The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-09-22
THE BLAINE LIBEL SUIT.
tories of the Defendant.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Sept. 2o.-In the Blaine
libel suit in the district court this afternoon Mr.
Blane's attorney fled the following answers to
the interrogatories propounded by the Sentinels
attorneys on the 9th of September;
United States of America, District of Maine IS.
Before me, Winfred s. Choate commissioner of
the circuit court of the United States and for said
district personally appeared James G. Blaine and
subscribed and made oath to truth Of the following
answers:
pose and say in answer to the foregoing interroga
tories;
|. Harriet B. Stanwood.
2. Georgetown, Ky in the spring of 1848.
3. / lived in Kentucky as assistant professor or
tutor In the Western Military Institution from Jan
the institute was at Georgetown, in 1859 at Blue
Lick, and in 1851 at Decennon Springs.
4. The lady married lived in Kentucky from
as teacher in Col. 7. F. Johnson's female semina-
at Millersburg.
8. finally left Kentucky in the latter part of
December, 1851 went to New Orleans on business,
and thence directly to Augusta, Me-, which place
nIaoeS az nieoinn % anu was ne&t ei
stitution for the instruction of the Blind in Phila
delphia.
companied by myself as far as Pittburg, Pa. thence
travelled alone to New York. where she was met by
her brother Jacob stanwood and. under his protec-
fs S52' Me- "nei0 next met her' February .
z, 8 and 8. was married in Millersburg. XIV,
on the 30th of June 1850 in the presence Of Sarah
G. Stanwood and S. l.. Blaine. The marriage was
secret. Having doubt subsequently of its validity
under the lawsEof Kentucky which them stringently
required license from the clerk of the county
court, had the marriage solemniZed second time
in Pittsburg, Pa, on the 29th of March, 1851, in
the presence OF John v. Lemoyne and David Bell.
10 and IL. Jacob Stanwood was the eldest
brother of my wife. l had no acquaintance with
him at the time of my marriage. Had
him or heard from him in any way, directly or
indirectly, before my marriage. L met him for the
first time in February, 1852. l had two letters
from hinS after my marriage and before met him;
one warmly welcoming me as a member of the fam
iy the other inquiring if he could promote my bus
mess interests by the loan of money. had no cor
respondence of any kind with him until after had
personally met In February, 1852. My wife had
two other brothers, neither of whom had ever met
when came to New England in February, 1852;
nor did ever meet any male relative of my wife
before my arrival in New England in February,
IL, IS and IA. My first child, son, was born in
the house of his grandmother on the 14th of June
1851. His name was Stanwood Blaine. He lived
with his parents in 1852. 1858 and part of 1854,
in Philadelphia. He died on July 81. 1854. and
was buried in the StanwOod family lot in Forest
Grow cemetery, Augusta, Me.
10, 16 and ~. monument was placed by my
direction over his grave year after his DEATH thus
inscribed: "Stanwood Blaine, son of james G.. and
Harriet s. Blaine, born June 18th, 1851; died July
31st, 1854"
IS l have not myself seen the stone since the
first week in July, but have reason to believe and
figures thereon have been defaced, and that figure
one in the year 1851 has been entirely removed.
have no means of ascertaining by whom this was
DONE but have reason to believe, and do believe
that photograph was taken of the defaced stone
by the procurement of one Of the publishers of the
New Age, Dem cratic paper published in this city
and that copies of said photograph were sent to
divers and sundry persons, including the publisher
of the indianapolis Sentinel, defendant Of this
suit.
is, 20. 81 and %. knew of the book referred
to as Life of James G. Blaine" L did not revise
the volume nor become in any degree responsible for
any statement made in it, though saw parts of it
before its publication, but did not and have not to
this day page 68, to which the question refers
though the statement there made was doubtless de-
rived by the author, Russell H. Conwell from con
versatons with me, but not from any special author
ization by me to make it.
JAMES G. BLAINE.
Witness my hand and official seal at Augusta. in
said district, This 18th day of Septembers in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eightyfour.
(SeaD MAYFIELD s. CHOATE.
Commissioner of the circuit court of the United
States for the district of Maine