The herald., 1894-08-28
WASHINGTON SENSATION.
Is Senator Stewart q Saint or
a Sinner
The Senile Statesman Correspondent
in Divorce Suit.
ne says 1t is n Plain Case OF Black
mail-How n Southern Lady EN-
shared tho Innocent Gray
beard.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-The statement
was published today that Charles L
dlasscock OF this city had filed ruis
Tor absolute divorce from hie wife and
mat he had named as correspondent q
senator whose name was not given and
whose Identity WAS not clearly known.
Inc fsct became noised about that Sen.
ator stewart OF Nevada was probsbly the
senator refsrred to in the article. To.
night an Associated Press reporter asked
MIN whether he had seen the state
nent. to which he replied:
Il did, and presume it applies to me.
About year and half ago the woman
dlasscock came to me as 'southern
iady' In great distress. She represented
to me that che had five children; that
her husband was unable 10 eunnort
them and they were suffering for food
anc clothing. She said she was willing
TO work III any capacity and wanted
me 10 get her employment in
some OF the departments-she
seio that any kind of work would do.
II applied to the interior department.
but they had no place. A few times
afterwards she came to my Office all
ways suggesting some way that through
my influence she could get work. and
always representing to me the great
distress she and her family were suf.
fering. At one time she came on a
cold, rainy day and said they had no
coal and she and her children were
suffering. ! gave her SIS to buy coal. On
two or three occasions she obtained
meney from me for like purposes and
fins-ly she commenced writing letters.
assuming that improper relations ex-
listed between us and that had more to
lose than she. | met her at the capitol
one evening and told her those were
blackmalling letters and that
was bound from that time on
to treat her as blackmailer. A few
days after thia | received letter from
an attorney, Mr.. Darlington, asking i'll
had any reason to give why Mr.. Glae-
sock should not bring suit against me
for alternating the affections of his wife,
| sent Colonel Thompson to him to state
the facts. He wrote Col. Thompson that
his client was an honorable man and
was able to bring suit for divorce.
then wrote to Mr.. Clarington, stating
the facts for his information. supposing
that would end the matter. But the
suit was commenced and Mr.. Glasscock
sent me the subpoena.
"The plan, as learned it, was as fol.
lows: She was to meet NE, and he was
to come up, accuse ue OF intimacy.
create scene on the street and get il
published.
81 then employed a detective and
ascertained they were living together
and hQua hoan uinca ka e.,
divorce was commenced. I obtained
proof of the conspiracy and my attorney
presented it TO Judge Bradley and there
is an order OF the court that the quss-
tion of conspiracy of the collusive suit
shall first DO heard. The affidavlts are
On file."
Mrs. Glasscock has given her version
of the story. She is about 80 years old,
and quite handsome in appearance.
She says she came here with hsr five
children and husband three years
ago. His salary in the employment
OF the Richmond and Danville company
was reduced until it was not sufficient
to support them. She attempted to se-
cure place in the departments through
several senators, among whom was Som
ator Stewart. She told him of her con-
dition and he, she Gays, loaned her SO;
st various times after that, upon her
representation that che was in want, he
gave her more money.
"The necessities of my children were
the only motives I had for taking these
loaHs," she said. She acknowledged
she had visited him many times, but
always on the same errsnd. Her hus-
band, che declares, became acquainted
with these visits and left her.