The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-23
BLACKMAIL, HE SAYS.
Senator Stewart Wants Glass
cock Case Thrown Out.
THE WOMAN OF lswD caARAcrsf
Hew the Venerable, rhtiasshropsc "A.
meshed by . Designing Couple.

WAsEISGToS CITT. Sept 3-Afndaviss
and letters were tiled today in The supreme
eoar. OF the District Of Columbia in the
divorce case of Giasscock vs.. Glasscoek.
on behalf Of Senator Stewart and in sup
port OF suggestion 10 the court that the
case ought to be dismissed on the ground
that Ii is not brought in good faith; that
the parties are IN collision and that the
alleged offense was eondoned oy their con-
tinued eohabitaiion, and that the object Is
not divorce. bat exsorsion and blackmail.
The papers are very vo.uminous, covering
thirty-five typewriter pages Some of
the matter is of such seandalous and OBJ
scene character that II cannot be repeated.
It emboiies the statements Of detectives,
police officers. porters and attendants ss
the senator's private rooms and offices,
neighbors of the Glasscoexs, and a number
OF Mrs. Glasscock's letters to the senator.
The reply consists OF denial of all the
allegations. and declares that Glasscock
and his wife have entered into collision
for the purpose of blackmail. He asserts
that his sole interest in the couple arose
from the apparently distressing condition
in which they were placed.
Accompanying this general denial is
prove that conspiracy exists between
Glasscock and his wife; that the suit for
divorce is not brought in good faith, as the
parties have since lived together. aud that
the ultimate object sought is extorsion of
money. The aiiidavits are made by people
conversant with the movements of both
parties since the divorce proceedings were
instituted. and tend to prove that the hus-
r.. l.
since the litigation has been pending. A
paper included in the senator's reply is
calculated 10 bring Mrs. GIasscock's char
acter into disrepute. 1t is understood that
Judge Christie will appear as Stewards
chief attorney, and he will probably be as
sisted by x-Representative Butterworth.
The first papers give the senator's letters
to Campbell Darlington. attorney for Mrs.
Giasscock, wherein the senator gives the
circumstances. hready published. of Mrs.
Glasscock's importuning him. The letter
closes with the solemn assurance that
there have been no improper relations
with the woman. A letter from Glasscock
TO the senator is also given. 1t declares
that the senator has destroyed his home
and happiness. II have had a thousand
impulses" it continues, ito shoot you
down on sight. That present punishment
you deserve" But. Glasscock continues,
he will not become a murderer for worth
less woman. He declares that he does not
want any of the senator's money. but seeks
only divorce.
Aaidavits of NJ. C. Werris. chief of
police of Roanoke, Va, and William K.
shank, policeman there, recite that in
ISL the Glasscocks lived there and kept
house, but that the wife had been arrested
for base conduct and soliciting men in the
streets. The officers tell of dramatic
court scene in which Mrs. Glasseock
swooned when accused by her husband.
The case was dismissed on the ground
that they were impostors. The court rec
ords have mysteriously disappeared. W.
A. Bell makes affidavit that he met Mrs.