Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-08-28
CHARGES CONSPIRACY
Senator Stewards Statement Regarding q
Divorce Suit
He Aided Mrs. GlasscOck, but EN-
Other Charges-Papcrs Withheld.

wife for divorce. Upon the filing Of the bill
OF complaint Judge Cox sent the papers to
the clerk OF the court directing him to place
them in the safe and keep them in perfect
secrecy. The fact that the suit was filed
was mentioned at the time in The Star. but
beyond that fact nothing more was stated.
Ing to the fact that the papers were with
held from inspection. Yesterday there APP
peared In one Of the New York papers an
account OF the case, in which 1t was stated
that prominent western Senator had been
named as correspondent. The name Of the
Senator was not mentioned, but 1t was
rumored that Senator Stewart Of Nevada
was the man. Last night Senator Stewart
made the following statement:
1 saw in the New York Hell aid this morn
ing the article with reference to a Senator.
and l presume that applies to me. About a
year and half ago the woman Glasscock
came to me as a southern lady in great
distress. She represented that she had five
children, and that her husband was unable
to support them; that they were suffering
for food and clothing She said she was
wiling to work in any capacity, and wanted
me 10 get her employment in some of the
departments--any kind of W. rk would do.
apphea TO the Interior Department for
her, out tney mad no place. few times
arterward she came to my office, always
suggesting some way that through my in
huence she could get work. and always
representing the great distress that she and
ner FAMILY were suffering.
AT one time she came on a cold rainy
DAY, and said that they had no COAL and
she and her children were suffering. l gave
her 50 to buy coal At another time she
sent her little girl to me with o letter stat
ing 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 chilli would probably die. / sent her a
few dolldrs-I do not remember how many.
On one or two other occasions she obtained
money from me for like charities, and
nnaliy she commenced writing letters, as
stunning tnat improper relations existed be-
tween us, and that L had more to lose than
she had l met her at the Capitol one af-
ternoon, as l was going through the cor
rldors, and told her that those were black
mailing letters, and that was bound from
that time on to treat her as a backmailer.
Suspected n Conspiracy.
"A few days after this l received let
ter from an attorney, Mr.. Darlington, ask
Ing If had any reason to give why Mr..
Glasscock should not bring suit against
me for alternating the affections of his wife.
l sent Col Thompson to him to state to
him the facts. He wrote Col. Thomson
that his client was an honorable man and
was about TO bring suit for divorce. l then
wrote TO Mr.. Darlington stating the facts
Tor his information, supposing that that
"oulc END the matter. But the suit was
the subpoena. Some time afterward I re-
ceived letter from James III. Wilson. stat
ing that Mrs. Glasscock had called on him
III great olstress, fearing that her children
"ouiu De taken from her, and that it was
deiicdte matter to manage I maid no ar
tenuon to the letter
shortly afterward l received another let
-, ~ .fonl Mrs. ella sscock stating that she
must see, me. and that she would cali the
Iolowing Monday morning, and Informing
sIne mat her husband was in Richmond,
va. by that time 1 began to suspect a
conspiracy, and when the time arrived 1
had them watched She came and attempt
ed 10 get into my office. Her little girl
was with her. Mr.. Glasscock, her hus-
, paho, was out In the street near the en-
trance: The plan evidently was to get in
my Office and then send her little girl for
her husband and create a sensation
She wrote me one or two other letters.
insisting that she could protect me IL she
could only see me. and that her husband
was absent, and that 1t was necessary for
her to see me before he returned. One
was brought to me by her little boy at the
Capitol. She and her husband were there
Immediately afterward They hunted for
me in pairs for several days. The plan, as
| learned, was that she was to meet me and
he was to come up, accuse us of intimacy,
create a scene on the street and get it pub
lished.
They Lived Together All the Time.
II then employed a detective and ascer-
tanned that they were living together and
have been ever since the suit for divorce
was commenced. 1 obtained proof of the
conspiracy and my attorney presented
It to Judge Bradley, and there is an order
of the court that the question of this con-
spiracy of conclusive suit shall be first
heard. The affidavits are on file.
Il have also learned that Mrs. Glasscock
and husband have several co-conspirators
Of disreputable character who have been
hanging around the Capitol for several
years. Every letter she ever wrote me and
every conversation that she had with me
was either demand for money or a threat
to injure me unless she could get money
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Glasscock have made
threats individually and together that
they would have money or a scandal and
their co-conspirators have frequently done
the same.
Il know every movement that they and
their co-conspirators have made for the last
three months. l was put under the painful
necessity of gathering the facts and going
before the court, with a view of Furnishing
them for Matchmaking schemes.
Mrs. Glasscock has the audacity to say
that last December my husband left me
and we have not lived together since and
since May IL 1 have not even seen him. ;
The mendacity of this statement illustrates
the character of the woman Scores of per-
sons have seen them together daily during
the last three months and all their neigh
bors and friends know that they have been
living together as husband and wife ever
since the suit was commenced, and that
seen the affidavits on file she would have
been a brave woman to make such a state
ment."
What Mrs. GInsscocL Claims.
The woman in the case, Mrs. Glasscock
does not deny calling upon Senator Stewart
and asking him for money, and it IS said
that she admits several of the charges
made in the bill of complaint. She claims it
is said, that had she listened to her hus-
bends advice and not gone to Senator Stew
art to seek his aid in getting ner a govern
mont position, the suit would never have
been fled. She asserts that since the filing
of the suit it has been impossible for her
to meet Senator Stewart, claiming that he
avoids her, and does not answer her let
tiers. She also claims that she has been
followed by detectives, and that she has
been threatened with arrest for blackmail-
ing the Senator. 1t is understood that her
five little children are with her. and she
says she fears that they VIII be taken
from her. She is said to be supported by
her brothers, who live in North Carolina
Mrs. Glasscock claims that her hus-
band is living in North Carolina, but it is
stated by those who profess to know that
he is still in this city, and that Mrs. Glass