Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-09-06

wants of herself and her children and
ne gave her money. She accepted it
as a loan, and with his influence she
endeavored to get into the government
service. She saw her beuefactor often
and he gave her small sums of money.
until finally the knowledge of these
donations came to her husband. He
grew jealous and at last abandoned
her and the children. Then he filed
ilI' sui, for divorce, naming the SEN
ator as correspondent. Since the suit
was filed Mrs. Glascock says the SEN
ator has refused to see her and has
put detectives on her track.
Senator Stewart says:
About year and half ago the
woman, Glascock, came to me as
southern lady in great distress. She
represented that she had five children;
that her husband was unable to sup
port them: that they We're 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 Departmental kind
Of work would do l applied to the
interior department for her, but they
had no place. A few times afterward
She came to my office, always sug-
gested some way through my influence
she could get work. and always rep
presenting the great distress that she
and her family were suffering. At
One time she came on cold. rainy
day and said that they had no coal,
ana she and her children were suffer
ing | gave her s. to buy coal. At
another time she sent her little girl
to me with letter stating that one
of her children had the typhoid fever
and that she had no money to buy
medicine and unless she could get
money the child would probably die.
| sent her a few dOllars-I don't re-
member how many.
ION two or three occasions she OBJ
tanned money from me for like pur-
I poses and finally she began writing
letters assuming that improper rela-
tons existed between us, and that l
! had more to lose than she. | met her
ut the capitol one afternoon as | was
going through the Corridors and told
her that those were Matchmaking let
terS, and that | was bound from
that time on to treat her as a black
mailer \ few days after this | re-
cciyed Il letter from an attorney, Mr.
Darlington, asking if | had any rea-
son to give why Mr.. Glascock should
not briu% Il suit against me for alien
atin@ e affections of his wife. sent
Col. Thompson to him to state to him
the facts He wrote Col. Thompson
that his client was an honorable man
and was about to bring suit for d.
vOrce. | then wrote to Mr. Darlington
stating the facts for his information,
SUppoSing that that would end the
matter. But the suit was begun and
Mrs. GlaScOck sent me the subpoena
Some time aftCrWard ! received a let
ter from James Wilson, stating that
Mrs. GlaScock had called on him in
great distress, fearing that her chill
drrn would be taken from her and
that it was a delicate matter To man
age. | paid no attention. TO the letter
Shortly aftcrward | received another
letter from Mrs Glascock. stating
that she must see me and that she
would call the following Monday
morning, and informing me that her
husband was in Richmond, Va. BY
that time began to suspect = con-
spiracy. and when the time arrived l
watched. She came and attempted to
go. into my office She had her little
band, was out in the street near the
entrance. The plan evidently WAS to
get in my office and then send her
little Girl for her husband and create
Il sensation.
"Shc wrote me one or two other
letters insisting that she could protect
me If she could only see me and thar
her husband was absent and that il
was necessary for her to see me before
he returned. one was brought to me
by her little boy ut the capitol. She
Iaud her husband were there immedi-
atrly aftarward. They hunted for me
in pairs for several days. The plan, as
| learned was that she was tc meet
me aud he was to come up, accuse
Us Of intimacy, create scene on the
street and gel it published.
Il then employed 4 detective and
aScertained that they were living to-
grther. and lave been ever since the
suit for divorce was begun. | obtained
proof of the conspiracy and my at
torney presented It TO Judge Bradley.
ana there is an order Of the court that
/ the question Of conspiracy of colusiye
suit Shall first be heard. The aiiidarits
are on Tile.
Every letter she ever wrote me
was either a demand for money or a
threat to iniure me unless she could
get money, Both Mrs. and Mr.. GlaS-
cock have made threats that they
must have money or 4 scandal would
follow. | know every movement that
they and their co-conSplratorS have
i ado for the last three months. | was
nut under the painful necessity Of
gathering these facts and going before
tie court with a View Of publishing
t.,ta for thair hackmail schemes
Mrs GlaSgock has the audaEiTv II