The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-06
MRS. BLAINE IN CHICAGO.
szE SPENDS A FEW HOURS ON
HER WAY TO NEW YORK.

eta VII Make the Whole Story Pub
80 Unless Mr.. Blaine Publishes the
retters - Thinks She has Been
Urouged and VIII Not be Branded
an Adventures.
From the Net0 York Sun.
cv,cAeo. March 3.-Mary Nevins Blaine,
A.. divorced wife OF James g. Blaine, Jr.,
-.s at the Wellington hotel to-day for a
80 hours. She was en- route from Sioux
AIS s. D., to New York, and was accom-
..nied By her little boy, her French maid.
i "a q nurse. Mrs. Blaine did not object 10
i L.ving her name appear on the register of
.bs hotel. but her first movement was to
give orders that no reporters cards be sent
% bar apartments. With Landlord Gage
.bs lett instructions to say to newspaper
nan that she appreciated the courtesy of the
nrsss but she had nothing more
i - saw concerning her recent suit or OF any
r,stter connected with her troubles Of the
,.st Then she ordered luncheon served in
her room, preparatory to continuing her
Journey eastward over the Lake Shore at
$50.
After luncneon MRS. blalne LOOK sCroll
.bout the parlors OF the hotel, and meeting
a representative of the Sun. chatted briefly.
illness and mental suffering have greatly
changed Mrs. Blaine. She looks
At least 80 years old. Her
face is pinched and her complexion
sallow. She has by no means recovered
from the severe attack of rheumatism
which Frustrated her a year or more ago.
and there is a perceptible limp when she
walks across the floor. Shells unable to
raise her right arm above her head.
"You must not attempt to interview me"
sbe said. II have declined to see all news
paper men since leaving Dakota. There is
nothing for me to say. l do not want the
potoriety which have thus far found it
impossible to escape In my letter to Mr..
Il Blaine have said all th6t could be said and
4 | have nothing to add until the ten days
have expired. II he fails then to produce
the evidence have demanded 1 will pub
lish every atom of evidence possess bear
ing on the case.
II do not make this threat for bluff. When
my divorce was granted the whole matter
4 ended so far as | was concerned. did not
want it reopened. But Secretary Blaine
has seen fit to attack sick woman through
q the press.
II mean now to defend myself, and will
q not conceal one single thing"
It was evident that Mrs. Blaine
81 had forgotten she was talking
with reporter. but as the
thought Of her troubles came to her the
poor girl could not help the outbreak. The
tears stood in her eyes as she recalled Mr..
Blaine's charges. and then her indignation
got the better Of her sorrow.
1T has been limited that you had the
assistance Of some one in writing the letter
you addressed to Mr.. Blaine concerning his
personal statement"
ut Is untrue, and you may say so. /
wrote every line Of it myself. Within an
hour after | had read Mr.. Blaine's letter
q was OF work on my reply. Not living
soul assisted me; neither did submit IL to
any one for approval or disapproval. My law
4 yer asked me II would reply, and told
4 him most certainly should. He limited at
giving me the benefit OF his assistance, but
y refused it.
II had lived in the Blaine family. and I
knew better than any one else how to reply
to this most unexpected attack. o, dear,
when is this heaping of abuse on me
going to ends Was 1t not bad enough to be
obliged TO go through q trial for divorce
with all its attendant notoriety2 Was it
not cruel to have garbled extracts of my
love letters given to the public and to be
branded as an adventures who courted the
son of prominent mani
MIR. Blaine. see. declares he will not
publish the letters ask for; but will do
exactly as | said would at the end of the
ten days, and the public will judge whether
am the designing woman Of mature years
who stole away a boy and made him marry
her. Mr.. Blaine is a great and powerful
man, but he shall not ruin my character.
No, not il he wereaen times greater.
& 81 will fight as hard as any one when
8 am forced to do so, and shall not stab nv
enemy in the back, either. There shall be
nothing that will stop me In a course once
& determined upon. How can men be so
q cruel! Now, will not say another word. ;"