The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-25
TIE LIBEL SUI,
Blalne FILES sorlnilm Answers 10 the
Senilnel's Interrogn.Orlcs'
WITHOUT MINISTER OR LICENSE,
A Hroiher ~ the Groom aud - sister "i,hs
Bride Omri-i. ~ the first Mar
riag. 90 Two Witnesses ~
TIA. second Marriage.

U AANk w. 80
of Your wifrY"
Sc,~nd-"When and where did you
make her acquaintanceY'
Tnird-"Sti,ta whether you over lived
IN tho state OF Kentucky. IL ~, whhi
employment you wero IhcrH employer
anu ut what place and What hhlo You
were " Employed
whom Won afterwards married lived
In Kentucky ~ that Time, IN what
,Inploymrut she was engaged ana al
Mat place SHE was = - cugtgndy'
Eifh-.SIutc when You finally len Ken
lucky. II you ntany ll resided thor"'
where you went there nom, whorr you
were next employed and IN what bu''-
ness ar rulliug?'
Sixth-"If yuu answer that the maid
on name of Your wife wife was Harriet
StnnwOud, state when She finally len
Kentucky, where SIr went, WIN whhlll
and v hen and where YOU next nitt hcrF'
Sevcnih-"N hen ana where were you
mnrriud?"
Eighlh-"Worc you not married some
time In March, lSl?"
Ninlh-"iTVa date and place of vour
marriage and names of parsons hesi""s
Yourself aud wife who were present on
that occasion?"
renth-"What acquaintance had you
with Jacob St~anwoodY"
Eisyenth-"What relation, IL any, he
had 10 the person you married., AMI
what conversation or interview did You
have with him before said marriage,
concerning the same, and where uld
| such interview, II any, occur, ana what
wa. said and lone therein"
"Twellth-"Was not the first child OF
said marriage born the 18th day OF
June, lS5l?'
Thirteenth-"What was the namo,
how long did it live and with whom?'"'
Forteenth-.W hen did said child die,
where was il buried II II al any cemo
t,ry, give the AM of said cnul"teryY'
Fifteeth-"W8 there any tombstone
or uonument erected mt h grave %.
said child. Give date of its birth ana
by whOse directions was such a tomb
stone erectedy"
Sixtcenth-.Wa ~ there any inscription
on said tombstone at the time OF its cree
ton or shortly thereafter, and II 80, give
said inscription In the words and figures
aS the an WAS originally engraved Oh
said tombstone?"
Sevcnteenth-''Did not said tombstone
bear the following inscription relative tc
the birth of said child: 'StanWoud'
Blaine; born June 18th, lS5lY" >,
Eightepnth-"Has any portion of said
inscription on said tombstone bssI
erased since its ercctionY If 80, whs'
p%ortiOn?'
Nineteenth-"What acquaintance have
ynu with the book called THE Life OF
james u. Blaine,' written by Russell IL,
Council, with the Introduction by Gov.
Robie, OF Maine, and published by IL. 4
Allen u Co., Augusta, Maine, in the
year lSSi?"
Twentieth-"Were not the proofs Of
such work submitted to you FOR re'
viSion?'
Twenty-frst-"Is not tho statement
made up on the si~Xty-eighth page OF
said hook as follows:'Miss StanwoOd in
March, 1851 became his wife AT Pitts
burg, Pennsylvania u correct state
ment as to the time and place OF your
m~arriage?'
Twenty-second-"Did not you commn
nicate to the author of said book for his
use in such work, the time and place ol
your marriage as aforesaid?'
TO these interrogatories Mr.. B!alnt
responds as follows:
/, Jaines q. Blaine, OF Augusta, Maine
on oath, depose and say IN answer W tht
foregoing interrogatories:
First-"Harriet Is. Stanwood."
Second-''In Georgetown, Kentucky
in the spring Of 1873"
Third-"I lived in Kentucky "a ~
5i,taut Professor Or iutor IA lac Vest
ern Military Institute from January
ISIS, 10 December, ISL; in 1915 and l8ia
the Institute was ct Georgato~n; in 1900
at Blue Lick; III 1851. at Derennon
Fourth-"Tbe lady Imarried lived in
kentucky from he spring or lSlS t'
the spring OF 1861, engaged ss tsacher III
Col. 7. +. Johnson's Fem2is Seminary,
the first two years 1t Georsotu"n, anu
the last year at Millsraburg.
"Fifth-I finally left Kentucky in the
latter part of December, 1851; went to
New Orleans on business, and thence
directly t O Augusta, Maine, which place
| reached February 8, 1852, and was next
employed rs principle teacher in the
Pennsylvania INSTITUTION for the IL
'sixth-My wife left Kentucky in
Msroh, 1851, accompanied by my
thence travelled alone to New
York, where she was met by her
brother, Jacob Stsnwood, and under his
protection proceeded to her mothers
residence at Augusta. Maine, where
next IN st her, February, 9, 1859.
married in Millersburg, kentucky, on
the Both of June, 1850, in the presence oil
Sarah c. Stanwood and s. l.. Blaine.
Tho marriage was secret, and having
doubt subsequently, of its validity under
tho laws Of Kentucky, which
then stringeutly required = license
from the clerk Of the county court, l
had the marriage ~soleinnized a second
time in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on
the 18th Of March, 1851, in presence OF
John V. Lemoyn6 and David Ball.
Tenth and ACKNOWLEDGMENT Stanwood
was the oldest brother of my wife. l had
no acquaintance with him ut the tiIu9
OF my marriage. Had never seen him
nor heard from him in any way,directly
or Indirectly, before my marriage. l
met him f0r the first time in February,
$50. / hsd two letters from him
after iay marriags and before l met
him. one warmly welcoming me AS
q urulAer OF the family; the other in
duiriag II he could promote my business
| Interests by a loan Of money. | had no
further correspondence Of sny kind nnGi!
after | had personally met him in Febru-
lry, 1852. Ny wife had two other broth
ers. neither OF whom | had ever mot
when | came to New Englandin Zebra
ary, 1852; nor did l even meet any male
refatiyes of my wife before my arrival
in New Englsnd in February, lS52.n
Twelfth. ibirc.erth aud -Four
teenth-My art rAil'r sou,
was born ~ tasY III OF
his grandmother "a 9se iRtn of June,
1851, His name w.. ,3,aNS0od Blsiue.
He lived with his parents in lS52-lSl4,
and was buried in tir sStanwood family
lot, in Forest Gtu"e cemetery, Augusta,
Maine"
F~ifteenth, Sixtscnth and seventeen
IA monuments WAS placed by my al
rection over his grave the year after Lis
dsath, thus inscribed: 'Sianwood Blaine,
son of James G.. and Harriet S. Blaine,
Born June ~. 1851. Died July 81, ls54.''
E~ighteenth-"I have not myself seen
the stone since the first week
in July, but have reason TO
believe and do believe that
since that date many letters and figures
thereon have been defaced. and that the
tirIra in tho yoar 1851 had