Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-02-29
Mr.. BLA|NE'S REPLY
To Recent Criticisms
Against His Wife.
THE FAMOUS DIVORCE CASE
Statement Made by Judge in Grant
ing the Decree to Mrs. Blaine. Jr.

\ luTulSntS loi puDllCntlOn N pl,lll
ment," in which he says: "Sincc the sepa-
ration of my son aud his wife, three and n
half years ago. my family have silently
borne every newspaper interview which 10
has pleased the now divorced wife To in
spire. The one person aimed at has been
| Mrs. Blaine; and we have perhaps been
| at fault in allowing horror OF the public
| discussion of private matters, combined
with regard for the future ot my grand
son, TO permit so much calumny 20 go un-
| answered The last outrage Of the kind,
embodied in the decision of the judge at
| Deadwood. Oak, assumes an official char
acter, which makes it impossible TO re-
main longer silent. To remain silent
would be 10 accept and perpetuate great
wrong TO my wife-a greater wrong 10 my
grandson, than ever a publication Of the
truth can inlict upon him
The statement opens with u letter writ
ten by the secretary to Father Thomas
| Ducey, who nciated az the wedding at
the time, in which he protests against the
| act of the priest In marrying the couple
when he knew that James g., Jr.. was
| mere boy 40, and has been born and
reared a Protestant. The letter concluded
as follows:
am powerless. I cannot question the legal
| ity OF the marriage. | shall at distance and
| at every disadvantage endeavor to guide my
son. But as father living under the divine
| institution of the family; as a citizen living
under the divine order oi society, protest
| against your act. As servant Of God, to
whose ministry you are ordained, call God TO
witness between YOU and me. or whatever
| evils resulting from this deplorable marriage
my son may be the author or the victim, tho
| guilt be on your head JANIS a.. BLAINE
The secrstary's Discoveries.
M
| this letter believed that Miss Nevins had
no other responsibility in the marriage
than in consenting To my sons appeal and
was blameworthy for this alone. Since
then | am prepared to say that the mar
ragc was arranged by her far more than
| by my son; that she did everything To pro-
| mote II; suggested every arrangement; an
| ticipated and provided for every emer-
| gency, and that. in fact but for her per-
sonal, active and untiring agency tho
| marriage woU,' never have taken place.
| In this she showed knowledge aud fore
thought not 20 bc expssted in woman Of
| 2l years
The statement gives extracts from let.
| ters written by Miss Nevns To young
| Blaine few days after the couple had first
met These include the following: Don't
| ask any questions that will lead people to
suspect anything. Remember that we are
in the mouths Of every man, woman and
child in Augusta
look into the (marriage) laws only to-
morrow, and perhaps one question ut the
bank (whcre says MIR. Blaine, he obtained
money for hi, marriage journey on my nc
count, by inducing the cashier to advance
him funds on his memorandum, n thing
he had never learned TO do before he met
Miss Nevins). DO be careful. | feel now
all sorts of dreadful things are said of us.
You do not know how vile the world Is.
DO look up the laws. Let the rest keep"
When the couple reached New York, Mr..
Blaine asserts, Miss Neyins took charge of
everything connected with the matter and
dire tied all the proceedings TO the last
minute.
Mr. Blaine states that when his son
Walker went 10 New York to see whether
the marriage
Might Not 80 Invalid q
or could not he annulled by reason Of the
groom's age, he was told that IL was too
late because The bride had taken passage
for Boston with the groom on one Of the
night steamers on Long Island sound Mr.
Blaine then proceeds 10 show the falsity Of
the assertion that Mrs Blaine broke up
| the marriage relations Of her SOL and his
| wife
She did not see hcr daughterinlaw un-
I'll eight months after the marriage, when
she was ia New York After Mr. and Mrs
Blaine returned from Europe they found
their son had spent his entire allowance
and was deeply in debt II was arranged
that young Blaine and his wife should go
TO Augusta and have their future deter
mineda family council IL was there
proposed that the young couple should
live in Mr.. BlHinc's old home at Augusta.
Mr.. Blaine was 10 furnish fuel, light, q
man servant. u horse and carriage and
$500 yearuntil young Blaine could earn
that sum. Young Blnines wife, however.
Refused To Stay In Augusta.
and then young Blaine disclosed the fact
that the marriage was an unhappy one
and he had become cstranged from his
wife During young Mr.. Blaine's stay of
two weeks in Augusta, says Mr.. Blaine, IT.
became potent, owing to the inharmony
Of the young couple, that separation was
the least disaster To be dreaded.
Young Blaine accompanied his father to
Ellsworth, where Mr. Blaine was to make
a campaign speech. In "A few days young
Blaine returned home TO find that his
wife had left for New York few hours
before. Mrs. Blaine. Sr., had earnestly,
but in vain, urged her daughter-in.law TO
remain She did not then dream that her
son would not follow his wife, or that
final separation would come so soon. She
offered to take charge of the child, but
young Mrs. Blaine declined the offer. She
left sharp note for her husband. The lat
ter. after reading u. said he would not
follow her In forty-four days young Mrs.
Blaine returned to Augusta, with her
mother and child. Mrs. Blaine rose from
n sick bed 10 receive them. Mrs. Nevins
and her daughter made insulting charges
against Mrs. Blaine and her son.
Mr. Blaine declares that Mrs. Blaine at
no time in thought or word or deed at
tempted To separate this man and his wife.
"On the contrary" says the secretary, In
closing she did not fail by liberality, by
consideration aud by cxtcnuation to foster
In every practicable way their happiness,
II happiness TO them had been possible"
\ A Fine Line OF Cigars