The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-04
IS IT 4 CONSPIRACY ?
MR.. STEWART DEFENDANT IN
AN ALIENATION SUIT.
Charles L. Glasscock's Suit Against the
Senator for Alienation of His
Wife's Affections.

The story of a Washington divorce
suit, with Charles L. Glasscock, a clerk
in the Southern railway Office, as com
plainant, and a United States Senator
as correspondent, published yesterday
in a New York paper, brought out a
statement last night from the Senator
in question, says the Post The pub
lished account did not mentions his
name and the papers in the cas were
withheld by Judge Bradley, butrumor
said that Senator Stewart, of Nevada,
was the person meant. Last night
Senator Stewart was asked if he had
seen the article in which a prominent
free silver advocate in the Senate was
accused, and he replied: II have and
presume that it applies to me-" Mr..
Stewart then made the following state
ment:
About a year and a half ago the wo
man Glasscock came to me as q South
ern lady" in great distress. She rep
resented that she had five children, and
that her husband was unable to sup
port them; 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 departments-any kind
of work would do. applied to the In
terror Department for her, but they
had no place. A few times afterward
she came to my Office, always suggest
ing some way that through influence
she GOULD get work, and representing
the great distress that she and her
her family were suffering. At one
time she came to me IN a cold, rainy
| day and said they had no coal, and she
md hnm ahTI6rGn WoR0 oT1ffnRTn0 I
gave her S. to buy coal. At another
time she sent her little girl with a let
ter, stating that one Of her children
had the typhoid fever, and that she
had no money to buy medicines, and
unless she could get money the child
would probably die. I sent her a few
dOllars-I do not remember how many.
! On one or two other occasions she OBJ
tanned money from me for like charities,
and finally she commenced writing
letters, assuming that improper rela-
tions existed between US, and hat /
had more to lose than she had. I met
her at the Capitol one afternoon as l
was going through the corridors, and
told her that those were Matchmaking
letters, and that / was bound from
| that time on to treat her as a black
mailer.
SUED FOR ALIENATION.
A few days after 1 received a letter
from an attorney, Mr.. Darlington, ask
ing if / had any reason to give why
Mr.. Glasscock should not bring a suit
against me for alternating the affections
of his wife Isent Colonel Thompson
to state to him the facts. He wrote
| Colonel Thompson that his client was
all honorable man and was about to
bring suit for divorce. l then wrote
Mr.. Darlington stating the facts for his
information, supposing that would end
the matter. But the suit was COM
menced, and Mrs. Glasscock sent me
the subj Hna.. Some time afterward /
received a letter from James H. Will
son, stating that Mrs. Glasscock had
called on him in great distress, fear
ing that her children would be taken
from her, and that it was a delicate
matter to manage. Ipaid no attention
to the letter.
! Shortly afterward I received another