The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-08-30
SAYS IT'S BLACl1AIAIl.,
Senator stewart Correspondent IN
q Divorce Case.

& Washington, Aug. % The statement
was published this morning that
Charles y. Glasscock of this city had
filed a suit for absolute divorce from
his wife, and that he had named as co
respondent senator whose name was
not given and whose identity was not
clearly shown. Tire fact became known
that Senator Stewart Of Nevada was
probably the senator referred to in the
article. An Associated Press reporter
asked him whether he had seen the
statement, to which he replied:
7 did, and / presume it applies to
me. About a year and a half ago the
woman Glasscock came to me as a
Southern lady in great distress. She
represented that she had five children,
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 suggested
some way that through my influence
she could get work, and always repre-
,senting the great distress that she and
her family were suffering. At one time
she came on a cold, rainy day and said
that she had no coal, and she and her
children were suffering. I gave her So
to buy coal. At another time she sent
her little girl to me with letter stat
ing that one of the children had the
I %rv, hot n .1>a =
money to buy medicine, and unless she
could get money the children would
probably die. / sent her a few dol
lars-I don't remember how many. On
two or three occasions she obtained
money from me for like purposes, and
| finally she commenced writing letters
assuming that improper relations ex-
listed between us, and that had more
| to lose than she. I met her at the
capitol one afternoon as I was going
through the corridors and told her that
those were matchmaking letters, and
that I was bound from that time on
to treat her RS a blackmailer. A few
days after this received letter from
an attorney, Mr.. Darlington, asking il
had any reason to give why Glass
cock should not bring suit against me
for alternating the affections Of his wife
sent Col. Thompson to him to state
the facts. He wrote Col. Thompson
that his client was an honorable man
and was about to bring suit for divorce
then wrote to Mr.. Darlington, stating
that fact for his information, supposine
that it would end the matter. But the
suit was commenced, Mrs. Glasscocl
sent me the subpoena. Some time af
terward received a letter from James
III. Wilson stating that Mrs. Glasscocl
had called on him, asking him in grea
distress, fearing that her children
would be taken from her, and that i
was {, delicate matter to manage.
paid no attention to the letter. Shortl.
afcrward received another letter from
Mrs. Glasscock stating that she mus
see me, and that she would call the fol
lowing Monday morning, and inform
:, ing me that her husband was in Rich
mond, Va. By that time I began to sus
pect a conspiracy, and when the tim
arrived I watched She came and at
tempted TO get in my Office. She hat
her little girl with her. Mr.. Glasscock
her husband, was out in the stree
near the entrance. The plan evidentl,
was to get in my Office and then sen,
her little girl for her husband and ere
, ate q sensation
II Mr.. Stewart says that he hired dc
tectiyes and has proof that it is a black
9iling scheme