Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-03
DER YOUNG TO WED
Was James G. Blaine, DR.. Be-
ing but a Beardless Boy.
HIS PRETTY WIFE WHEEDLED
And Coaxed Him and Jimmy was Willing.
James G., Sr, Writes n Letter to the
Public the Snbiect-The
History of the Case.

WASHINGTON, Feb 2S-Mr Blaine fur
nishes the Associated Press to-day for pub
LEGATION a statement under the heading "a
Personal Statement: ''Since the Separa-
ton of my son and wife three and a half
years ago my family have silently
borne every Misrepresentation, every
slanderous attack, every newspaper
interview which it has pleased
the now divorced wife to inspire. The one
person aimed at has been Mrs. Blaine, and
we have perhaps been at fault in allowing
the horror Of a public discussion
regard for the future of my grand
son, 10 permit so much calumny
TO go unanswered. The last outrage of the
kind, embodied in n decision of the judge at
DeadwoOd, Oak, assumes an official char
acter, which makes it impossible to remain
longer silent To remain silent would be
to accept and perpetuate great wrong to
my wife, greater wrong to my grandson,
than even the publication of the
truth can infiict upon him. 1t is
necessary in speaking that
should give a summary as brief
as possible of the marriage and incidents
which followed IL and led to the sep
aration" Then follows letter written
by Blaine to Rev. Thomas !. Ducey,
rector St. Leo's church, New York
city, who performed the marriage
ceremony, in which Blaine states
the marriage was performed without au-
thority of law, as James g., Jr., was but
seventeen years and ten months of age.
Blaine severely scores Father Ducey for
marrying the young couple, and then
says that instead of his son being
to blame in the matter, ne was an innocent
tool in the hands of a scheming woman
Miss Nevins. The latter, Blaine says, engi-
neered the whole thing, even to looking up
the law of different states on the subject Of
marri age and urging young Blaine
TO inform himself on this subject.
In his statement Mr. Blaine says: Il be-
leved Miss Nevins had no other response
bility in the marriage than IN consenting to
my sons appeal and>was to blame merely
for this alone Since then 1 am
prepared to say that the marriage was ar
ranged by her far more than by my son;
that she did everything to promote 1t, sug-
gested every arrangement; anticipated and
provided for every emergency and
that in fact but for her
personal, active and untiring agency the
marriage would never have taken place. 1t
was thus that boy OF seventeen years and
ten months, in some respects inexperienced
even for his age, was tempted from
his school books and led to the altar
BY q young woman of full twenty-one
years with entire secrecy, coutrived by
herself and with all the instrumentalities
of her device complete and exact
was made to annul the marriage,
but that could not be done. He denies in
toto the allegations that Mrs. Blaine ST.,
had tried to break up the marriage relations
Of her son and his wife. The statement
that James G., Jr., had been detained
at Augusta aud was not permitted to fol-
low his wife when she left the home of her
Eather-in-law is entirely false. The young
man stated that he had warned
his wife that If she left
he would not live with her
any longer Mrs. Blaine. Sr., had strongly
disapproved of her departure and earnestly
urged her to remain, but to no purpose.
Mr. Blaine then concludes as follows:
mot word since the separation has
been written by hcr, nor has she seen my
sons wife except on the street in New
York, when no word was exchanged
between them. My son was en-
tirely free No restraint was attempted
or desired or needed TO insure separation.
On the day of his wife's departure he was
as strongly determined as on the day of her
divorce not 10 resume his relations with
her. Mrs. Blaine at no time in thought
or word attempted to separate them. On
the contrary she did not fail by iberality,
by consideration and by eXtenuation to
foster in every practicable way their hap
piness, if happiness to them had been pos
sible.
[SignedI JAMES G. BLAINE"