The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-22
THE FOUL ISLANDER
OF TIE INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL
Completely lsefuted by tho Categorical An.
swer Of Mr.. blaine to- the Interrocu.
% tories-Tho Comments Of tho Indt.
ana Newspapers on the 1niquity,

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tories were rs follows: ,t.l..a, A..
Fint-What was the maiden name q
your wife? ,
second-.Whcn andwllerc did you max,
her acquaintance?
Third-Statc whether you ever lived II
the State OF Kentucky. lfso, in what GIN
ployment YOU were there employed, anc
at what place and ut what time you wert
so employed?
Fourth-State whcthcrthc person wlon
you ai.erward married lived in Kentuck,
at that time, in what employment she was
engaged In, and at what place she was &C
engaged? -
fifih-Statc when you finally left Ken,
lucky; If you ut any time resided there
where you went therefrom; where you
were next employed, and in what business
or calling? l'lg.fl.l.' y, :
Sixth-tf you answer that the maiden
name OF your wife was Harriet Stanwood,
state wllen she finally left Kentucky
where she went; with whom, and when
and where you next met her ?
Snrenth-When and where you mar
ricd? =
Elghtl,-Were you not married some
time in the month Of March, 1851?
Ninth-Giye date, and place OF your
marriage and names OF persons besides
yourself and wife who were present OIL the
occasion. rs .s
Tcntil-What acquaintance had you
with Jacob Stanwood? : =
Eleyenth-Wlat relation, il any, was he
to thcperson to whom you were married,
and what conversation or interview did
you have with him before said marriage
concerning same, and where did said inter.
view, If any, occur; and what was said
and done therein:
Twclith-Was not the frs: child OF said
marriage born on the lsth day OF June,
1851? -. =
rhirt""nth-What was the nam ;, how
long did 1t live, and with whom?
tou.teanth-Whcn did said child die
Where was it buried? And ii in any
cemetery, give the name Of the cemetery?
Fifteeuth-Was any tombstone or mon
umcnt erected at the grave OF the chilli? ?
Give toe date OF its birth, and by whose
SlSteenth-Was there any inscription
OH said tombstone at the time OF its erect
ion, or shortly thereaitcr7 II SO, give said
inscription in words aud figures rs the
same was originally craven on aid tomb
stone. y, IL.
: Sevcntecnth-Did not said tombstone
bear the following inscription relative to
the birth OF said child: "Stanwood Blaine.
Born June Is, 1872?
Ei:htcenth-Has any portion OF said in
scription on said tombstone been erased
since its erection? II So what portion?
Ninetecnth-What acquaintance have
you with the book called "The life OF
James G. Blaine" written by Russell II.
Conwell, with m Introduction by Gov
ernor Robie and published by Z. C.
Allen & Co., Augusta, Me-, in the year
1851? !s-.5S n
Twentieth-Werc not the proofs OF such
work submitted to You for revision?
Twenty-tirst-1s notthe statement made
upon the sixty-cishth page OF said book
rs follows: Miss Stanwood, in March,
1851, became his wife at Pittsburgh, Pa, ="
a correct statement asto the time und place
Of your marriage?
rwenty-sccond-Did not you COMMUNE
cate to the author Of said book for his use
in sbch work the time and place OF your
marriage as aforesaid?
10 these interrosatories Mr. Blaine re-
sponds as follows:
r.. stK. RLAiSE's RESPONSE,
I, James G. Blaine, OF Augusta, Maine.
on oath, depose and say, in answer to the
foregoing interrosatories:
First-Harriet B. Stanwood.
second-In Georgetown, Kentucky, in
the spring Of 1S4S.
Third lived in Kentucky, as assistant
Professor or tutor i'll the Western Military
Institute, from January, ISIS, to Decem.
Der, 1851. In 1918 and 1910 the Institute
was ut Georgetown; in 1850 at Blue Lick !;
in 1851 at Drennon Springs.
Fourth-The lady l married lived in
Kentucky from the spring Of ls4s to the
spring OF 1851, engaged as teacher in
Colonel T. T. .Johnson's Female Seminary
the first two years at Georgetown, the
last year Mt Millersburg,
Fifth finally left Kentucky in the
latter part Of December, 1851, went to
New Orleans on business, and thence di-
rcctly to Augusta, Me-, which place
reached February, 1852, and wus next
employed as principal teacher in the
PENNSYLVANIA Institute for the Instruction
OF the Blind, in Philadelphia. sls
Sixth--My wife left kentucky in March,
1851, accompanied by myself us far as
Pittsburgh, Pa, and thence travelled alone
to New York, where she was met by her
brother, Jacob Stanwood, and under his
protection proceeded to her mothers res.
idcnce, in Augusta, Me-, where next met
her February 0, 1852. 7
Seventh, eighth and ninth-I was mar.
ried in Millersburg, ny, on the 30th OF
June, 1850. in the PRESENCE Of Sarah G.
Stanwood and T. L. Blaine. The marriage
was secret. Having doubt subsequently
OF its vitality under the laws OF Kentucky;
which then stringcntly required license
from the clerk Of the County Court, had
the marriage solemnized a second time in
Pittsburgh, Pa, on the Goth OF March,
1851, in the presence OF John 0. Lemoyne
and David Bell. 5}t -
Tenth and clcyenth-Jacob Stanwood
was the eldest brother OF my wife. I had
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my marriage; had never seen him nor
heard from him in any way, directly OF
indirectly, before my marriage. l met
him for the first time in February. 1852.
had two letters from him after my mar.
riage, and before met him-one warmly
welcoming mo as aInember OF the family,
the other inquiring II he could promote
my business interests hy1a loan OF money
had no other correspondence Of any
kind until l.had personally met him in
February, 1852. My wife had two other
brothers, neither Of ,whomI had ever met
whenI came to New England in February,
1852, nor did eyer meet any male rela'
tives my wife before my arrival In New
England in February. 1859. sSG; zllG3
$Twclith, thirteenth, fourteenth My
first child, a son. was born in the house OF
his grandmother, OH the 18th Of June,
1851. His name was Stanwood Blaine,
He lived with his parents in 1852, 1850
and part Of 1854, in Philadelphia, died
July 81, 1851, and was buried IN the Stan.
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