The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-09-11
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. z.-The an.
swer OF the Sentinel companv in the
Blaine libel suit was filed In the United
states court tins morning. The defensa
admits printing and publishing the arti.
Gle complained of in the issu.. nj A,,rnss
Q, 1854, and denies that II was false in
any particular thereof. II sets fcrth
llat james q. Blaine was married To
Harriet Stanwood at Pittsbure
on or about the 25th day of March
lool' and that PRIOR TO that time, during
their couTtshIp, Blaine saluced Miss
olehWood; that he at first refused to
make reparation for the wrong done, but
icing aLterGard strongly urged thereto,
anu violently threatened with chasfise.
ment and punishment therein for ms
said wrong doing, and perchapce. re :
pennng him of the evil, mar.
rled her as stated; that IN june
following the child was born, known
as otanWood Blaine, which lived two or
three years and was always acknowIedp.
ed py the plaintiff and his wife as thei I
son, by reason whereof, the defendants
say the matters and things set forth In
the article recited arc true, and the same
being true they were publish
| gu OF and concerning said
plaintiff by the defendants as they Justly
and lawfully might do. The defendants
| ME with their answer a number of inter
rogatorles and require that the same be
answered by the plaintiff under ostb
positively, and without evasion, within
such time as may be limited by the
court, thereby, among which arc the fol.
| lowing:
state when you finally left Kentucky. II
you at any time resided there; when you
went there and where you we're mex
| employed and in what business or call.
| ing If you answer that the maiden meme
| OF your wife was Harriet Stanwood
state when she finally left Kentucky anC
where you next met her; give the stata
and place OF your marriage and
the names of the persons besides
yourself and wife who were present or
the occasion? What acquaintance haC
you with Jacob StanwoOd? What rela-
tion was he, if any, to the person you mar
ried, and what conversation or interview
die you have with him before SAID mar
rage concerning the same, and where
DID such interview happen, if any &C.
CURED, and what was said aud
| done there? Was not the
| first child of said marriage
born on the 18th day of June, 1851
Where did said child die Where was
1t buried. and in what cemetery? Give
the name of the cemetery. Was any
| tombstone or monument erected at the
grave of said child giving the date of Its
birth, and by whose direction WAS said
tombstone erected. Did not said tomb
stone bear the following in
scription relative to the birth
of the child: "SLanwond Blaine
born June Is, 1851? Has any portion
OF such inscription on said tombstone
been erased since its erection; if SC
what portion thereof? What acquaint-
ance have you with book called The
Life of James g. Blaine" written by
Russell II COrnwell, with au introduc
ton by Gov. Robe, of Maine, and pub,
lished by E. G. Allen s. Co., Augusta,
Maine, in the year 1884? Were not the
proofs OF such work submit
ted to You for revision :
Is not the statement upon the 6Sth page
of siad book as follows? Miss Stan.
wood IN March, 1851. became his wife al
Pittsburg, Pa" Is not this a correct
statement of the time and place of your
marriage? Did you not communicate to
the author of said book for his use in
such work, the name and place of your
marriage as aforesaid?