The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-11
q Louisviii. Family Who Knew Tho
nisines and In Kentucky
and James G's Relationship
With Mas stanwood.
The Charges Of Seduction and Marriage
Positively Reiterated,
EXCEPT THE SHOTGUN EPISODE,
Staten That Johnson secured His
Petition on the Texas q Paeiae
rkrosgh Mr.. Biaine's a
raee-The Sentinel suit.
The Libel suit.

INDIAN AroLIs, Sept. i.-The answer
OF tho Sentinel company in the Blaine
libel suit, was filed In the United States
court this morning. The defense admits
printing and publishing the article COM
planned of In the issue of August sth,
and denies II was false In any particu-
lar. II sets forth that James q. Blaine
was married / % Harriet Stanwood ut
Pittsburg on or about March 18th, ISL.
That prior 10 that time, and during their
courtship., Blaine seducod Miss Stan
wood. That ho at first re-
the wrong done, but being
afterwards strongly urged thereto and
violently threatened with chastisement
and punishment therein for his said
wrong doing, aud p%errhance %rcpenting
him of his evil he married her rs stated.
That In tho June following u child was
born, known ~ Sttnwood Blaine, which
lived two or three years was always
acknowledged by plaintiff and his wife
A. their son. by reason whereof de-
PENDANTS say tho matters and things set
forth in the article recited are true, and
the same being true, they were pub
lished of, n concerning, said plant
1T by defendants, as they justly aud
lawfully wer right.
iht ucltuiufitS httu WIN thtiT uh-
swer a number of Undergraduates, and
require that tho same be answered by
the plaintiff under oath, positively and
without evasion, within such time as
may be limited by the court thereby,
among which are the following: State
when you finally left Kentucky, IL you
at any time resided there; when you
went therefrom; where you were mex
employed; in what business or calling;
il you answer that the maiden name of
your wife was Harriet Stanwood, state
when she finally left Kentucky, and
when and where you next met her; give
the State and place of your marriage
and the names of the persons
besides yourself and wife who were pres
ent on the occasion, and what acquaint-
ance had you with Jacob Stanwood;
what relation was he, if any, to the per-
Vol you named, and what conversation
or interview did you have with him be-
fore said marriage concerning the same,
and where did such interview, If any, oc-
cur, and what was said and done
therein; was not the first child of said
1851; where did said child die; where
was it buried, and if at any cemetery,
give the name of the cemetery; was
any tombstone or monument erected
at the grave of said child,
giving the date of its birth
II by whose direction was SAID tomb
stone erected; did not said tombstone
bear the following inscription relative
to the birth OF the child: "Stanwood
Blaine, born June Is, 1851; has any por-
ton of such inscription on said tomb
stone been erased since its erection; if
so, what portion thereof? What ac-
quaintance have you with a book called
t.The Life of James q. Blaine," written
by Russell u Conwell, with an introduce
ton by Gov. Robbie, of Maine, and
published by l.. G.. Allen Il
Co., of Augusta, Maine, in the
year 1884. Were not the proof of such
work submitted to you for revision? Is
not the statement made upon the sixty
eighth page of said book as follows: a
Miss Stanwood, in March, 1851, became
his wife, at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, a
correct statement of the time and place
nicate to the author of said book for his
use in such work the name and place of
your marriage as aforesaid?
mr.. SHOEMAK ER SPEAKS.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 4.-The following
statement was tonight furnished the
Press correspondent at this
point by Mr.. Shoemaker, of the Indian
apolis Sentinel:
70 the Public:
Biased reports have been sent from
by certain press cores
In the libel suit brought by Mr.. Blaine
will seek to delay u prompt trial. On
he contrary, we shall do all in Il
to expedite the conclusion of the
case, and anticipate being ready for an
before a jury early in October, if
not sooner.
[Signedl JOHN C. SHOEMAKER.