The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1894-09-04
STEWART IN A. SCANDAL.
THE NEVADA SENATOR DE-
CLATsES 1T BLACKMAIL.
n Social Sensation i'm Washington
The Venerable millionaire Is Co-Re-
Spondent in Il Divorce Suit

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| spondent in II Divorce Suit.
The close of the Fifty-Third Congress
was immediately followed last week by
the unveiling of social scandal ia
Washington, which involves the mil
| liOnaire Senator from Nevada.
The story OF divorce suit, with
| Charles l.. Glasscock, clerk in the
Southern Railway Office, as complain
ant, and United States Senator as
correspondent, was published several
| days ago The published account did
not mention his name, and the papers
in tho case were under ban of secrecy
pronounced by Judge Bradley, but
rumor said that Senator Stewart, of
Nevada. was the person meant.
Senator Stewart, when askek if he
had seen the article in which a pro-
minent free-sil yer advocate in the SEN
! ate was accused replied: 81 have,
and presume that it applies to me-"
Mr.. Stewart then made the following
statement:
About a year and half ago the
woman Glasscock came to me as u
Southern lady in great distress. She
represented that she had five children,
and that her husband was unable to
support them; that they were suffer-
ing for food and clothing. She said
she was willing to work in any "apa-
city, and wanted me to get her employ
mont in some of the departments-any
kind OF work would do. 1 applied to
the interior department for her, but
they had no place. a few times after
ward she cam to my Office, always sug-
costing some way that through my in
iluence she could get work, and always
she and her family were suffering At
one time she came on u cold, rainy
day, and said that they had no coal,
and that she and her children were
sutferingIHl gave her So to buy coal.
at another time she sent her little
girl to me with letter. stating that
one.Of their 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 do not re-
member how many. On one or two
other occasions she obtained money
from me for like charities, and finally
she commenced writing letters, assum-
ing that improper relations existed be-
tween us, and that | had more to lose
than she had. | met her at the capitol
one afternoon as | was going through
the corridors, and told her that these
were blackmaiing letters, and that /
was bound from that time on to treat
nef as Il DlaCRmaller.
A few day after this, l received q
letter from an attorney, Mr.. CARING
ton, asking If L had any reason to give
why'Mr. Gasscock should not bring u
suit against me for alternating the
affections of his wife. l sent Colonel
Thompson to him to state the facts.
He wrote Colonel Thompson that his
client was an honorable man, and was
about to bring suit for divorce [
then wrote to Mr.. Carringtuu, stating
the facts for his information, suppos-
ing that that would end the matter.
But the suit was commenced, and Mrs.
Glasscock sent me the subpoena. Some
time aftcrward | received IL letter from
James III. Wilson, stating that Mrs.
GlasscOck had called on him in great
distress, fearing that her children
would be taken from her, and that it
was delicate matter to manage.
paid no attention to the letter.
Shortly afterward received anoth-
er letter from Mrs. GlasscOck, stating
that She must see me, and that she
would call the following Monday morn
ing and informing me that her hus-
| band was in Richmond, Va. BY that
time | began to suspect conspiracy,
and when the time arrived | had them
watched. She came and attempted to
get into my office. Her little girl was
with her. Mr.. Glasscock, her hus-
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 SEN
| satlOn. She wrote me one or two other
letters insisting that she could protect
me if she could only see me, that hcl.
husband was absent, ana that it was
| necessary for her to see me before he
returned. One was brought to me by
her little boy ut the capitol. She and
her husband were there Immediately
afterward. They hunted for me in
pairs for several days. The plan, as
learned, was to meet me and he was to
come up and accuse us OF intimacy,
create scene on the street. and get it
published.
81 then employed detective and
ascertained that they were living to-
gether and have been ever since the
suit for divorce was commenced.
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 or c0llusivc suit shall be first
heard. The atfidavits are on the file
81 have also learned that Mrs
Glasscock and her husband have sever
al co-conspiratOrs of disrcputablC
character who have been hanging
around the capitol for years. Every
letter she ever wrote me and every
conversation that'shc had with me wa.
either a demand for money or Il threat
to injurc me unless she could get money
Mr.. and Mrs. Glasscock have made
threats individually and together thai
they would have money or a scandal
and their co-conspirators have frequ
emily done the same.
know every movement that they
and their cO-cOnSpiratOrS have made
for the last three months. | was pu
under the painful necessity OF gather.
ing these facts and going before the
court, with IL view Of furnishing then
for their blackmailing schemes.
Mrs. Glasscock has the audacity t.
say that last December my husband
left me and we have not lived together
since, and since May IL | have not
even seen him.
The mendacity OF this statement
illustrates the character Of the wo
man. Scores of persons have seen then
together daily during the last three
months and all their ncighbors ant
friends know that they have been liv
ing together as husband and wife ever
since the suit was commenced ant
that they are living together today
If she has seen the affidavits on file