The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1884-09-26
nLAINEs LIBEL SUR.

The answer Of the Sentinel Company
ln'the Blaine libel suit has been fled.
Tho defense admits printing and pub.
fishing, the arilsle complained OF 10
an issue Of Aug, s. 1884, and denies
that Il was false 10 any particular. II
sets forth that James q. Blaine was
married TO Harriet S.anwood at Pitts
burg on or about March 25th, 1851 /;
that prior 10 that time aud during the
courtshIp Blaine seduced Miss Stan
wood that he at first refused TO
make reparation for tho wrong done
but being iafterward strongly urged
thereto aud violently threatened with
chastisemens and punishment for his
saIdIwroDgdoing, and, perchance re-
pentlng hIm Of the evil, married her
as stated that InlJune following
childiwas born. known asiStanwoo
Blaine, which lived two or three years
and, ,was. .alwaysR acknowledged by the
plaintiff andAhise wife as their son
by reason whereof the defendants say
the matters and things set forth In
the article reeited are true, and the
same being true, they were published
Of and iconcernIng said plaintiff by
the defendants, as they justly and
lawfully might do.
The defendants file with their an
swers q number OF inlerrogatories, and
require that the same be answered
by the plaintiff under oath, positively
and without evasion, wiihlu sucn
time as may Dol set by the Court,
among which are the following:
State when you finally left Ken
lucky, and u you at any time resided
there.
When did you go there, and from
where?
You were next employed In what
business or calling?
II you answer that the maiden
name OF Your wife was Harriet Stan
wood STATE when she finally left Ken.
lucky, and when apdIwhere ycu next
met her.
Give the state and place Of your
marriage, and the names Of the per
sons besides yourself and wife who
were present at the occurrAncc
What acquaintance had you with
Jacob Stanwood?
What relatiouawas he, IL any, TO
the person you married, and what
conversation or Interview did you
have wlthnhim before said marriage
concerning the same. and whereidid
such interview, II any, occur, and
what was said and done therein?
Was notsthe first child OF said mar
riage born on the 18th day OF June,
1851?
Where did said child die?
Where was II buried?
Hin any cemetery glvellhe name
Of the ceIpetary?
Was any tombstone or monument
erected at the grave OF said child,
giving Its birth. and by whose direc-
ton was said tombstone erected.
Did not said tombstone bear the
following. In scrlptlon relative 10 the
birth of the child "Stanweod Blaine
born June IS, 1872
Has any porrinn of such inscription
on said tombstone been erased since
It's erection? II so, what portion
thereof?
What acquaintance have you with
a book called The Life Of James g.
Blalne," written by Russell A. Corn
we'll, with an introduction by Gov
Roble of Maine, aud, published by
z. q. Allen & Co. of Augusta Me.
In the year 1884?
Were not the proofs OF such work
submitted to you for revision?
IL not the statement upon the 6Stt
page of said book as follows: "Mis'
Stanwood, In March, 1851, beca m
his wife at Pittsburg, Pa" correc
statement of the time and place oi
your marriage?
Did you not communicate to tn
author of said book for his use In such
work the time and place OF your mar