Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-09-19
BLAINE-SENTINEL.
The Indiana Newspaper Re
peats it's Statements.
And Prays That ms blaine Re.
fuses to Answer Interroga-
tories He be Com
PEELED to Appear
in Court.
Especial 10 tie Herald by A sociated Pressl

Especial 10 the Herald By A ssoc lated Press]
INDANAPoLIs, Sept. lS.-In the
United States District Court this after
noon, the attorneys for Mr.. Shoemaker
filed u bill Of discovery in the Blaine
Sentinel libel suit. The bill begins by
citing the fact of Blaine bringing suit
against the Sentinel and repeating the
original complaint in the suit, the Sen.
tinefs answer, the accompanying inter.
rogatories and the reply Of Blaine's at.
torney. The bill then states that after
filing the interrogatories,- Shoemaker's
attorneys, on the 6th Of September,
moved The Court for q rule against
Blaine to answer the same within o
specified time to be fixed by the Court,
which motion was argued on September
l4th and overruled. The bill then
goes OH to say that the order
will be necessary and material for the
orators to show and prove that Blaine
had illicit relations with and seduced
the person whom he afterwards married,
the result Of said intercourse being the
birth Of child In about three months
after said marriage. The bill goes on to
say that the orators are informed and
believe that the marriage Of james G..
Blaine and Harriet Stanwood occurred
on or about March 29th, 1851, In Pitts
burgh. Pennsylvania; that the marriage
was clandestinely arranged, Sc.
cretly performed and hastily ac-
complished; that no license was
issued by any authority for such
marriage, none being required by the
laws Of Pennsylvania at that time; that
no pablic official record was kept or made
for the same reason; that one Bryan, the
minister who officiated at said marriage,
being dead several years, and that If any
private memorandum or record OF the
marriage was made the same was lost or
destroyed, the particulars Of which mar
riage are fully known to Blaine. The
bill then states that some time before the
date Of said marriage Blaine was pro-
fessor in an institutio of learning at Mil
lersburg, KY; that Miss Stanwood was
an instructoress in female school ut
the same place and that they there be-
came acquainted. Both were unmarried
and Blaine addressed Miss Stanwood as
o suitor; that he gained her confidence
aud illict relations ensued; that . short
time before Il ie said marriage, Jacob
Stanwood, u brother or uncle Of Harriet,
or some other person or persons un-
Blaine and charged him with be,
ing the cause OF Miss Stanwood's
condition and threatened him with
personal violence unless he married her;
that Blaine made no denial of the
charges and In consequence of being
threatened agreed to marry her; that
one or more persons were present at the
interview between Blaine and the rela-
tives, but these persons were unknown
to orators. The bill states that after the
marriage Of Mr.. Blaine he went to Au-
gusta, Maine, where child was born
about June 18th, 1851. and that said
child was always recognized and ac-
knowledeed by Blaine as his son. Ora
tors further say that they have
good aud solid defense a.
stated in their plea of justification. that
the facts stated in the answer were true,
and that the same can be fully estab-
lished by the answer OF Blaine TO fhe
interrogatorics heretofore propounded,
all the circumstances being fully known
to him, aud full and complete discov-
ery.of said facts from and by Blaine is
necessary to orators in. their defense, in
aid Of such other testimony as may be
procurable. Unless this is done the
orators cannot SO fully set out
and completely show and prove
the facts necessary to their defense.
orators therefore pray that a full and
complete discovery b. made by Blaine in
relation to the facts heretofore stated,
aud to that end that he be summoned to
do the SAME under oath. The bill closes
by asking that writ of subpoena be is
sued out OF chancery for Blaine, and that
he be ordered to answer particularly the
interrogatories; that proceedings be
stayed until such time as Blaine may an
swer; that In case Blaine fails to answer
said bill, or fully and truly to answer the
interrogatories; that further proceedings
be perpetually stayed and restrained.
The bill was not filed till five o'clock,
and court adjouraed without taking
ectiOu