The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1884-10-08

In the United States Circuit Court for said Dis
trict.
The INDILNAPoLIs SENTINEL Con-. to bill OF
PANY AND JOHN @. SHoEMAKERt discovery
vs. in chancery.
JAMES G. BLAINE.
Te the Honorable, the Judges of the United
States Circuit Court in chancery sitting:
Your orators respectfully show unto your
Honors that on the Goth day of September,
1884, they filed in this Honorable Court their
original bill OF discovery in the above en-
titled cause and that the said defendant has
not appeared thereto, and your orators being
advised that an amendment thereto by in
sertlng therein further and other interroga-
tories for discovery therein Is necessary and
proper do respectfully ask leave to file
additional interrogatories herein, and
to file this their amended bill herein for
such purpose. Aud your orators do nov. by
leave of this Honorable Court, file this. their
amended bill. with such additional inter
rogatories, and ask that the said James G.
Blame may be made defendant to this,
their amended bill. Your orators further
show, in addition to the matters set forth in
the original bill, that the said defendant,
Blaine, as your orators are informed and be-
lieve, aud therefore charge the fact to be,
claims and pretends to have been secretly
married to one Harriet Stanwood. the said
person referred to in your orators original
bill of discovery, at Williamsburg, Kentucky,
on the Both day OF June, 1850, which claim
and pretense of said secret marriage afore-
said, your orators controver I and wholly
deny, and to the end Lat there may DE
full and true discovery in relation to
such pretended secret marriage, your
orators pray that the interroga-
tories hereinafter stated may be
answered by the defendant herein under the
order OF the Court, and under the oath of
inal bill. And your orators further show
and allege the fact to be that the said de-
PENDANT Blaine, was lawfully married for
the first and only time to the said Harriet
Stanw0Od, the person hereinbefore named,
and named in their original bill at PittsbuIg,
Pa, on the Goth day of March, 1851. Aud
your orators further show, as they are in
formed and believe, and therefore charge the
fact to be, that said marriage aforesaid was
not on the part of said defendant, Blaine, a
marriage of love and affection, but of COM
pulsion, as charged in their said original bill.
That Immediately after said marriage he left
his said wife and allowed her to travel alone
in very feeble health and in an extremely
delicate condition by, at that time tedious
and dangerous conveyances, on long jour.
nev from the said city of Pittsburg, 70 her
former residence in the East, and that he
immediately thereafter left the city of Pitts
burg and returned to DrennOn Springs KY,
where he remained until December, at least,
of the year 1851, ana during all such time
be was known and recognized as an unmar-
ried man and conducted himself as such,
and paid attentions and conducted court
ships with young, unmarried ladies, as un-
married suitors are accustomed to do, thus
ignoring his lawful marriage as Aforesaid as
far as he might do the same, and plainly
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therein, and his total want of regard and
respect for the person he had unwillingly
married, and disowning the claims OF
such person upon him as wife, thus show
ing the involuntary character, as far
as the defendant Blaine was concerned, OF the
marriage which he had unwillingly con-
tracted with said Harriet Stanwood afore-
said; and your orators further charge that
the facts and circumstances, both in relation
to said secret pretended marriage in June,
1850, as mentioned above herein, and IN re-
Iation to the conduct of said defendant,
Blaine, Immediately after his actual and
lawful marriage in March, 1856 1, and particu-
iarly within the notice and knowledge and
information of the said defendant, James u.
Blaine; and that a full knowledge of the
same and a full, true and complete dis
covery concerning such matters are neces'
sary and material to them, your orators, in
order that they may fully show and prove
their defense in the said action
said original bill herein, and in order
that they may be prepared to make good the
issues upon their part, the parts of such de-
fence and their plea of and answer OF justi-
cation, as recited in said original pill. And
that such discovery aforesaid is necessary in
addition to such other evidence as your ora
tors may and can procure OF the facts in re-
lation to said pretended false marriage, and
the compulsory character on the part OF said
Blaine of said real marriage aforesaid before
the time of the trial of said cause. and your
orators are without any remedy at law 10 en-
force or compel such discovery. Your ora
tors, therefore, pray that said defendant
shall, under the order of the Court, for that
purpose, be ordered TO answer positively
under oath, and without evasion, to the ut
most of his knowledge, belief and information,
the interrogatories hereinunder following:
/. State whether or no marriage, IL any,
in any manner or form took pace between
you and Miss Harriet Stanwood on the Goth
day of June, 1850; if yea, declare upon oath
in what building, house, apartment, resi-
dence, or room of such house, building or
residence, the said marriage took place, at
what hour of the day or night of said day,
and the names of all the persons including
the name of the judge, minister, magistrate,
or other officer or person who performed the
ceremony of such marriage, If any such OH
Ger or person was present.
.. Declare upon oath whether or no there
was any magistrate, minister, judge or Off
Ger present on such occasion, and If nay,
what person there present said or pronounced
the words of the marriage contract.
3. State whether or no any words, terms
or language concerning the marriage con-
tract were said or uttered by anyone in your
presence. or by yourself or by Miss STAN
wood on that occasion, and if yea, state the
words so said or uttered, or give the sub
stance of the same and the name of the per-
son or persons by whom they were said or
uttered.
4. State whether or no you were &C.
qualnted on the 3oth day of June, 1850 with
S. L. Blaine; if yea, what relation he was to
yourself. where he resided at that time what
was his business or occupation, whether or
not he is now living, and if he is dead, when
and where did he die?
s. State whether or no you were ac1uaint-
ed on the 30th day Of June, 1850, with Sarah
c.. Stanwood; If yea what relation she was
to Harriet Stanwood, where she resided at
that time, what was her business or occupa-
ton, whether or not she is now living; il she
be dead when and where she died.
6. State what was your age on the 3Oth
day of June, 1850, and state also, il you
know, what was the age OF Harriet STAN
wood on the same day.
Z. State whether or no you accompanied