Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1884-09-11
THE SENTINEL. SLANDER.
Bracing Up the Infamous Lie III Court

INDIANAPOLIS, September An the
answer of the Sentinel Company in the
Blaine libel suit, filed in the United States
Supreme Court this morning, the defense
admits printing and publishing the article
complained of in the issue OF August Sth,
1884. and denies that it was false IL any
particular thereof 1t sets forth that James
&. Blaine was married to Harriet StanwoOd
at Pittsburg on or about March %, 1851
and that prior to that time, during the
courtship, Blaine seduced Miss Stanwood
that he refused to make reparatiOn for the
wrong done, but being afterwards strongly
urged thereto, and violently threatened
with chastisement and punishment therein
for his said wrong doing, and perchance
repenting him of the evil, married her, as
stated that in June following a child was
born, known as StanwOOd Blaine, which
lived two or three years, and was always
acknowledged by the plaintiff and his wife
as their son, by reason whereof the defend
ants say the matters and things set forth
in the article recited are true, and the same
being true they were published of and con-
cerning said plaintiff by defendants as
they Justly and lawfully might do.
The defendants file with their answer
number of interrOgatOries and require
that the same be answered by
the plaintiff under oath positively and
without evasion within such time as may
be limited by the court. Among the in
terrogatories are the following:
State when you finally left Kentucky,
and if you at any time resided there ?
When you went there, and from where +?
,rNln nd IN
what business or college? If you answer
that the maide., name of your wife was
Harriet Stanwood, state when she fl
nally left Kentucky, and when and where
you next met her? Give the State and
place of your marriage and the names of
the persons beside yourself and wife who
were present on the occasion? What ac-
quaintance had you with Jacob StanwOod?
What relation was he to the person you
married, and what conversation or other
interview did you have with him. before
your marriage and concerning the same
and where did such interview, if any, oc-
cur, and what was said and done therein
Was the first child of said marriage born
on the 18th of June, 1851? Where did
said child die? Where was it buried? If
in any cemetery. give the name of the
cemetery? Was there 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 tombstone bear the
following inscription relative to the birth
of said child: "StanwOod Blaine, born
June, 1851 2" Has any portion of such in
scription on such tombstone been erased
since its erection If so, what portion
thereof? What acquaintance have you
with q book called The Life of James G.
Blaine" written by Russell H. Cornwell,
with an introduction by Governor Robie,
of Maine, and published by E. c. Allen q
Co., Augusta, Me-, in the year 1884? Were
not the proofs of the work submitted to
you for revision? Is not the statement
made on the 6Sth page of said book as fol-
lows: Miss Stanwood in March, 1851,
became his wife at Pittsburgh, Pa" cor
rect 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?
INDIANAPOLIS. September 4.-Blaine's
attorneys have filed an answer denying
the truth of the defendants allegation.
The next step probably will be demurrer
to the interrogatories of the defense