The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-25
THE LIBEL SUIT.
New Discoveries Of the Illicit Rela.
tions OF the Blaines.
MARRIAGE WITHOUT A LICENSE
rr0nr Forthcoming That Threrts ut FER
soGaI Violence Juduced hIa.nr to
Make the Un- Preparation for
the Great Wrong.

lNniASAPoL y, MD sep, lH'-lh the
United States district court this after
noon the attorneys for Mr.. Shoemaker
filed II bill OF discovery in tho Blaine
Sentinel libel suit.
The bill begins by citing the fact Of
Blaine bringing the suit against the
Sentinel and repeating the original
complaint in tho suit, and the S%en,inel's
answer with the accompanying inter
rogatories and tho reply Of BlaiEe's
attorneys. The bill thon states
that after filing the i~ItcrrOsaturics
Shoemaktr's attorneys, ell tire 9th Of
September, moved the court fox u rule
against Bldne To answer the same
Within "a specified time, 10 10 liked by
the court, which motion vas argued on
September 18th and overruled. Tho
bill goes on to SAY that ia order to cs-
tablish 4 certain defense of the JUstiiica-
ton pleaded by Shoemakur, IL
will be necessary aud material for
the orators To show and prove that
Blaine had Illicit relations with and ST.
duccd the person whom he afterwards
married, tho result Of said intercourse
being the birth of y child i'll about thrsa
months after said marriage. The l. J.
| goes on To say that tho orators arc III
formed and bolioyp tho marriage of
| James q. Blaine aud liarOt Stanwood
occurred on or about tho 18th vi March,
1851, m Pittsuurg, Pennsylvania. That
tho marriage was citiIiestinely ar
ranged, secretly performed and hastily
accomplished. That no license was
issued 10y any authority for such mar
riagc and none being required by the
laws OF Pennsylvania at that time. That
no public official record was kept or
made for same reason. That oue iiryan,
"a minister oIiiciatcd ut said marriage,
being dead several years, and that II
any private memorandum or record OF
the marriage WAS made tao SdiIe Is
lost Or destroyed, particulars of which
marriage boin. iuliy known to Blaine.
The bill thon states that snihctiiie be-
| fore the date of said marriage Blaine
was Il professor at an III tuition OF
learning ut M~ilierSburg, kentucky.
That Miss StanwoUd WAS AN
! ]inslructress in n ,~eiualo schoul at the
same place and hat they became ;c-
quainted. Both We're unmarried, and
Elaine addressed Miss StanwOUd rs Il
sutton. That he gained her confidence
| and illicit relations ensued. That u short
tilno before said marriage Jacob STAN
wood, Il brother or uncle OF Harriet,
or some other person or
persons unknown to the orators.
waited on Blaine, aud charged him with
being the cause Of Miss S~tauwoOd's con
dition, and threatened him with per-
sonul violence unless he married her.
| That Blaine made no denial Of the char
| yes, II in consequence Of being threat
eued, agreed to marry her. That II or
more persons were present at the inter
view between Blaine and relative,
but these persons Whereabouts
! arc unknown to the orators. The bill
then states that after the marriage MIS-.
Blaine went to Augusta, Maine, where
tho child was born, about tho 18th Of
June, 1851, and h y said child was al
ways recognized and acknowledged by
Blaine as his SON.. The orators further
say that they have a good and valid de-
fonse, as stated In their plea OF justitlca-
ton, that tho facts stated in answer are
true and that the same can DO
fully established by wv by Blaine
to the Undergraduates heretofore pro-
pounded. All the circumstances being
fully known to him, and u full and com
plete discovery OF said facts from and by
Blaine is necessary to tho orators in
their defense, in aid Of such other tes-
timony AZ may be procurable. Unless
this ID lone the orators cannot
80 fully set out and completely show
and prove the facts necessary to their
defense. The orators, therefore, pray
that q full and complete discovery DO
made by Blaine in relation to the facts
heretofore stated, and to that
end that no be summoned to
answer all under oath. The bill
closes by asking that the writ of sub
poeua be issued out of the chancery for
Rlaino, and that he be ordered to an
swer particularly said heterogeneous.
rhsg the proceedings be stayed Until!
Blaine may answer said bill, or on his
failure to fully and truly answer said
iutorrogatories, that further proceed .n8i
DO perpotually stayed aud restrained.
The bin was not filed untii . O'Clock,
and the court adjourned without taxing