The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-09-24
SENTINEL WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER

ton to the facts heretofore stated, aud to that
end that he may be summoned to
| answer this your orators bill of
| discovery, and that in answering
i be made, he may be ordered under bis cor
| poral and solemn oath, and under his proper
| hand and subscription to make full true and
| complete answers to the interrogatories here
under following:
l. State whether or no you sre married,
and if yea, what was the maiden name of
your wife.
.. State whether or no you ever lived in
| The State of Kentucky, and If yea, in what
employment you were then engaged, and at
what places and at what time you were so
engaged.
8. State whether or no, if YOU did marry.
| the person whom you married lived in Ken
lucky at the time you lived there; If you so
| lived there, IN what employment she was
engaged, and at what place she was so en-
| gagged.
4. Declare if you at any time resided in
| Kentucky, whether or no you left that State,
| at what time you finally left it, whence you
went therefrom, where you were next en-
ployed and in what business or calling.
.. If you answer that the maiden name
| of your wife was Harriet Stanwood state
whether or no she ever lived in Kentucky
| when she finally left that State, where she
went to therefrom, with whom, and when
and where you next met.
s. Declare whether You were at any
| time married, if yea, give the date and place
of your marriage, and the name of the per-
sons, besides yourself and wife, who were
present on the occasion.
Z. Declare upon oath whether or no
you were married to Harriet Stanwood
on the night .of the 10Th of March, 1851, at
the city Of Pittsburg, in The State of Pennsyl-
vanis.
5. State whether or no you were person
al w inf Gfa0 ID
| II yea, what relation, if any, did he bear to
the person whom you married, and what
conversation did you have with him, or, if
not with him, with some other person or
persons, acting in her behalf, short time
before your marriage concerning the same?
Declare fully when and where such CONVEX
sation or interview occurred, if any, and
what was said and done therein.
9. State whether or no the said Jacob
Stanwood, or some other person or persons
acting on behalf Of the person whom you
married. e short time before said marriage,
, Ga charge you with the seduction of the
person whom you we're about to marry, and
with being the cause of her . 9; and had he
or they not threaten you with personal vio-
lence unless you married her, and did you
not then and there engage under such cir.
cumstances to marry her, and afterward did
marry her in accordance with such engage
ment?
10. If you answer yea to the interrogatory
above propounded about your marriage with
| Harriet Stanwood, declare whether or no
/ the first child of said marriage was born on
| the 18th OF June, 1851; what the name OF the
| child was, how long it lived, and with
whom, and whether or no said child was
| always recognized by you as your own off
| spring.
IL. Declare upon oath whether or no said
| child is dead. If yea, when it died, when it
/ was buried, and if in any cemetery, give the
| name OF the cemetery.
| IL. State whether or no any
| tombstone or monument was erected at the
| grave of said child, giving the date OF its
| birth, and If yea, by whose direction the
same was erected.
| Is. Declare whether or no there was any
| inscription on said tombstone at the time OF
i its erection or shortly thereafter. IL yea,
1 give said inscription in words and figures as
the same was craven originally on said tomb
| stone.
| IA. State whether or no said tombstone
bore the following inscription relative t.
the birth of said child: "Stanwood Blaine
| born June IS, 1851"
Is. Declare upon oath whether or no any
| portion OF said inscription on said tombstone
| has been erased since ii its erection. If yea
| what part thereof?
IT, State whether or no you have any &C
| quaintance or knowledge, and if yea, what
! acquaintance or knowledge you have with q
book called and entitled The Life and Put
lie Services of James G. Blaine" by Russell
H. Conwell. with an introduction by Gov
ernor ROBBIE, of Maine, published by E. @
Allen Company, OF Augusta, Maine, IL
the year 1884.
IL. State whether or no the proofs of said
book were submitted to you for correction
and revision as to the facts stated in il
while it was going through the press and be-
| fore its publication.
Is. Declare upon oath whether or no the
statement made upon the sixty-eighth page
of said book, "Miss Stanwood in March
1851, became his wife, at Pittsburg, Pa" il
a correct statement as to the time and place
OF your marriage.
| 10. State whether or no you communi
Gated to the author of said book for his use
in the said work the time and place OF YOU
marriage as stated in said book.
To all of which iDterros as0ries YOU
orators pray that the said defendant shall
be ordered specially to make full, true and
complete answers, as above required, to The
best and utmost of his knowledge belief anC
information thereon. And your orators
further charge that full and true discovery
by the defendant, as herein above prayed
for, is necessary and material to their de
Tense in the suit at law aforesaid; and tina
said discovery ought to be in equity aud jus
tice had and made before the trial of sale
cause at law. And inasmucb as your orator.
L dlC WlbnOQb ACLlCQJ VI piOCCoo 81 law Y.
compel the discovery herein above prayed
for before the trial of said cause; and IN orde
that these your orators may fully and fairly
prepare for said trial and for their defense in
said suit your orators ask the following re
lief:
| l. That your Honors will grant unto you
orators their most gracious writs OF subpens
to issue out of chancery for the said defend
ant, the said James G. Blaine. aforesaid
that he be ordered to answer said bill upon
his corporal oath as to all and singular the
allegations thereof, and especially the inter
rogatories herein above propounded to him
by certain day in said writ named.
| 2. And that your Honors will, If the same
become necessary, on motion thereto by
these complananIs, upon usual and propel
notice, order and direct that further pro
ceedings at law in this court in the case o
James G.. Blaine against the indianapolis
Sentinel Company and John @. Shoemaker
above mentioned, be restrained and stayed
until such time as the said defeRdan
may appear to and answer this their sale
bill, and make discovery as therein required
by answering the allegations in this bill anC
the interrogatories heretofore therein to hin
propounded.
3. That in case of failure by the sale
defendant to answer the said bill, or fully
and truly to answer the interrogatories pro
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