Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-19
FLAMES LlaEL SUIT.
aEiii OF Discovery FLIED By shs Defsndanr'
: Attorneys.
fBy telegram % the pi.pssch.l

Attorneys
fBy telegraph 70 the Dispstoh.i
INDIANAPOLIS, September ls.--in tn'
United States District Court this afternoon
the attorneys for Shoemaker lled pu' o.
discovery In the blaine >eatinee hecl sdlt
The bill begins by citing tue 'ac, "
blaine bringing suit against tne osn'
hnd ara repeating the orginai CON-
plant In the suit, the SentineFs mswe.
and accompanying interrofatorirs, sn ,,
| the reply OF Blainc's attorney. The D'i
then states that after fling the interrogafo.
ries Shocmaker's attorneys on the 9th oil
September moved The court Tor rule
against Blaine {, answer the same within 4
| specified time 10 be fixed by the court.
/ which motion was argued september 18th.
and ovrrruled. The bill goes on TO sav
| that In order 10 maintain the defence
OF Justification pleaded by Shoemaker II
| will bc necessary and material for the
orators 10 show and prove that Blaine had
| Illicit intercourse With and seduss1 n
person whom he afterwards married, the
result OF said intercourse being the birth
of a child in about three months after said
marriage The bill further says that the
orators are informed and believe that The
marriage Of james q Blaine and Harriet
Sianwood occurred on or about
March 20. 1851. ? in Pttsburgh; that
marriage WAS clandcsfinely arranged. So
creily performed. aud hastily acc )mplished;
that no license was issued by any aut lori'y
for such marriage, none being required by
the laws OF Pennsylvania at that time; th't
no pubic official record was kept or made
for same reason; that one Bryan, minis
ter, who oliicited at the said mar
Iiagc, had been dead for several years,
and that II sny private memoranda
or record Of the marriage WAS ever
made the same Is lost or destroyed.
The bill then states that for some
time before the date OF said marriage
Blaine was a professor at an institution
at Drillersburg, Kv. that Miss STAN
wood was an instructress IN fem lie school
st the same place. and that they thereby
there became acquainted; that both were
unmarried. and that Blaine addressed Miss
Stanwood as sutton; that he gained her
confidence, aud that illicit relations en-
sued: that short time before said mar
riage Jacob Stanwood, brother or uncle OF
Harriet. or some other person or persons
unknown 10 the orators. waited on Blaine
and charged him with being the cause OF
Miss stspwood's condition, and threatened
him with personal violence unless he mar
RED her; that Blaine made no denial Of
the charges. and in consequence OF bcing
threatened agreed to marry her; and that
one or more uefsons were present at an in.
teryiew between Blaine and the relatives,
hut who these persons were is unknown to
orators. The bill then states that after
marriage Mrs. Blaine went TO Augusta. Me-.
where child was born about the 18th ~
June, 1851. and that said child was al ways
recc gnizcd and acknowledged by Bline as
bis son. The orators further say they have
q good and valid defence, as state in their
plea Of justification; that the I ctS stated
in the answer ere true, and that the same
can be fully established by the answer Of
Blaine TO the intcrrogltories heretofore
propounded. ell the circumstances being
fully known TO him, and that n
full and complete discovery OF said
facts from and by Blaine Is neccssa.
~ 70 the orators in their defence. in aid OF
such other testimony as may be procurable.
Unless this is done the orators cannot 50
fully set UP and completely show and prove
the facts necessary 10 their defence. The
orators therefore pray that full aud COM
plete discovery be made 10y Blaine in reia.
ton 10 the facts heretofore stated, and TO
that end that be be summoned to answer
the same under oath.
Tie bill closes by asking that writ OF
SUBJ ana DO issued out OF chanctry
for Elaine, and that he be ordered
to answer particularly the interrogato-
rios; that the proceedings be stayed
until such time as Blaine may au-
swer; that in case Blaine fails to answer
said bin, or fully and truly to answer the
intcrrogatories, further proceedings be
rerpetually stayed ar restrained. The bill
was not filed until O'Clock, and the court
adjourned without taking action.