Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-09-26
MR.. BLAINES REPLY.
The indianapolis Sentiners Inter
isa 6crogatories Answered. ssiri
Tho Next President Gives tho Datc of His
is Marriage, Tolls VINO, Witnessed IT and
Otherwise Gratifies an nnpeftlncnt
4. s Newspapers Curiosity. ~,

THE "sENrNEL's" QUESTIONS ANSWERED..
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept 22. The attorneys
for tho plaintiff In the .Blaine' Sentinel libel
suit Saturday afternoon filed the answer Of
james @. Blaileto tho mterrogatorIos pro.
pounded by the defense. The answer Is in
Blaine's own handwriting and Is sworn to
on September II before Winfed-S Ghoate,
Commissioner OF tic United States Dis.
trict Court OF Maine. The intefroga.
tories are answered by number. Tho
first niue relate to the maiden name of
Mrs. Blaine, the time and place OF the
wedding, her acquaintance and to- the
marriage. Nos 10 and IL are as 10 his
knowledge of and acquaintance with Jacob
Stanwood, Mrs. BlainSs brother, and wha,
Interviews Blnine had with him before the
marriage. Nos t2 to Is arc MS to tho
birth, death, burial and defaclng of the
tombstone of Blaine's first cIiild; aud Nos.
10 to % relate to Blaine's responsibility for
statements made IN his published life by
Russell Ii. Conncll. The answers arc as
follows: aa 1-u
II, james G. Blaine, of Augusta, Me- on
oath depose and say m answer to the fore
I. Harriet II. Stanwood.
~ In Georgetown, Ky, in the spring of 1913.
fessor e or tutor i % M the Western % m iItarv Ihst @
tute from January, 1913, TO December, 1851.
In 1917 and 1910 the institute was at George
| town; in leb0 ut Blue Lick; In 1851 at Dren'
1. The lady married lived in Kentucky
from the spring of 1913 TO tho spring of lc6l,
sons Female Seminary. The iiist two years
at Georgetown. the last year at Millersburg.
.. ! finally left Kentucky in the latter part
of December, 1851, went to Now Orleans OH
business, and thence directly TO Augusta, Me-,
which pluce ! reached February 8, lS52, and
was next employed as principal teacher in tho
PENNSYLVANIA Institution of the Blind, IN Phil
o. My wife left Kentucky in March. 1851 nc.
Pa ahenec o She alone New
where she was met by her brother, jacob
stunwood ana under his protection pro.
cecdcd to her mothers residence in Augusta,
Me-, whe,e met her February .. ls.2. II
Z. q and o. ! was murried in Millersburg,
KY, on the 3lth of juno, 1850, in the presence
marriage was secret. Having doubt subse-
quently of Its validity under the Laws of Ken
tncky, which then stringeutly required II.
cense from the Clerk OF the County Court,
hud the marriage soemnized a second time
IN Pittsburgh, la., on the 10Th of March, 1851,
N the, presence of John v. Lemoync and
10 and ii. Jacob Stanwood WIS the eldest
brother of my wife. had no acquaintance
ne,e seen, him nor heard from him in any
way directly or indirectly before my mar
riagc. met him for the first time in Feb
ruary. 1852. had two letters from him after
my marriage and before j met him, ono
warmly Welcoming me as member of the
family. the other inquir ng IL he could pro.
money. had no other correspondence OF
any kind until alter had personally met him
in February, lsis. My vile had two otler
brothers, neither of whom ] had ever met
when came to New England in February,
1852: nor dbl ever meet any male relative Of
my wife before my arrival in New England in
:. le. IL auti n. My first child a son, was born
In the house OF his grandmother on the icth
of!une ls5l. His name was stanwood Blnine.
He lived with his parents in 1852, 1863 and a
part OF 1Salr in Philadelphia. He died July
5lslS5!, and was buried in the Stanwool fam
ily lot in Forest Grove Cemetery, Augusta.
is. 10 and II. A monument was placed by
direction over MS graye the year after ms
of James q. and Harriet s. Blaine, born
June Is, 1851; died July 81, 1851
rs. have rot myself seen the stone since
the first week IN July, tut have reason to be-
lieve aud do believe that since that date many
letters and figures thereon bavc been defaccd,
and the figure ], IN theycar 1851, has; been en-,
tanning by whom this was done, but have rca-
son TO believe and do believe That II photo.
graph was taken OF tue dcfaced stone b. the
procurement of one of the publishers of the
eetp die u Democratic paper published in
that city. and that copies of said photograph
were sent to divers, and sandry persons; in.
Guiding the publishers of the Indianapolis
sentinel, the defendent in this suit.
l., ~. 20 II and &e. i know the book referred
to as the Life of j. G. Blaine" / did not re-
vise the volume nor become in any degree re.
sponsible for any statement made in It, though
saw part of it before publicati N. but did
not and have not TO this day seen page dS to
which tie questions refer, though the state
ment there made was doubtless derived by
the author. Russell II. Connell. from conver-
sntions with me, but not IRON any special
authorization by me to make.
l. JAMES G. BLAINE.
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