzted the story Of the
taxing Of the picture, and saio thsf III
roulez asked her to meet him and wanted
70 sand her flowers She disliked him ana
80 aid her friend. Miss Virginia Swift, A
.4-. - -r-a <o--1e- cor1-uaandaut- Rear
Admiral Swift
Mrs Covles il her testimony. said that
she was surprised 70 learn nearly q month
s4te- -he incident that the matter had been
closed She did not pause in Boston 10
ask Why. but went straight 70 Washing
ro- where she laid the Cowles SIDE OF
ne case before Secretary Meyer She SAID
thar Official declared that the affair was
r-e OF The most scsa6alous that ne ever
heard o1 n the navy. Senator Lodge was
also seen and told her later over the reIe-
phone that the charges were in the proper
channels
She declared that she had 10 feeling
against M AUD. but she cid want the
=@a3- cleared I'd. SO she went 70 Wash
11g-on because z woman can get things
There : man falls Mrs Cowles is ex-
r,ectsd 70 finish her testimony tomorrow
Passed Assistant Surgeon Ansey d
Fobne-t vas on rhe stand IS the first wit
ness for The defence when the court ao-
7ou-oed yesterday. Dr.. Robnetr said that
s. vas cocmon talk that Dr. Cowles had
boagred Q. havtug made 81 impression on
Miss Dorothy EesIer, OF Evanston Ill. 10
vho-' he RobnecD was engaged
DR. CowLEs's EXAMINATIONS
pr. Edwin Z. Harvey. State Medical
Examiner OF Massachusetts, was called 10
-slI about Dr.. Cowles's effort 70 pass the
z-a1e medical examination He said that
CowIes had tried and failed 10 pass six
lines Dr. Harvey said further that he
rad suspected Covles of trying 70 copy
from other mems examination papers
6--1ng these examinations and had placed
In, under closer supervision 70 prevent
his cheating Or. Harvey denied that
-oviss had ever been actually caught II
The act He satisfied himself with saying
thar there vas good reason for suspicion
of Cowles-
Miss Virginia Swift, daughter Of Rear
admiral Swift was called Miss AU1es.
shorty before the dance OF December Il
said Ms swift, called at her house and
told ne rrat she had heard scandalous
stories about the doings OF Dr.. Covles and
Miss Eesler OF the tug between the navy
yard and Fort Warren on November g I
replied hat there was no C-UCh in the re-
Dc--- tc- had been on the tug going 70 the
dance and coming back. az chaperon- and
rad seen nothing wrong.
Mss HEsLERs TESTIMONY.
Miss Swift said that Miss Anles had in
re-cepted her this morning on her way 10
rcu-- and asked her Il she intended 10
he-av Miss Aness condolences to her re-
Miss Au1es. said Miss swift, had conhded
- be- that she liked Mrs. Cowles and toi-
Grated Dr Cowles for his V1fe's sake
Mss Eesler was called 70 the stand She
-oId Z Dr. Cowless advances 70 her with
some hesitation
--T rad trouble with Dr. Cowles one tine
5usr after 7 Rad declined At invitation from
Mrs CGvles n line Dr., CoWIes called nc
-- and asked ne vhar was the real reason
u-hv would not come told hin the real
reason was n nv letter 70 Mrs. Co~les-
-4 asked -1e 70 ler MIN meet ne at Sulii-
~a- Square I told him I would not. He
said something = bout sending me flowers.
src T hung I'D the receiver
Tad ne receive = photograph IF yours
-I7- 6-C Fa Enu- fr hack later"
Miss E-sl@- SAID that she learned that
n. CoVf-e haC obtained the photograph
t--oug7- Miss Aues
counsel fcr the defence then offered the
fcIlo~1r- letter with the heading. Edward
& Ccvs@e- n n
Tho I4--e-. sn spoIar- for taking Miss
H==.e-s 7hotoEraps. vas IN Part IS fol-
lous
II. returning -cG herewith the little
~-lzE rt0+7I-" picked ir NJ rte dsy
We TOOK -oG aIr0iug with the full iuten-
non ~ fpE1nE -eu and giving Il back be
Fore 1e -eff --e machine I forgot l.. and
Tas later -skrr and p11f on the bureau
p was such E-+ie r~f7inG thing I didn't
Ur-7ar7 -l0gEi77 7 EGJ q phone
r~or T'T- P9bnetT- which Tas Just
@~oEEr - rake nc keep T. . few DAYS
-Eger I'm sorry vou thought II reces-
70 resort n Ths rler rnods YOU seem
m have -esorre1 = &C regain possession
- --I~ pt-Ture- You are certainly vel
~oue - T5'h all fhr good 7ishes.
Yours sincerely
ErT-AFp : CoWLES
4-TTTTTT 0F MRS COWLEs
T-e sf.arr0o- session opened Nth the
re~1li-lE ~ Ms Cor-leE. t1e wife Of the
pr-sfr.au who testified -es+er5zv She