The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-09-26
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Mr.. Blaine's Frank and Manly Answer
to the Sentinel" HETEROGENEOUS.

Notice was made at the time, of the
libel suit begun some weeks ago by
Mr.. Blaine against the indianapolis
Sentinel. The counsel for the Sentinel
asked the court to require Blaine to
answer under oath certain questions.
The court declined, after long argu-
ment by counsel on both sides, to dc
this. The Sentinel then virtually
admitted that it could not establish its
case unless these questions were an.
swered. Whereupon Mr.. Blaine
voluntarily filed his answers. The
questions and answers are as follows:
l. What was the maiden name of your wife ?
2. When and where did you make her ac-
quaintance9
3. State whether you ever lived in the State
of kentucky f; if SO, in what employment were
you there employed, and at what place and al
| what time were you so employed?
1. State whether the person whom you after
wards married lived in Kentucky at that time,
and in what employment she was engaged and
at what place she was so engagedP
3. State when you finally left Kentucky, II
you at any time resided there, and where you
went therefrom where you were next EN-.
ployed and in what business or calling.
6. If you answer that the maiden name OF
your wife was Harriet Stanwood, state when
she finally left Kentucky, where she went
with whom, and when and where you ext mel
her.
4. When and where you married her.
&. Were you not married some time in the
month OF March, ISL?
D. Give the date and place of your marriage,
and the names of the persons besides yourself
and wife who were present on that occasion.
10. What acquaintance had you with jacob
Stanwood?
il. What relation, If any, was he to the per-
son to whom you were married, and what con-
yersatiOn, or interview, did yon have with him
before said marriage, concerning the same,
and where did such an interview, if any, occur
and what was said and done therein9
l.. Was not the first child of said marriage
born on the 18th day Of June, ls5l9
-. What was the name. how long did he
live, and with whom?
II. When did said child die where was il
buried; and If in any cemetery; was any
tombstone or monument erected at the grave
of said child?
I5. Give the date of its birth, and by whose
directions was such tombstone erected?
lG. Was there any inscription on said
| tombstone at time of its erection, or shortly
thereafter If SO, give said inscription in the
words and figures as the same was originally
craven on said tombstone.
Ia. Did not said tombstone bear the following
Inscription relative to the birth OF said child
''Stanwood Blaine, born 18th June, 1851 ?"
Is. Has any portion of said inscription on said
tombstone been erased since its erection? II
so, what portion?
10. What acquaintance have you with a book
called "The Life of james G. Blaine, - writ
ten by Russell II. Conwell, with introduction
| by Gov. Robbie of Maine, and published by f.
{. Allen 4 Co., Augusta, Maine, in the year
1851?
20. Were not proofs of such works submitted
to you for revision?
| 81. Is not the stat ement on the 6Sth page of
said book as follows: Miss Stanwood, in
March, ISL, become his wife at Pittsburg, Pa,
the correct statement as to the time and place
of your marriage?
-. Did not you communicate to the author
OF said book, for his use in such work, the time
and place of your marriage as aforesaii9
To these interrogatories Mr.. Blaine
replied as follows:
j, James q. Blaine, of Augusta, Maine, on
oath depose and say in answer to the foregoing
interrogations
l. Harriet b. Stanwood.
,. In Georgetown, Kentucky, in the spring
IF Is43
}. lived in Kentucky as assistant professor
or tutor in the Western Military Institute from
January, 1S4S, to December, ISL In 1913 and
lS49, the institute was at Georgetown, in ls5O
at Blue Lick, and in 1851 at Decannon Springs,
4. The lady married lived in Kentucky from
the spring of lSiS to the spring of ISL, and
was engaged as teacher in Col. L. +. John
sons Female Seminary, first two years at
Georgetown, and the last year at Miliersburg
D. finally left Kentucky in the latter part of
December, ISL, and went to New Orleans on
business. and thence directly to Augusta,
Maine, which place reached February o, Is52,
and was next employed as principal teacher in
the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction
OF the Blind, in Philadelphia
6. My wife left Kentucky in March, ISL, ac-
companied by myself as far as Pittsburg, Pa
thence travelled alone to New York, where she
was met by her brother, Jacob Stanwood and
under his protection proceeded to her mothers
residence at Augusta, Maine, where next met
her, February 9th, lSj2.
4, s and 9, / was married in Millersbnrg, Nv,
on the 5oth of june. 1850, in the presence of
Sarah T.. StanwoOd and S. L. Blaine The
marriage was secret. Having doubt subse-
quently of i& validity under the laws of Ken
lucky, in which they stringently required a Ii
cense from the Clerk of the County Court. I
had the marriage solemnized a second time
in Pittsburg, Pa, on the 10Th day of March.
ISL, in the presence of John lie Moyne and Da-
vid BE /.
10 and IL. Jacob Stanwood was the eldest
brother of my wife. l had no acquaintance
with him at the time of my marriage and had.
never seen him, nor heard from him In any
way, directly or indirectly, before my mar
riage. met him for the first time in February
lSj2. j had two letters from him after nv
marriage and before 1 met him-one warmly
welcoming me as a member of the family and
The other inquiring If he could promote nv
business interests by loan of money. had
no other correspondence OF any kind until ar-
er had personally met him in February, Is5s.
Ny wife had two other brothers, neither of |
whom had ever met when came to y Nv Eng
and in February, 1852, nor did 1 ever meet any |
male relatives of my wife before NV arrival /
n New England in February, 1852.
IL, Is and IA. My first child. son. was born
n the house OF his grandmother, on the Isth
II June, ISL His name was Stanwood Blaine.
Ie lived with his parents in ISJs, Iss3 and 1851,
i'll +.