St. Landry democrat., 1884-10-04
THE BLA1NE.sENTINEL LIBEL SUIT.

The Undergraduates Recently Propounded
by Counsel For the Defendant Categ"rlc"
ally Answered by MIR. Blaine and Sub
scribed to Under Oath.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, September %.
Mr.. Blaiue's attorneys Saturday filed an
swer to the heterogeneous OF the Semti-
pez. which were fled September S. These
heterogeneous were az follows:
1. What was the maiden name of your
wife?
Q. When and where did you make her
acquaintance
8. State whether you ever lived in the
State of Kentucky. II so, IN what EN-,
ployment you were there employed, ana
at what place and at what time you were
so employed.
4, State whether the person whom
YOU afterwards married lived IN hen-
lucky at that time and in what employ
ment she was engaged, ana at "naC pace
she WAS so engaged
6. State when you nnalIy Iei' Aen-
lucky; if you at any time reslueo Inelei
where you went theretrom; Wnete you
went therefrom; where you were next
emnloyed. and in what business or call
ing.
6. If you answer that the maiden
name of your wife was HarrleL oGah-
wood, state when she finally ielC Aeh,
lucky; where she went; with Whom, anu
when snd where you next met ner.
7. When and where were you mar"
ried?
s, Were you not married some time III
the month of March, 1851!
9. Give date and place of your mar
rage ant the names Of the persons, be-
sides yourself and wife, who were pres
ent OF that occasion.
10. What acquaintance had you with
Jacob Stanwood?
IL. What relation, II any, was he to
the person you married; and what con-
yersation or interview did you nave Win
him before said marriage concerning the
/ same, and where die such interview, II
any, occur, and what was said and done
therein?
-. Was not the first child of said mar
rage born on the 18th day OF Junes
1851?
I3. What was the name? How long
did 1t live, and with whom!
IA. When did said child die? Where
was it buried? and if any cemetery, give
| the name OF the cemetery!
Is. Was any tombstone or monument
erected at the grave of said child? Give
| date of its birth, and BY whose direction
| was such tombstone erected.
| I6. Was there any inscription on salo
! tombstone st the time OF its erection, or
| shortly thereafter If so, give SAID IN
| scription in words and figures as the
same was originally craven onsald tomb
stone
IL, Did not said tombstone bear the
] val ar hlrtn
| of said child: "StanWood Bialne, porn
| June Is. 1852"
/ 10. Hasany portion Of said inscription
said tombstone been erased since its
| erection? If so, what portion:
10. What acquaintance have you with
| the book called 1.-THE Life Of james &.
| Blaine" written by Russell II. ConWell,
| with an introduction by Governor ROBBIE
| of Maine, and published by E. c. Alien &
| Co., Augusta, Me-, in the year 1884?
20. Were not the proofs of such work
submitted to you for revision?
2i, Is not the statement made upon
| the sikty-eighth page Of said book as fol-
| lows; "Mtss Stanwood in March, 1851,
became his wife at Pittsburgh, Pa" A
correct statement as to time and place OF
your marriage?
o. Did not you communicate to the
author of said book for his use in such
work the time and place OF your mar
rage aforesaid?
BLAINE REPLIES.
To these interrogatories Mr.. Blaine re
Sponded as follows:
|, James G. Blaine, of Augusta, Me-,
on oath depose and say in answer to the
foregoing heterogeneous:
!. Harriet Is. StanWqod.
2. In Georgetown, Ky, in the spring
of 1S4S.
8. lived in Kentucky as assistant pro-
fessor or tutor in the Western Military
Institute from January, 1913, to Decem'
Der, 1851. In 1913 and 1919 the institute
! was at Georgetown, in so at Blue LICK
in 1851 ut Decennon Springs.
4. The lady l married lived in Ken
lucky from the Spring of 1648 to the
Spring of 1851. She was engaged as
t., acher in Colonel T. F. Johnson's
Female Seminary, the first two years a
Georgetown, the last year at Millers
burg.
5. finally left Kentucky in the latter
part of December, 1851; went to New
Orleans on business, and thence directly
to Augusta, Me-, which place reached
February 8, 1852, and was next employed
as principal teacher in the Pennsylvania
Institution for the Instruction of the
Bind in Philadelphia.
6. My wife left Kentucky in March
1851, accompanied by myself as far a:
Pittsburg, Pa; thence she Travelled
alone to New York, where she was me
by her brother, Jacob Stanwood, an(
under his protection proceeded to hel
mothers residence in Augusta, Me.
" Ii re l next met her February 8, 1852
Z, 8 and 8. I was married in Millers
2 burg, Ky, on the Goth Of June, 1850, il
the presence Of Sarah G. Stanwood ant
S. L. Blaine. The marriage was secret
; Havinga doubt subsequently of it's valid
ity under the Laws of Kentucky, whicl