The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-09-27
MIR. BLAINE'S REPLY.
Progress Made in His Suit fol
Libel at Indianapolis.
The Questions Asked by the "Sentiner
Fully Answered - The story of His
Courtship I'D Marriage Explained
in a Letter to "a Friend.
A DIRECT ANSWER.

DIRECT ANSWER.
INpIANAroIIS, Sept %. The attorneys
for the plaintiff in the Blaine Sentinel libel
suit Saturday afternoon filed the answer OF
James G.. Blaine to the Intermediates pro.
pounded by the defense The answer is in
Bldines own handwriting and is sworn to
on September Il before Winfield s. Choate
Commissioner of the United States Dis
trict Court of Maine. The interroga-
tories are answered by number. The
first mine relate to the maiden nane OF
Mrs. Blaine the time and place of the
wedding, her acquaintance and to the
marriage. Nos. 10 and IL are as to his
knowledge of and acquaintance with Jacob
Stanwood, Mrs Blanes brother, and what
interviews Blaine had with him before the
marriage. Nos IL to Is are as to the
BIRTH death, burial and defacing of the
tombstone Of Blaine's first child; and Nos.
10 to - relate to Blaines responsibility for
Russell II. Connell The answers are as
follows:
II. James G. Blaine, of Augusta, Me-, on
oath depOse and say IN answer to the fore
going intSrrogatories:"
!. Harriet b. StanwoOd.
z, In Georgetown, KY, in the spring Of lS4s
8. lived in Kentucky as an assistant pro-
fessor or tutor in the Western Military Instr
tutc from January. lS4S, to December 1851
In l8i1 and 1919 the institute was 1t George
town; in 1850 at Blue Lick; in 1851 at Dren
non Springs.
l. The lady married lived In Kentucky
from the spring of 1913 to the spring OF 1861
engaged as teacher in Colonel I. f. John
sons Female Seminary. The first two years
at G Georgetown, the last year at Millersburg.
s. ] finally eft Kentucky in the latter part
of December, 1851 went to New Orleans on
business and thence directly TO Augusta, Me-
which place i reached February ., 1852, and
was next employed as principal teacher in the
Pennsylvania Institution OF the Blind, In Phil
adclphs.
g. My wife left Kentucky in March. 1851 &C
companied by myself as far as Pittsburgh
Pa Thence she Travelled alone to New York
where she was met by her brother, Jacot
Stanwood ana under his protection pro
ccedcd to her mothers residence in Augusta,
Me, whe ! met her February 9. 1872.
Z, and g. / was married in Millcrsburg,
KY. Oh the 3nth of June, 1850 III the presence
of sarah c. Stanwood and :. l.. Blaine. The
marriage was secret. Having doubt subse-
9ucntly Of its validity uhder the laws of Ken
lucky, which then stringently required Ii.
cense from the Clerk of the County Court
in Pittsburgh, Pa. on the Goth of March, 1851,
in the presence Of John V. Lemoyne and
David Bell.
10 and II. Jacob Stanwood was the eldest
with him at the time of my marriage and had
never seen him nor heard from him in any
way directly or indirectly before my mar
riage. met him tor the first time in Feb
ruary. 1852. ! had two letters from him after
my marriage and before l met him, one
warmly welcoming me as member of the
family. the other inquirng II lie could pro.
mote my business interests by Il loan of
money ! had no other correspondence OF
any kind until after had personally met him
IN February, 1852. My wife had two other
brothers, neither of whom had ever met
whea | came to New England in February,
1852; nor d ever meet any male relative of
my wife before my arrival in New England in
February
II, Il and Ii. My first child a son, was born
in the house of his grandmother on the 18th
of June, 1851. His name was Stanwood Blaine.
He lived with his parents in lS5a, 1853 and a
part OF 1854, in Philadelphia. He died July
81 1851, and was buried in the Stanwooi fam
III lot in Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta.
Maine.
10, 10 and II. A monument was placed by
direction over mis- grave the year after his
death, thus nscribed ''Stanwood Blame, son
OF James G. and Harriet ;. Blaine, born
June Is, lt5l; died July II, 1851
lS. | have not myself seen the stone since
the first week in July, but have reason to be-
ieve and do believe that since that date many
letters and figures thereon have been defaced,
and the figure |, in the year 1851, has been en-
tirely removed. ! have no means of ascer-
tanning by whom this was done, but have rea-
son 10 believe and do believe that d photo
graph was taken of the defaced stone by the
procur, ment OF one of the publishers of the
VEN Age, II Democratic paper published in
that city, and that copies of said photograph
were sent to divers and sundry persons, in
Guiding the publishers of the indianapolis
sentinel the dcfendent in this suit
II, 20 u and ~. know the book referred
to a. the Life of J. G. Blaine did not re-
wise the volume nor become in any degree re-
sponSlbe fOruny s atement made in It, though
! saw part OF il before pubicati n, but | did
not and have not to this day seen page is, TO
which the questions refer, though the state
mcut there made was doubtless derived by
the author Russell II. Connell from CONVEX
satons with me, but not from any special
authorization by me to make.
JAMES G. BLAINE.
United States Vf America, District of Maine,
ss.-Bofore me, Winfield ;. Choate, Commits
siorcr OF the Circuit Court of the United
states in and for said district, personally APP
pcarcd James G.. Blaine, ana subscribed and
made oath to the truth of the foregoing an
swer.
Witness my hand and official seal at Au-
pusta, in said district, this 18th day of Sep
tembcr, in the year of our Lord 1854.
WINFIELD s. CHOATE,
Commissioner of the Court OF the United
States for the District OF Maine.
Mr.. BLAINE's LETTER TO W. W. PHELPS.