McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-10-02
THOSE HETEROGENEOUS.
Mr.. blaine Ans,cers the Questions Propo"nd-
ed on the Indianapolis "SeRtinei."

Mr.. Blaine Ans,cers the Questions PROFOUND
ed by the Indianapolis "Sestinei."
In the Blaine libel suit In the district court
at indianapolis, Mr.. Biaine's attorneys filed
the following answers to the interrogatories
propounded by the Sentiners attorneys on
September 5Ih: I, James G.. Blaine, of Angus
ia, Maine, on oath depose and say. in answer
to the foregoing heterogeneous:
]. Harriet b. Stanwood.
2. In Georgetown, Kentucky, In the spring
of lS49.
9. / lived in Kentucky as assistant professor
or tutor in the Western military institute from
January, 1S4s, to December, 1851. In ls4S and
1919 the institute was ut Georgetown, In 1891 at
4. The lady l married lived in Kentucky
from the spring Of 1913 TO the spring OF 1851,
engaged as teacher IN Col. L. L. Johnsons
female seminary, the first two years ut
Georgetown and the last year at Millersburg.
8. / finally left Kentucky in the latter part
of December, 1851. and went to New Orleans
on business. and thence directly to Augusta,
Maine, which place | reached on February 8,
: 1852, 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, 1851,
accompanied by myself as far as Pittshurg,
Pa; thence Travelled alone to New York,
where she was met by her brother, JACOB
Stanwood, and under his protection proceed
ed to her mothers residence at Augusta, Me-,
where next met her on February ., 1852.
rs and 8. was married i'll Millersburg,
KY, on the Goth of June, 1850, i'll 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 Ken
lucky, which then stringently required
license from the clerk of the county court ]
had the marriage solemniZed Il second time in
Pittsburg, Pa, on the 18th of March, 1851, in
the presence of John V. LemoYne and David
10 and II. Jacob Stanwood was the eldest
brother of my wife. 1 had no acquaintance
with him at the time of ny marrage-had
never seen him nor heard Srom him in any
way, directly or indirectly before my mar
rage. ] met him for the first time in Feb
ruary. 1852. had two letters from him after
my marriage and before / met him, one
warmly welcoming me as a member of the
family and the other inquiring If he could
promote my business interest by loan of
money. l had no other correspondence of
any kind until had personally met him in
February, 1852. My wife had two other
brothers, neither of whom / had ever met
when came to New England in February,
tives of my wife before my arrival in New
England in February, 1852.
r. ID and IA. My first child, son, was born
in the house of his grandmother on the 18th
Blaine. He lived with his parents in 1852, 1853
and part of 1854, in Philadelphia and died
July 80 1854 ana was buried in the Stanwood
family lot, in Forest Grove cemetery, Angus
ia, Maine.
15, 10 and II. A monument was placed, by
my direction, over his grave year after 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 since
the first week in July, but L have reason to
believe, and do believe, that since that date
many letters and figures thereon have been
defaced, and that the figure ~" in the year
1851 has been entirely removed. / have no
means of ascertaining by whom this was
done, but have reason to believe, and do be-
leve, that photograph was taken of the de-
faced stone at the instance of one of the pub
fishers of the New Age, a democratic paper
published in this city, and that copies of said
photograph were sent to divers and sundry
persons, including the publishers of the In
dianapOlis Sentinel, the plaintiff in this suit.
/ know the book referred to as 1.-The Life of
James G.. Blaine" did not revise the vol
ume or become in any degree responsible for
any statement made in it, though saw parts
of it before its publication, but did not and
the question refers, though the statement
there made was doubtless derived by the
author, Roswell Fl. Connell, from CONVERSE
ton with me; but not from any special au-
thorization by me to make it.
(Signed) JAMES G. BLAINE.
oSirt District srhah Of N Name nsh"A' SIS. l.
Before me, Winfield S. Choate, commits
sioner of the circuit court of the United
States, in and for said district, personally ap-
pear James G. Blaine and subscribed and made
oath to the truth of the foregoing answers.
in said district, this 18th day of September, in
the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hum
dred and eighty-four.
[SeaL1 WINFIELD S. CHOArE
Commissioner of the Circuit Court of the
United States for the District of Maine.