The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-22
The Life Led by the Well-Matched
Couple Before and After.Marriage.
Mrs. Blaine's High Qualities as Wife and
Mother Comments Of Leading News
papers on the Lie and Its Refutation.
MIR. BLAINE,s ANSWER.
A Response to Each and All of the Inquiries
Propounded by the sentinel"

representatives in the case, Harrison, Miller &
Elan, early yesterday afternoon, and were i'm
mediately filed in court From the date Of the
notarys acknowledgment it is shown that the
answers were sworn to by Mr.. Blaine on last
Wednesday, just before leaving Augusta, and
two days before the bill of discovery was filed in
court by the Sentinels counsel. The answers
are direct and the information given is full and
explicit. After setting forth, in compliance with
the required legal form, the answer Of the de-
fendant's to the complaint of the plaintiff the
accompanying interrogatories, which were pro
pounded by the Sentiners counsel, and which
Judge Woods refused to rule that Mr.. Blaine
could be required to answer, are appended as a
part of the document These interrogatories
numbering twenty two are as follows:
THE sENTINEL's INTERRoGAroRIEs
l. What was the maiden name of your wife7
2 When and where did you make her acquaint-
ance9
B. State whether you ever lived in the State of
Kentucky. If so, In what employment you were
then engaged, and at what place and at what
time you were so engaged.
State whether the person whom you after
ward married lived in Kentucky at that time, in
what employment she was engaged, and at what
place she was so engaged.
s. State when you finally left Kentucky if
you at any time resided there, when you went
therefrom, where you were next employed and
in what business or calling.
g. 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 next met her.
Z When and where were you married.
g. Were you not married sometime in the
month of March, 1852
8. Give the date and place of your marriage,
and the names of the persons beside yourself
and wife who were present on the occasion.
10. What acquaintance had you with Jacob
Stanwooda
IL What relation if any, was he to the per
son you married. and whatconversation or inter
view did you have with him before said marriage
concerning the same and where did such inter
view if any, occur, and what was said and done
thereinl
IL Was not the first child of said marriage
born on the 18th day Of June, 1851?
l3. What was its name, how long did it live,
and with whonl2
IA When did said child die; where was it
buried and if in any cemetery, give the name of
thecemeteryl
To- Was any tombstone or monument erected
at the grave of said child giving the date of its
birth, and by whose direction was such tomb
stone erected?
16 Was there any inscription on said tomb
stone at the time of its erection or shortly
thereafter If so, give said inscription in words
and figures as the same was originally engraven
Oh SdIu bOmDSbOu0.
IL Did not said tombstone bear the follow
ing inscription relative to the birth of said child
Stanwood Blaine, born June 1S, 1872
IS Has any portion of said inscription on
said tombstone been erased since its erection?
If So what portions
49, What acquaintance have you with book
called 'HThe life of James G. Blaine, written by
Russell H Conwell with an Introduction by
Governor Robie, of Maine, and published by E.
Q. Allen & Co, of Augusta, Maine, IN the year
1882
90 Were not the proofs of said work sub
mitted to you for revisionl
81. Is not the statement made upon the sixty
eighth page of said book, as follows: Miss Stan
wood, in March, 1851, became his wife, at Pitts
burg, Pa correct statement as to the time
and place of your marriage2
%. Did you not communicate to the author
of said book for his use in said work the time
and place of your marriage as aforesaid
MR. BLA1NE's ANSWERS.
Following these interrogatories Mr.. Blaine
makes the following answers, under oath:
I, James G. Blaine, of Augusta, Maine, on
oath, depose and say in answer to the foregoing
interrogatories:
l. Harriet B. Stanwood
In Georgetown, Kentucky, in the spring of
l848
g. lived in Kentucky as an assistant profes
sor or tutor in the Western Military Institute
from January 1848, to December, 1851. In 1913
and l849 the institute was at Georgetown; in
1850, at Blue Lick; in 1851, a. Drennon Springs.
4 The lady married livedn Kentucky from
the spring of l848 to the spring of 1851, engaged
as a teacher in Colonel T. F. Johnsons female
seminary-the first two years at Georgetown;
the last year at NIillersburg
5. l finally left Kentucky in the latter part of
December, 1851; went to New Orleans on busi-
ness, and thence directly to Augusta. Me-, which
place / reached Feb g. 1852 and was next en-
poyed as principal teacher in the Pennsylvania
Institution for the instruction of the Blind, in
Philadelphia
6 My wife left Kentucky in March, 1851 &C.
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 in Augusta, Me-, where next met
her February 9, 1852
Z, and O. | was married in Millersburg, KY,
on the Both day of June, 1850, in the presence of
Sarah @. Stanwood and s u. Blaine. The
marriage was secret Having doubt subsequent
ly of its validity under the laws of Kentucky
which then stringenty required license from
the clerk of tho county court | had the mar
riage solemnzed a second time in Pittsburg
Pa, on the 10Th of March, 1851, in the presence
of John v. LeMoyne and David Bell.
10 and III. Jacob Stanwood was the eldest
brother of my wife. had no acquaintance with
him at the time of my marriage; had never seen
him nor heard from him in any way directly or
indirectly before my marriage met him for the
first time in February, 1882. Ihad two letters
from him after my marriage and before | met
him-one warmly welcoming me as member Of
the family--the other inquiring If he could pro-
mote my business interests by loan Of
money had no other correspondence
Of any kind until after had personally met
him in February, 1852. Ny wife had two other
brothers, neither of whom had ever met when
came to New England in February. 1852; nor
did ever meet any male relatives of my wife
before my arrival in New England in February,
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