The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-23
lNrEaRooAToRiEs ANSWERED.
MIR. BIaine Answers the Questions
of The Indianapolis sentinel.


INDIANAPOLIS, sept 23,--The attorneys for
the plaintiff in the Blaine-Sentinel libel suit
Saturday afternoon filed the answer of James
g. Blai,e to Ito interrogatories propounded
by the defense The answer is iii Blaine's
own Handwriting, and is sworn to Sept II,
before Winfield s. Choate. commissioner Of
the United States district court of
Maine The interrogatories are an
swered by number. The first nine re-
late to the maiden name of
Mrs. Blaine, the time and place of the we'd
ding, her acquaintance and to the marriage
Nos 10 and IL arc as to his knowledge Oh
and Acquaintance with Jacob Stanwood,
Mrs Blaine's brother, and what interviews
Blaine had with him before the marriage
Nos. 12 TO Is are as to the birth, death,
burial and defacing Of the tombstone Of
Blaine's first child; and Nos. 10 TO % relate
to Blaine's responsibility for statements made
in his published life by Russell H. Connell
The answers are as follows:
II, James G. Blaine, of Augusta, Me-, on
oath depose and say in answer TO the fore
going interrogatories:
l. Harriet B. Stanwood
2. In Georgetown, KY, In the spring OF
lS4S.
3. lived in Kentucky as an assistant
professor or tutor in the Western Military
Institute from January, 1S4S, to December,
1851 In lS47 and 1S49 the institute was al
Georgetown; in 1850, at Blue Lick; in 1851 at
Drennon Springs. rtAsq;
4. The lady married lived in Kentucky
from the spring of 1S4S to the spring OF 1851,
engaged as teacher in Col T. f. Johnson'a
female seminary. The first two years at
Georgetown, the last year at Millersburg.
s. finally left Kentucky in the latter part
of December, 1851, went to New Orleans on
business, and thence directly to Augusta
Me-, which place l reached Feb. 9, 1852, and
was next employed as principal teacher in
the Pennsylvania Institution for the Blind,
in Philadelphia.
6. My wife left Kentucky In March, 1851,
accompanied by myself as far as Pittsburg,
Pa. Thence she travelled alone to New
York, where she was met by her brother
Jacob Stanwood, and under his protection
proceeded to her mothers residence in Au.
gusta, Me-, where l next met her Feb. O.
1852
rs, and O. was married IN Millersburg
KY, on June 80, 1850, in the presence Of
Sarah c. Stanwood and S. l.. Blaine The
marriage was secret. Having doubt subse
quently of its validity under the laws Of
Kentucky, which then stringently required q
license from the clerk of the county board,
| had the marriage solemniZed a second time
| in Pittsburg, Pa, on March -, 1851, in the
presence of John V. Lemoyne and David
| Bell
10 and IL. Jacob Stanwood was the eldest
brother of my wife. | had no acquaint
ance with him at the time of my
marriage and had never seen hin
nor heard from him in any way directly
| or indirectly before my marriage. Ime
| him for ho ffsct tif11a in EahrIIaru 1SSO
| had two letters from him after my marriage
| and before met him, one warmly welcom
| ing me as a member of the family, the othel
inquiring if he could promote my business
| interests by loan Of money. Ihad no othel
correspondence of any kind until after haf
personally met him in February, 1852. My
| wife had two brothers, neither of whom
had ever met when l came to New England
| in February, 1852; nor did ever meet any
male relative of my wife before my arriva
| in New England in February.
~, 13, and Ia. My first child, a son, was borl
in the house of his grandmother on the l3tl
day of June, 1851. His name was Stanwoot
Blaine. He lived with his parents in 1852
1858, and part Of 1854 in Philadelphia. HI
died on July 81, 1854, and was buried in tn
Stanwood family lot in Forest Grove ceme
terry, Augusta, Me.
Is, l6, and H. A monument was place.
| Dy any uAlCSbiOu w 0A IhNc, y0ol alOo
his death, thus inscribed: 'Stanwood Blaine
son of James G. and Harriet s. Blaine
born June IS, 1851; died July 81, 1854.
Is. have not myself seen the stone sine
the first week in July, but have reason to be
live, and do believe, that since that dat
many letters and figures thereon have bea
defaced, and that the figure in the yea
1851 has been entirely removed. have n
means of ascertaining by whom this wa
done, but have reason to believe, and do bs
lieve, that photograph was taken of the ds
faced stone by the procurement of one of th
publishers of The New Age, Democrat
paper published in this city, and that copie
of said photograph were sent to divers an
sundry persons, including the publishers {
The Indianapolis Sentinel, the defendant
this suit
10, 90, 81 and %. know the book referre
to as the Life of j. g. Blaine" did nC
revise the volume nor become in any degrt
responsible for any statement made in i
though l saw parts of it before publication
but / did not and have not to this day see
page g. to which the questions refer, thong
the statement thore made was doubtle
derived by the author, Russell H Connel
from conversations with me, but not fro
any special authorization by me to make
JAMES G. BLAINE.