The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-10-02
THE BLAINE.SENTNEL LIBEL SUIT.

ny Nouhsei for inc Defendant CRtegnric-
ally Answered by MIR. Blaine aud SUBJ
s2ribed to Upder oath.
INDIANAPOLIS, INp., September -.
Mr., Blaine's attorneys Saturday flied an-
swer to the lntcrrogatories Of the SeHfi-
mel, which were fl ed September ). These
interrogatories were as follows:
/. What was the maiden name OF your
wifeP
2. When and where did you make her
acquaintance?
| 3. State whether you ever lived In the
| State of Kentucky, II So In what en-
| ployment you were there employed, and
! at what place and at what time you were
30 employed,
4. State whether the person whom
| you afterwards married lived In Ken
tucky at that time and in what employ
ment she was eng lged, and at what place
she was so engaged
=. State when you finally left Ken
lucky; If you at any time resided there;
where you went thareirom; where you
went thereiromi where you were next
employed, and in what business or cali
! ing.
6, II you answer that the maiden
name OF your wife was Harriet Stan
wood, state when she finally left Ken
tucky; whore she went; with whom, and
when snd where you next met her.
Z. When and where We're you mar
ried?
s. We're yen not married some time In
the month Of March, 1851?
Q. Give d; te and place Of your mar
riage aud the names OF the persons, be-
sides yourself and wife, who were pres
ent or that occasion.
TO-. What acquaintance had you with
Jacob Stanwood?
II. What relation, II any, was he to
the person you married; aud what con-
ycrsation or interview did you have with
him before said marriage concerning the
same, and where did such interview, IL
any, occur, and what was said and done
therein?
- Was not the first child of said mar
riage born on the 18th day OF June,
1852
l3 What was tic name? How long
did 1t live, and with whom?
H. When did said child die? Where
was il buried? and if any cemetery, give
the name OF the cemetery?
10. Was any tombstone or monument
erected ut the grave of said child? G We
date OF Its birth, and by whose direction
was such tombstone erected,
l6. Was there any insci Upton on said
tombstone ut the time OF its erection, or
shortly thereafter? If so, give said in-
scription in words and figures as the
same was originally craven on said tomb
stone.
IL. Did not said tombstone bear the
following inscription relative TO the birth
OF said chid "Stanwood b B.ane, born
June IS. 1S5lY'
is. llasapy portion Of said inscription
said tombstone been erastd since its
erection? II so, what portion?
10. Whnt acquaintance have you with
TIE book called "The Life Of James G.
Baine," written by Ru ,scl II. Conwell,
with an Introduction by Governor Robie
oi Maine, aud published by Il, 9, Gu &
Co., Augusta, Me, in the year 1881?
20 Were not the proofs Of such work
submitted to you for revision?
2l. Is not the statement made upon
the sixty-eighth page of said book as fol-
lows; "Nliss Stunwood in March, 1851,
bt came his wife at Pittsburgh, Pa"
correct statement as to time and place OF
your marriage2
% Did not you communicate to the
author Of said book for his use in such
work the time and place OF your mar.
rlage aforesaid!
BLAINE REPLIES.
To these interrogatories Mr.. Blaine re-
sponded as follows:
/, james g. Blaine, OF Augusta, Me-,
on oath depose and say In answer to the
foregoing interrogatorss;
]. Harriet i SIunwood.
2. III Georgetown, KY, in the spring
Of ls4S.
9. / lived In Kentucky as assistant pro.
fessor or tutor in the Western Military
Institute from Janu ny, 1913, TO Decem.
ber, 1851. In 84S and lS49 the institute
was at Georgetown, in 8 80 at Blue Lick,
in 1851 at Decenuon Springs.
4. The lady married lived in Ken.
lucky from the Spring of Is43 to the
Spring of 1851. She was engaged as
/, acher in Colonel 4. f. Johnson's
Female Seminary, the first two years al
Georgetown, the last year at Milers
burg.
8. / finally left Kentucky in the latter
part Of December, 1854; went to New
Orleans on business, aud thence directly
to Augusta, Me-, which place | reached
. February 9, 1852, and was next employed
) as principal teacher in the Pennsylvania
/ Institution for the Instruction OF thS
, i ind in Philadelphia.
6. My wife lett Kentucky in March
1851, accompanied by myself as far al
a Pittsburg, Pa. thence she Travelled
alone TO New YORK, where she was me-
1 by her brother, jacob Stanwood, anf
under his protection proceeded 10 hei
! mothers residence in Augusta, Me-
h re next met her February ., 1862
) z, s and .. was married in Millers
turg, Ky, on the Both of June, 1850, il
= the presence OF Sarah c. Slanwood anC
{ S. l.. Blaine. The marriage was secret
r Hayinga doubt subsequently OF its valid
g ity under the laws of Kentucky, whicl
/. then strirgently required license iron
a The Clerk Of the County Court, had Thu
! marriage oltmnzed a second time il
Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 29ih OF March
: 1851, in The presence Of John V. Lcmoyn
and David Bell.
10 and H. Jacob Stanwood was th
g eldest brother OF my VIE. | had n'
n acquaintance with him at the time o
!, my marriage; had never seen him, no
+ heard from him IN any way, directly o
n indirectly, before my marriage ] me
him for the first time in February, 1852
= ] had two letters from him alter my mai
. rage. and before | met him. One warm