Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-31
THE BLAINE SCANDAL.
The Magnetic Man to be Sued
by His Daughter-in-Law.
BIG DAMAGES ASKED FOR.
Eminent New York Lawyers Re-
tanned by Mrs. James G.
Blaine, Jr.

Blaine, Jr.
It is the talk of the town that General
Martin T. Mcmahon, General Roger A.
Pryor and Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll,
counsel for Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr.,
are about to begin suit at the instance
of their client against her husbands
parents, James G. Blaine and Mrs.
Blaine, for damages in the sum Of
500, 900, for alternating her husbands
affections. Young Mrs. Blaine does not
sue for divorce, for she is rigid Catho-
lie. She says that her husbands parents
have come between herself and him 80
that he has deserted her, refused to an
swer her letters and kilograms imploring
him to send her some token Of his affec-
ton, and, in word, has cast her off.
MISS MARY NEvINs.
Mrs. James g. Blaine. Jr., was Miss
Mary Nevins, daughter of Colonel Rich
ard Nevins, of Columbus, o. Miss
Nevins' grandfather on her mothers
side was Samuel Medary, who was Gov
ernor Of Kansas under Buchanan. Miss
Nevins was educated at the Convent of
the Sacred Heart, in Cincinnati. Her
parents came to New York to live in
1886, and there the young woman first
met James G. Blaine, Jr.
Miss Nevins at this time was only 19,
and, it is said, her future husband was
still younger, but that is disputed. The
young people we're married on Septem-
ber 6, 1886.
James G. Blaine, ST., gave his son
$500 year to live on. The young
couple took little fiat on East Fifty
fifth street. Jimmy got place in the
brokers' office of S. Morris Pryor.
In January Of this year son was born
to Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr., and was
baptized in the Catholic Church. When
the Blaines came home the women of
the family made no secret of their dis
like. In day or SO the young wife was
told that her husband must 60 away with
his father on q stumping tour.
HARD TIMES FOR THE YOUNG WIFE.
The men went away, aud then began
hard times for Mrs. James G. Blaine Jr.
In the first place she learned that her
husband was not travelling with his
father, but was stopping at Bar Harbor,
and posing on the hotel piazzas there for
the benefit Of young women. Her
mother-in-law nagged at her continually.
1t used to be a favorite expression of
Mrs. Blaine Sr.: "You've stolen my
poor boy, my innocent boy, away from
me. You've robbed me of my darling"
Mrs. Blaine the younger stood it as long
as she could, and finally told her mother.
in-law that she thought it best for
her to 60 away. $50 awaym
said Mrs. Blaine the elder. "Where
will you 60 to? To your pauper
parents ?" Young Mrs. Blaine wrote to
her husband begging him to take her
home, but she could get no answer to
her letters. The young mother left for
New York, arriving there on September
4th. She went. Of course. to her hus-
bands fiat in Fifty-fifth street. The
rent of the fiat up to October 1st had
been paid by the elder Blaine. Mrs.
Blaine had no money to pay grocers'
bills and the like, though, and she had
to get all her supplies for a time on
credit. The return card of registered
letter sent by her was sent back, bearing
the signature of Walker Blaine.
LETTER TO BLAINE sR.
Then, at her request, a lawyer wrote to
Mr.. Blaine the elder, asking him to pro-
vide for the daughter-in-law. Mr.. Blaine
answered that his sons wife had gone
away from Augusta against her hus-
bands wishes, and that the Blaine
family could not concern themselves
about her. October 1st arrived, and
Mrs. Blaine had to give up her fiat and
went to live with her parents in New
York hotel. Last week Mrs. Blaine, her
baby and nurse and her mother, Mrs.
Nevins, went to Augusta. Mrs. Blaine
Sr. said that her son did not wish to see
his wife,. and Mrs. Blaine Jr. declared
that she did not believe this to be true,
but she was finally convinced that he
would not see her, and then went to her
came back to New York, reaching here
Thursday night.
RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES.
A special dispatch received from Wash
: ington yesterday by the Examiner has
the following on the religious side of the
question:
Within the past two days Colonel
Nevins, in speaking of the trouble be-
tween his daughter and James G.Blaine,
Jr., has quoted Mrs. Blaine, Sr., as say
ing that she did not want any grand
child of hers baptized in the Catholic
faith ,and it was because the baby of Mrs.
Blaine, Jr., was SO baptized that the
trouble originated.
This statement has created consdera-
BILE discussion among the Catholics in
Washington.
YOUNG MRS. BLAINE FRUSTRATED,
The New York Herald of Friday de-
votes column to young Mrs. Blaine's
condition, and ends with the following
statement by an intimate friend of the
family:
'Mrs. Blaine, ever since the differences
with her husband first began, has hoped
for q full reconciliation. This hope was
entertained by her until last night, when
it was shattered. Last evening, just as
she was recovering from the excitement
OF Mr.. Blaine's arrival in the city ,and the
noise OF the parading bands on Broadway
to greet him at Madison Square Gardens,
she received note from her father.in-
law-the first communication that has
reached her from her husbands relatives
- L. L.