Huntsville gazette., 1884-09-27
THE BLAINE-SENTINEL LIBEL SUIT.

ally Answered Dy MIR. Blalno ana SUD-
scribed to UDder Oath.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, September %.
Mr.. Blaine's attorneys Saturday filed an
swer to the nterrogatories of the Senti-
mel, which were fl ed September 5. These
interrogatories were as follows:
L. What was the maiden name of your
wife?
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
at what place and at what time you were
SO employed.
4. State whether the person whom
you afterwards married lived In Ken
tucky at that time and in what employ
ment she was engaged, and at what place
she was so engaged.
6. 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 in what business or call
ing.
g. If you answer that the maiden
name of your wife was Harriet STAN
WOOOJ olUCC NHCu SlO lSlV hCH-
lucky; where she went; with whom, and
when snd where you next met her.
7. When aad where were you mar
ried?
s. Were you not married some time in
the month of March, 1851?
g. Give date and pace Of your mar
riagc an the names Of the persons, be-
sides yourself and wife, who were pres
emf 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 with
him before said marriage concerning the
same, and where die such interview if
any, occur, and what was said and done
therein?
I2 Was not the first child of said mar
riage born on the 18th day of June,
1851?
l3. What was the name? How long
did 1t live, and with whom?
IA. When did said child die? Where
was it buried? and if any cemetery, give
the name of the cemetery?
15 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.
l6 Was there any cliption on said
tombstone at 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. Hasany portion of said inscription
said tombstone been erased since its
erection? If so, what portion?
10. What acquaintance have you with
the book called "The Life of James G.
Baine," written by Russell H. Conwell,
with an Introduction by Governor Robie
OF Maine, and published by d. z. A len &
Co., Augusta, Me-, in the year 1884?
20. Were not the proofs OF such work
submitted to you for revision?
2l. Is not the statement made upon
the sixty-eioh,h page Of said book as fol-
lows: "Miss Stanwood in March, 1851,
be came his wife at Pittsburgh, Pa" A
correct statement as to time and place of
your marriage?
o. Did not you communicate to the
author of said book for his use in such
work the time and place Of your mar
riage aforesaid?
BLAINE REPLIES.
To these interrogatorieS Mr.. Blaine rc.
spondcd as follows:
/, james G. Blaine, OF Augusta, Me-,
on oath depoSe and say in answer to the
foregoing interrogation s:
/. Harriet b. SLanwood
2. In Georgetown, Ky, in the spring
of 1913.
5. lived in Kentucky as assistant pro.
fessor or tutor in the Western Military
Institute from Janulry, 1913, to Decem-
Der, 1851. In 1913 aud 1919 the institute
was at Georgetown, in lS so at Blue Lick,
in 1851 at Decennon Springs.
4. The lady l married lived in Ken
tucky from the Spring Of 1s4S to the
Spring of 1851. She was engaged as
t, acher in Colonel T. f. Johnson's
Female Seminary, the first two years at
Georgetown, the last year at MiIlers-
burg.
s. l 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 9, 1852, and was next employed
as prncipal teacher in the Pennsylvania
B ind in Philadelphia.
6. My wife left Kentucky in March,
1851, accompanied by myself as far 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-,
" b re / next net her February 9, 1852.
Z, and 9. was married in Millers-
burg, Ky, on the Both of June, 1850, in
the presence Of Sarah c. S,anwood and
S. L. Baine. The marriage was secret.
Havinga doubt subsequently of its valid
ity uudcr the laws of Kentucky, which
then strir gently required license from
the Clerk Of The County Court, had the
marriage sole mnized O second time in
Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 29ih OF March,
1851, in the presence of John V. Lemoyne
and David Bell.
10 and IL. Jacob Stanwcod was the
eldest brother of my W fe. l had no
acquaintance with him at the time OF
my marrisge; 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 him alter my mar
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