The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-09-15

Ben Hill such unpleasant notoriety short
ly before he retired from the senate.
The case against Senator Stewart, briefly
put, is Just this: Charles L. Glassoock, a
resident Of Washington Of uncertain ante
cedents and rather dubious reputation, has
brought suit for divorce from his wife,
naming Stewart as correspondent. Glass
cock charges the Nevada senator with
alternating his wife's affections and admits
that it would take good many pieces Of
the senator's silver to heal his wounds and
repair his honor.
Senator Stewart denounces the whole
affair as q conspiracy to extort blackmail.
He says: my first meeting with this
woman was when she came to me with a
pitiful tale about her poverty and asked
for money She said that she was without
fuel at her home, while her children were
suffering from the cold. l pitied her and
gave her So. Later she sent her little girl
to me with q note saying that two Of her
children were Ill with typhoid fever, and
she had no money with which to buy them
medicine gave the little girl some mon
ey for her.
From time to time she besought me to
aid her, always telling me some pitiful
tale Of suffering and distress. Finally
received note from her which thought
threatening in tone, and paid no atten-
tion to It, She called at the capitol to see
me, and / told her that regarded her
note as threatening, and that II she want
ed any more charity she would have to ap-
nj 70 uay-t fnn fhot
time on received similar letters from the
woman, and these letters are on file at the
courthouse with the papers In the case and
in due time will be made public. They
will show the woman's true character.
She wrote me that l had more to lose
than she had and said that in view Of the
exposures in the Breckinridge case the peo-
pie would not believe any denials
II have had this woman's character
hunted up. She came to my Office time
and time again and tried to get In the
room with me while her husband was
waiting below She brought her little
girl with her The plan was for her to
force her way into the room, have the lit
tie girl go down and tell her father, then
to have him rush up and make o scene.
But she didn't succeed In her plan, though
she tried time and again"
The senator says Glasscock and his wife
have been living together ever since the
papers in the case were served, and that
the petition for divorce is only blind.
In rebuttal Of the senator's denial Mrs.
Glasscock tells story of how Mr.. Stewart
''drugged her with some malaria medi-
cine" and accomplished her ruin. Here
is part Of her story:
"For some years my husband has been
unable to support me and the family. He
has gone down steadily through drink un-
til when VIC came to Washington from
North Carolina three years ago he was un-
able to do much Of anything It was a
matter Of getting bread and butter for our
little ones, and determined to find po-
sition II could A man whose name
shall not mention now said to me that
Senator Stewart would possibly help me-
l went to the scuator, with the result that
he forced me to Se untrue to my husband
Now, l am practically convinced that this
man, although ho professed later to be an
enemy Of Senator Stewards, sent me to him
to oblige the senator / have been told
that there are men here who hang around
the capitol making business Of just such
things. IL has been limited to me that Sem
ator Stewart saw me around there and
sent this fellow to get me to come to him.
should like to prove it, but cannot now.
II cannot begin to tell you how fond
and affectionate Mr.. Stewart was toward
me. He has gone down on his knees re-
peatedly and declared even sworn, that he
would stand by mo whatever might hap
pen; that he loved me better indeed than
any other woman ON earth, and that he
wanted to protect me, say to you now,
solemnly as though l were about to die,
that tho man secured such hold on my
heart that l would have left my husband
for him at any time gladly, though I
would not leave my children.
"Mr. Stewart was very liberal with me
as to money, and 4 10 not believe he gave
Mrs. Stewart more means than he placed
at my disposal, cannot prove these things,
Of course, for they are not susceptible Of
proof. 1t Is my word against his"
Perhaps the whole truth will be brought
out when the case comes to trial, and per-
haps not. In the meantime 1t Is safe to
presume that Senator Stewart will be very
clrcumspect In dispensing charity to wom-
en- In distress. William Morris Stewart
Is 81 years old, is very wealthy and has
served ~ years In the senate.