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iNpfASAroiIs, Sept, I, The answer Of me
A,ntHfi Company III Tho iialo libel suit was Med ih the
United states Court this morning. Iho defence ADMIT
printing and publishing thr hflrr complain Il "i ln DO"
issue of Al us X, 1871, ahi dcur, that 10 vas ise h
any particular Ii SITS forth that james g. iine vas
married 10 Harriet stnwooi, 10 rtsburs, on or about
March -, 1891; that prior tht tnf ani during the
cOurtshp, Blame seucct Miss stan NO0i; that b" a mt
refused 10 make cpaaon for the wrong DONE hat hrlhg
afterwards rougly urged thereto and violently threatened
with chassement and punishment for his said evitdoh1'
and perchancc repenung him Of The evil married her as
stated that in the Juac following child was born
Known as sjanw,nd Blame, which lived two or three
years and always ackuowledged by the plaintiff ana
his wife "a son. by whereof the defendants
say the matters and things set forth In
tho article rected are true, and the same
being true they were Published Of and concerning sara
plaintiff by defenjans, they justly and lawn y
might do
The defendants file with their answera number o. in
terrogatore and require that the be answered by
the plaintiff under oath positively and without evasion
within such time as may be set by the court among
which are the following: State when you finally LEFT
Kentucky; II you any time resided therel When dd
YOU 90 thcrel From wherel You were next employed
in what business calirgl n YOU answer that the
maiden nam OF your wife Harriet Stanwood, state
when she finally left Kentucky and when and wherc you
next met her Give the state and the place OF your mar
age and the of the persons besides youIse ana
wife who were present at the occurrence. what ac-
qnaintance had you with Jacob stInwoodl "hat
relation was he, If anv, to the person
you MARI ed and what conversation or lEtery'ew
did have with MIN before said marriage concerning
the same and where did such interview II any ocvn,,
and what sad and done therein was
not tre first child OF said marriage born on June
buri II In any cemetery give the name Oh tn. u,
-tery Was any tombstone or monument errcIu M [ ss
direction was said tombstone erectcdl Did not snd
tombstone bear the following inscription relative 70 Be
1851" Has any portion OF such inscription on sdld
tombstone erased since its erection II so what
book called me Lii" Of James q. Blaine written by
Russel II CornwelL with an mtrcduc ION by Governor
Of P X%eGsta' Maine in tho year fssii Were not he
proof, of such work SIbmted TO y9n f1r royi'ion
not the statement upon sXtyeghth page ~ sad DOCK
a. ollows: Mis- ~ianwO II in March, 1851, became
his wifr at ttsburg Penn" statement or The
time and place Of your marriagel Did you not con-
municate o the author o. sail book for his se IN such
work and place Of your marriage a. atotesadf
A DEMOCRATIC GAME OF BRAG AND BLUsIER..
From The chicago Tribune NJ To-Day
4 person amiar with the practice in the Indiana
would he apt 10 form the idea from he acio o.
The IndihapoiiS Mntnd III setting up pea oIJ-t,"ea
ton in the liDel suit broug i by Mr. Blame. ana a'-
seemingly intended To force the painf the admiS-
SON that charges tue that the paper In question
prove the truth of s calnmnies. Such no doubt, was
The impression which the paper aechs to convey. But;
who files pea Of justification must prove the
truth Of what he asscrts-not n part
his filing such plea il takcn proof OF malice, and th'
chances are tnat c is muIcted in s2cc damages IN IN
diana the fling Of plea Of justification and failure to
move the case does hurt feudant. He can file
il and tucn put in m tigaton y ooi of the truth OF any
par the ALLEGED ibrllous s3tcmeuts so since The
Sentinel risk by rel Grating it, libel 1t Is easy 10
rec way II s ud du and seek L make the WOrll pc-
utvc that il cln prove what II Asserts.
The mtcriocaores which II he- part OF the same
game Of brdg and b.uf he rnpre e,,ion 'ousht 10 h'
conveyed thlt the defendant will extort rom the
pann under oath test moIy thai II ne dS % prove
ts case Bu bv the IuCiaua law the de-
feudaut ia not Obi9ed TO use tnesS
answers after they have been obtained
and they are Intended to be ed IN TINS c''e ny ny
II never appear IN the proc elhg7 Wnel WI ou' ,ho,
malignant purpu.c oug before tuat tme Inc se'Ic OF
IN matter no doubt that The Sentinel i assured Ol the
nccuuarv backing ~ the Demo ricy; asO that, feeling
sure of me future re0eatng the libel expect
ing 10 postp the tril TN the election i over ana
malice ha- done worst, and then. cannot settle the
suit ry abicc aroogv, o'hcr 'mocrallc papers nave
before let IL hy default assured tA@t u lem
Ocratic cOufCleTa'ts Nil. ioD' the bills.