The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-04-19
Banker Assaults Representa-
tive Sims on the Street.
Result of Long Feud Between
the Two Men.
LAWMAKER CALLED A LIAR
Had Charged CrOOkedness in ID.
of C.. Land Deals.
"Street Brawl'' Ended by Pass
ing Pedestrians.

washington, April 19.-RepreSenta-
tive Thomas w. Sims of Tennessee was
assaulted Friday afternoon by Charles
j. Glover. president of the Riggs Ma
T. nal bank and a leading banker in
Washington. The affair occurred OPP
posite Mr.. Glover's town house in the
fashionable Farragut Square. The in
reference of two passers-by prevented
a more severe result
Before striking the representatives
Mr.. Glover twice called him liar, re-
ferring to charges made by Mr.. Sims
on the floor of the house in which the
banker was accused of Systematically
plundering the people of Washington
and the government through land
deals in the District of Columbia.
This climax is the result of a long
feud between Glover and Sims. Years
ago the TennesSeean began aSSailing
the banker on account of his real eS-
tate operations. He charged that the
famous Park deal, the Connecticut
Avenue Park extension and other big
transactions were put through for the
enrichment of Glover and his asso-
ciates.
These charges were resented by
Glover. In a public statement before
the house district committee recently
lie branded Mr.. Sims as a falsifier.
In newspaper advertisements which
followed lie further challenged the
representatives. veracity.
Claimed Government Was SwindIed.
To all these statements Sims re-
Piled on the floor of the house, at
lacking the integrity of Glover and re-
newing his charge that the government
has been victimized and the treasury
looted to make profits for Glover and
his friends He has been relentless
in his denunciation of the real estate
deals negotiated by Glover with con-
gresS.
A few days ago Senator La Toilette
a q
he charged in an open statement that
Glover was responsible for the ap-
pointment of John Shelton Williams
as assistant secretary of the treasury
and that this move was made to pre-
vent the appointment of Robert w.
Wooley to that place. Wooley, in a
magazine article, had made similar
charges against Glover.
The affair was described by both
Glover and Sims. Mr.. Glover said:
''As 1 was leaving my town house
on my way to my bank I saw Sims
~addling across Farragut Circle. 1
said: This is Mr.. Sims, 1 believer
Looked Him Square in Face
HE replied: And this is Mr. Glow
err
II looked him squarely in the face
and said: L want to tell you to your
face that you are a contemptivle liar,
face that you are contemplate liar.
Furthermore, 1 mean to show you just
what 1 think of you
with that added Mr.. Glover, ct
struck Sims a blow squarely on the
Jaw with the open palm of my hand.
He reeled back and cried: need pro-
tection-I need proteetion.'
Yes, 1 said to him, you do need
protection, you
with thai 1 hit him again as hard
as 1 could BY that time two other
parties who were passing rushed up
and urged me to go no further. walk
ed calmly again across the street and
entered my motor car"
Could Restrain Himself No LONGER
Mr. Glover then reviewed in detail
the incidents that led up to the at
tack, stating that he had been accused
falsely again and again by Judge Sims
and that he had at last reached the
point where he could restrain himself
no longer.
Sims said that he had been assaulted
by Glover, who wanted to get into
a street brawl''
Indignant friends of Sims in the
house threatened to summon the bank
er before the bar of the house for
contempt of that body. They declare
that an attack on the person of the
representative for statements made on
the floor constitutes contempt of that
body. They say that q member of
congress is protected b. the consti-
tuition in his official utterances.
When this matter was brought to
Mr.. Glover's attention he said that he
invited any proceeding that would give
him an opportunity to reply to the
Sims charges.