The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-10-02
THE BLAIyE.SENTEELL IDEL SUIT,

scrikad to UBder Oath
ISDIASAPnLIs. IND, September -.
Mr.. Blsine's a::Irneys Saturday fled an
swer to the interrogatories of the !SeHti-
mel, which were led September ). These
interrogatorieS were as follows:
l. WHAT was the maiden name OF your
wifef
2. When and where did you make her
acquaintance?
8. State whether you ever lived in the
State of Kentucky. Ii so, in what en-
ployment you were there employed, and
SO employed.
4. State whether the person whom
you afterwards married lived in Ken
lucky at that time and in what employ
ment she was engaged, and 1T what place
pne was so engaged.
C. State when you finally left Ken
lucky; if you at any time resided there;
where you went therefrom; where you
went therefrom; where you were next
employed, and III what business or call
ing.
6 If you answer that the maideA
name of your wife WAS Harriet Stan
wood, state when she finally left Ken
lucky; where she went; with whom, and
when snd where You next met her.
I. When and where were you mar
ried?
8. Were you not married some time in
the month of March, 1851?
.. Give date and place of your mar
riage and the names of the persons, be-
sides yourself and wife, who were pres
ent or that occasion.
10. What acquaintance had you with
jacob Stanwood?
IL. What relation, If any, was he to
the person you married; and what con-
versatiOn or interview did you have wish
him before said marriage concerning the
saEe, and where die such interview, if
ANY, occur, and what was said and done
therein?
II. Was not the first child Of said mar
riage born on the 18th day OF June,
1872
49, What was the name? How long
did 1T live, and with whom?
IA. When did said child die? Where
wss it buried? aud if any cemetery, give
the name OF the cemetery?
10 Was any tombstone or monument
erected at the grave of said child? Give
date of its birth, and by whose direction
was such tombstone erected.
lG Was there any inscription 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.
II. Did not said tombstone bear the
following Inscription relative to the birth
of said child: "Stanwood Blaine, born
June Is. 1852"
Is. Has any portion of said inscription
said tombstone been erased since its
erection? If so, what portion?
10. What acquaintance have you with
tie book called s"The Life of james G..
Blaine," written by Russell II. Conwell,
with an Introduction by Governor Robbie
of Maine, and published by Z. c. Alien &
Co., Augusta, Me-, in the year 1884?
20. We're not the proofs of such work
submitted to you tor revision?
u. Is not the statement made upon
the sixty eighth page of said book as fol-
lows: Miss Stanwood in March, 1851,
became his wife at Pittsburgh, Pa" A
correct statement as to time and place OF
yeur marriage?
-. Did not you communicate to the
author of said book for his use in such
work the time and place OF your mar
rage aforesaid?
BLAINE REPLIES.
To these interrogatories Mr.. Blaine re-
sponded as follows:
l, James g. Blaine, of Augusta, Me-,
on oath Gepose and say in answer to the
foregoing Undergraduates:
l. Harriet Il. .Stanwood.
.. In Georgetown, Ky, in the spring
of 1913.
8. l lived in Kentucky as assistant pro-
lessor or tutor in the Western Military
Institute from January, l84S, to Decem-
Der, 1851 In lS4S and lS49 the institute
was at Georgetown, in Is 80 at Blue Lick,
in 1851 at DeceRnon Springs.
4. The lady l married lived in Ken
lucky from the Spring of 184S to the
Spring of 1851. She was engaged as
teacher ia Colouel I. +. Johnson's
Female Seminary, the first two years at
Georgetown, the last year at MIXERS
burg.
8. finally left Kentucky in the latter
part of December, 1851; went to New
Orleans on business, and thence directly
to Augusta, Me-, which place reached
February ., 1852, aud was next employed
as principal teacher in the Pennsylvania
Institution for the Instruction of the
Blind in Philadelphia.
6. My wife left kentucky in March,
1861, accompanied by myself as lar as
PittSburg, Pa; thence she travelled
alone to New YORK, where she was met
by her brother, jacob Stanwood, and
under his protection proceeded TO her
mothers residence in Augusta, Me-,
re l next met her February 8, 1852.
Z, and 8. was married in MiilerS-
lurg, Ky, on the 30th of June, 1850, in
the presence OF Sarah {. StanwoOd aud
:. L. Blaine. The marriage was secret.
Navinga doubt subsequently, of its valid
ity uUder the law of Kentucky, which
then strirgently required license from
the Clerk of the County Court, l had the
marriage sole mnizcd I second time in
Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 29lh OF March,
1851, in the presence of John V. Lemoyne
and David Bell.
10 and IL. Jacob Stanwood was the
eldest brother of my Wife. l had no
ACQUAINTANCE with him at the time of
my marriage; had never seen him, nor
heard from him in any way, directly or
Indirectly, before my marriage. | met
him for the first time in February, 1852.
] had two letters from hiB after my mar
riagr, and before l met him. One warm
ly welcoming NE as member of the
family, the other imquiring if he could
promote my busiSess interests By the
loan of money. l had no other COR
respondence of any kird Until after had
personally met him in February, 1852.
My wife had two other brothers, u ith~r
of whom had ever met, when | came to
New Eng and in February, 1852; nor did
! ever meet !any of the male re.atives of
my wife before my arrival in New En-