The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-08-28
A CASE OF BLACKMAIL.
Senator Stewart as Correspondent
in a Divorce Case.
A SOUTHERN LADY" IN DISTRESS.

The senator Says Sne Wife OF Baii Player
Giassoouk First Appealed to His Charity
and Then Threatened HIM, but He Has !
CheoEmated Her and Her Husband,
WASHINGTON, Aug 2s. The statement
was published yesterday that Charles l.. |
Glasscock, of this city. had filed a suit for |
absolute divorce from his wife and that !
he had named as Correspondent senator
whose name had not been given and !
whose identity was not clearly shown. |
The fact became known that Senator
Stewart, of Nevada, was probably the
senator referred to in the article. An As
sociated Press reporter asked him whether
be had seen the published statement, to
which Senator Stewart replied as follows;
81 did, and presume that it applies to
me. About a year and a half ago the
woman Glasscock came to me as a South
ern lady in great distress She repre-
seuted that she had five children, that her
husband was unable to support them, and
that they were suffering for food and
clothing. She said she was willing to
work in any capacity, and wanted me to
get her employment in some OF the de-
partments. / tried in vain to secure her a
position, as she applied to me several
times
Subsequently, said the senator, the wo-
man came to his Office on several occasions
and told of her poverty, and on one occa-
sion sent her little girl with letter. Each
time he had given her sums Of money.
The senator continued:
"Finally she commenced writing let.
ters, assuming that improper relations
existed between us, and that | had more
20 lose than she had. ] met her at the
Capitol one afternoon as ! was going
through the Corridors and told her those
were blackmailing letters, and that l was
bound from that time to treat her as
blackmailer A few days after this l re-
ceived letter from an attorney, Mr.. Car
rington, asking if ] had any reason to
give why Mr.. Glasscock should not bring
a suit against me for alternating the af-
fectioDs of his wife. wrote to Mr.. Car
rington stating the facts for his informa.
tion, supposing that that would end the
matter. But the suit was commen ed
and Mrs Glasscock sent me the subpoena
Some time afterwards / received a let
ter from James II. Wilson, stating that
Mrs Glasscock had called on him in great
distress fearing that her children ould
be- taken from her, and that it was deli
cate matter to manage l paid no atten.
ton to the letter.
"Shortly afterwards / received another
letter from Mrs Glasscock stating that
she must see me- and that she would call
the following Monday morning. and in.
| forming me that her husband was in
Richmond, Va BY that time ] began to
suspect conspiracy and when the time
arrived had them watched She came
| and attempted to get into my office, and
had her little lgirl with her. Mr. Glass.
| cock, her husband, was out in the street
near the entrance. The plan evidently
! was to get into my Office and then send
| her little girl for her husband and create
| a sensation.
"She wrote me one or two other letters
insisting that she could protect me if she
could only see me and that her husband
| was absent, aud that it was necessary fol-
| her to see me before be returned One
was brought to me by her little boy It the
| Capitol She and her husband were ther,
| afterward. They hunted for me in pairs
| for several days The plan, as | learned
! was that she was to meet me and he was
to come up, accuse us of intimacy create
a scene on the street and get it published
~ then empl Dyed a detective and ascer
| tanned that they were living together, and
| have been ever since the suit Tor divorce
was commenced. obtained proof of the
conspiracy and my attorney presented it
to Judge Bradley, and there is an order OF
the court that the question of this con
spiracy of collusve suit shall first bt
heard The affdavits are on file
II have also learned that Mrs. GlasscocB
and her husband have several co-conspir
ators of a disreputable character, who have
| Iaa, rcupd tho Cgpitnl fop q. ~
sral years Every letter she ever wrote
me was either demand for money or q
threat to injure me unless she could gel
money Both Mrs, and Mr. Glasscock
have made threats that they would have
money or a scandal, and their co-conspira
tors have frequently done the same.
81 know every movement that they anC
their oo-conspirators have made for tht
last three months ] was put under th,
painful necessity of gathering these fact
and going before the court, with view
of Furnishing them for their blackmaI
schemes
Mrs Glasscock has the audacity [,
say that Last December my husband
left me and we have not lived together
since, and since May Il have not seer
him
1.-THE mendacity Of this statement illus
trates the character of the woman Scores
of persons have seen them together daily
| during the last three months and al
| their nelghbors and friends know tha
they have been living together as HUSBAND
and wife ever since the suit was com
menced and that they are living togetnel
today"
Ex-Catcher BtnnbttI Bsu,ht
BosToN, Aug 2s Charlie Bennett, for
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