Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-09-05
THE BLAINE LIBEL SUIT
The Sentinel Declares the Statement
Published To Be True,
Some Plain Questions for the Plaintiff
70 Answer Under Oath.

INDIANAroLrs, IND, Sept. 1.-The
answer Of the 6entlnel company in
the Blaine libel suit was filed in the
United States court this morning The
defense admits the printing and pub
fishing " the article complained Of in
the issue Of August s, and denies tina.
II was false IN any particular, 1t sets
forth that James G.. Blaine was mar.
rled TO Harriet Stanwood ut Pittsburg
cn or about March %, 1851; thet prl~s
10 that time, uuring .heir courtsblp.
Blaine seduced ...iss stanwood; that
he ut first rc,nsed to make reparation
lor the wrong done, but
being afterwards strongly
urged thereto and violently
threatened with chastisenent and
punishment therein for his said wrong
doing, and perchance repentlng him of
evil, married her as stated; that in
June following child was born,
known as Stanwood Blaine, which
lived two or three years and was
always acknowledged by the plaintiff
and his wife as their son; by reason
whereof the defendants say that the
matters and things set forth in the
article rected are true, and the same
being true, they were published of and
concerning the said plaintiff by the
defendants as they justly and lawfully
might do.
The defendants filed with their an
swer number Of iuterrOgatories and
require that the same he answered by
the plaintiff under oath positively and
without evasion within such time as
may be limited by the court hereby,
among which are the following:
SKATE when you finally let Kentucky, II
YOU Mt any time resided thtre; when you
vent there; from where, and ia what busl-
ness or calling you were next employed.
n you answer that the maiden name
OF your wife was Harriet StauwOOd
state when she hnally lett Kentucky and
when and where you neEt met her. give
The state and plnce oi your marriage and the
names of the persons besides yourself and
Wito who were present on the occasion nud
state what acquaintance you had with Jacoi
StsnwoOd. What relation was he, 1 my, u
the person you married and what conversn
lion or interview ala you have with MIN be
lute rUlu uAiIihge concerning INC hhlne enI
where did such interview, II any, occur, and
what WAS said and done therein,
Was not tho first child ol
said marriage born on the 18th duy OF June
1852 Where AZ said child die? Where was II
buried, and VI I'm any cemetery give III,
name OF tho cemetery" Was amy tombstone
or monument efocNtu NJ lhe grave OF thlu
child, giving the date Of its birth, and by
whose direction WAS said tombstone erected.
IBID not said tombstone bear the following
inscription relative to the birth OF the child,
"Stnnwood Blnlne, born June ~ 1851
Has any portion Of such inscription on said
tombstone been etused snce its erection, n
80, what portion thereol' Whni
bOGl, called "The Lilo Of jane
g.. Blaine written by l,usscll n. Convict
with an introduction ny Govl ROBBIE OF Maine
and published by ~. g., Allen A Co. of Angus
"a, Ne. In the year lisp Wore not the proof
uf such WORK submitted to you FOR revision
lH not the statement made upOn thD SSH
page Of said book ~ follows; "Ailss StanwoCt
Ia March Ul 1851 became his wife NJ fittsburg
Pa "a correct statement OF the time and
place OF your mnrriugoH hid you not com
nuuicuto To tho author ot said book for hl,
use in such work the name and place OF your
marriage Rq ulOrosAids