The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-02
SERIOUS CHARGES
AGAINST C0WLES
Sensational Developments
Court-Martial of Paymas-
ter Aud.
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Especial TO Tho Times Dispatch.1
Boston. Mass. February 1.--Dcvclop-
inents to-dly AT the Aud court-mar-
tial were even more sensational thar
those Of yesterday. DR.. Cowlos. the
complainant was accused or practicng
medicine without license In Massa-
chusetts, having failed six times ia
pass the state examinations The ac-
cusatlon was made by DR.. Edwin u. Har-
vey. chairman OF the State Board, who
also declared that he had suspected
Or. Cowles of cribbing in these cxami-
nations, and had had him watched. DR..
Harvey declared tnat Cowles. by prac-
ticins without being registercd was
liable to heavy fine and sentence, for
thus violating the state laws relating
to the practice of medicine. Another
witness declared that Dr. Cowles had
charged s25 per day for treating the
witness brother, who was afflicted
with paresis and died.
These "Details are being raked up by
the defense in the effort to show that
Dr. Cowlcs was not tit person to at
tend naval dances. and that the officers
were justified in ordering him to leave.
Miss Virginia swift. daughter of Ad
miral Swift, the conmandant. was a
witness, and asserted that she had
been given to understand that DR..
Cowlea was not fit person to asso-
ciatc with the navy yard set
Miss Dorothy Hester. the woman in
the case" testified that DR. Cowles had
sought clandestine appointments with
her but declared he did not insult her
at dance November 81. as had been
stated by others. Including Miss Swift.
She said DR.. Cowles had been asked
to return her photo. which he had
taken from her tncle's home, and not
receiving any reply. she had told DR..
Robnctt. who had tclcphoncd DR..
Cowles about the matter. Miss Hosler
had refused to meet him alone or to
accept candy and flowers from him
She had also refused to call upon his
wife. She identified the letter writ
ten by DR.. Cowles when he returned
the photograph.
"a Womnn's Fight"
IT'S a woman's fight" said naval
officer as he left the court martial
proceedings to-day of Payinaster
George P. Aud. after hearing the wife
of the man whom the young BurlIng-
ton officer is said to have assaulted
testify that she made special trip to
Washington to get Secretary OF the
Navy Meyer and Senator Lodge to
press the charges against Aud.
Women predominated in the court
room to-day. while the presence on the
witness stand of half dozen young
women of the naval dancing set gave
the staid procedure of n naval court
martial a decided feminine touch.
From the testimony to-day It APP
poared that the quarrel which the men
took up originated over a photograph
of Miss Dorothy Hesler. of Evanston,
H.. which DR.. E. S. Cowles. OF Boston.
is said to have carried Off from the
room OF DR.. \. S. Robnett who is
coupled with Mr.. Aud in the charges
and who Will be tried later.
DR.. Cowles said that he carried the
picture off by mistake, and that when
about to return 1t Dr. Robnett called
him by telephone and ordered him in
emphatic language TO return the pic
ture at once or take the consequences.
DR.. Cowles accepted the latter alter
native, and said that Mr.. Aud carried
out the orders of DR.. Robnett, which
resulted in the alleged assault on De-
cembcr ii at the now famous hop.
Then Mrs. Cowles Went on the stand
She testified that she was surprised to
learn, nearly a month after tho Incl
dent, that the matter had been closed
She did not pause In Boston to ask
why. but went straight TO the fountain
head In Washington, where she laid
the Cowles side of the case before
Secretary Meyer. He said. she testified.
that the affair was the most scanda-
lous that had ever been brought to
his attention.
Secretary Meyer asked har. yhe said.
not to press the case too hard. as he
said Rear-Admiral Swift was a friend (
of his. She Is expected to finish her |
testimony Tomorrow.