Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-09-21
I ffAssusl AxswERs.
n ruts u I asnsraI Denial to
10 .'1ontlnel" Charges.

n Puts u Hsnsral Denial to
~ .'1eattnel' Charges.
rrbuAxAror15. Ind, Sept. 20. In the
Rl1{us libel suit in the District Court
thhS afternoon Mr.. Blaine's attorney
Hisd W following answer to the inter
roesisribs propouuded BY the Se'ifinefs
attorney on September 5th:
II. james @. Blaine. OF Augusta,
Maine. on oath depose and say in an
swsr TO tho foregoing interrogateries.
Yirst-Hsrriet B. Stanwood. Second
In Georgetown. Ky, in spring Of lS4S.
Third--f lived in kentucky As an assist
ant professor or tutor in the Western
Military Institute from January l84S to
December, 1851. Ia lS4S and ls49 the
Iustitate was at Georgetown; in 1850 at
Blue Lick; in 1851 at Brennon Springs.
Fourth The lady / married lived ia
4 shs spring q Tsbt.a eBgsEsd Il issS ~ to to
Ia Col. l.. r. Johnson's Female Semi
nary. The first two years at deorge-
town; the last year at Millersburg.
Fifth--I finally lett Ksntucky in the
latter part of December, 1851, went to
Hsw Orleans on business. and thence
directly to Augusta, Maine, which place
! reached on February 9. 1852. and was
next employed IS principal teacher in
,he Pennsylvania institution for the in
struction Of the blind 10 Philadelphia.
sixth-My wife left Kentucky in March
1861, accompanied by myself as far as
Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, thence she
travelled slons to New York, where she
was met BY her brotherJacob Stanwood,
and under his protection proceeded to
her mothers residence IN Augusta,
Maine, where / next Joined her Febru.
ary 9, 1852. Seventh. eighth and niuth
II was married in Millershurg. Ken.
tu4ky, 3Oth June, 1850 in the presence
OF Sarah g. Stanwood and 8. L. Blaine.
The msrrisgc was secret. Having
doubts subsequently Of the validity Of
the marriage under the laws Of Ken
tucky, which theu stringently required
Q license from the Clerk Of the County
Court, had the marriage solernnizsd .
second time in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania,
on the 29th Of March. 1851, in the pres.
ence OF John V. Lemoyne and David
Bell. Tenth and EIeyenth--Ja Stan
wood wAs the eldest brother Of my wife.
] had no acquaintance with him
and at the time Of my marriage
bad nSYer secn him or heard OF him
In any way directly or indirectly before
my marriage. ] met him for the first
time in February, 1852. / had two let
ters from him alter my marriage and be.
fora met him, one warmly welcoming
ne y member Of the family, the other
iuquiripg II he could promote my bust
neis interests By the loan OF money.
hsd NO other correspondence Of any kind
unt,l after I had personally net him in
Fsbruary, 1882. My wife had two other
brothers. neither Of whom ! had ever met
when came to New Eagland, in Febru-
sry, 1852, nor did ever meet any male
relatives Of my wife before my arrival in
New England, in February, 1882.
~, I3 and "a. My first child, son.
was born in the house Of his grandmother
on the 18th day Of June, 1851. His name
was Btsnwood Blaine. He lived with
his parents during 1852. 1853 and q part
OF 1854, In Philadelphia. He died July
3lst, 1854 and was buried in tho Stan
wood lot in Forest Grove Cemetery, Au
gusta, Maine.
Is, 10 aud II. A monument xai
placed by my direction over his grav,
the year after his death, thus inscribed
''Stanwood Blaine, son Of James g. and
Harriet s. Blaine. Born June l8, 1851
tisd July 81, 1854.
Ie.. ] have not myself seen the ston,
since DE first week in July, but hav,
rssson to believe, apd do believe. thai
since that date many letters and figures
thereon have been defaeed and that tn,
figure in the year 1851 has been entire
" removed. l have no means Of ascer'
tanning by whom this was done, bui
have reason to believe, and do believe,
that photograph was taken Of the de,
: faced stone, by procurement Of one OF
the publishers Of the NeT Age, a Demo
cratic paper Published in this city, and
that copies Of said photograph We're sent
10 divers and sundry persons, including
the publishers of the indian
spolis Sentinel, defendant in this suit.
know the book referred to as the
Life Of James q. Blaine" | did not
revise the volume nor become in any
degree responsible for any statement in
II, though saw part Of it before pub.
lication, but did not, and have not to
this day, seen page 8S, to which the
question refers, though the statement
there made was doubtless derived by the
author "Rofell" H. Connel from conver.
sations with me, but not from any
spepial authorization by me TO make it.
l5ignedD JAMES G. BLAINE.
pSITEp STATES OF AMERICA, :.
DIsyRIoT OF MAINE. So
Before me, Winfield 8. Choate, Com.
missioner Of the Circuit Court Of the
United States In and for said district,
psrronally appeared James G. Blaine,
and subsoribed and made oath TO the
truth Of the foregoing answer.
Witness my hand apd Official seal at
Augusta, In the DISTRICT Court, this
seventeenth day Of September, in
the year of Our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eishty.four.
(5igned) WINFIELD y. CHoATE,
Commissioner Of the Court Of the United
States for the District of Maine.
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