The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-05
MISS CARRIE RAND.

contract" wife. For her HERON deserted
his wife and children at Grnneil. la.
also showed that Carrie Rand was all this
time paying the bills. She had the money.
and she was leading him up the heights"
whittier his wife and children could not fol-
low.
Life Devoted tn His Success.
Mrs Cole. the wife of a professor at the
Grinnell College. said that when Heron
and his first wife were fellow students at
Ripon, Wis. the mans eyes were so weak
that he could not have followed his studies
without her aid. She read his lessons to
him. coached him in the very foundations
Of his supposed learning and at that sur
passed him in scholarship.
1t was shown that the dominating infiu-
ence of Mrs. Harron's life was the success
Of the person whom she called husband for
seventeen years. She lived for him alone
and for her children. Schoolmates. neigh
bors. pastors even the Heron seamstress.
united in telling OF the singular unselfish-
ness Of Mrs. Heron. from the college days
Of the pair through the nine years OF Car
rie Rand's presence in the family UP to
the latter days. when the distraught wife
and mother. yet clinging to her failing
hopes. said that there were ''times when
she would like to lay down and de-
His Junket to Europe.
The seamstress told how. when Heron
was starting with Miss Rand for n tour OF
Europe. he had commanded: Mamma, pack
my valise." and mamma had packed it,
and. with her babies hanging tearfully
about her. kissed him good-by as he went
away with Miss Rand "to the heights.
whittier she could not follow"
Any amount of dou,astfc DO
veloped during the trial. The queerest Of It
all was the effort of the Council to sup
press Professor Herron's defense. When
that became the order Of business they
went into executive session in order to
keep out the newspaper correspondents. The
participants looked very crestfallen upon
being told that Professor Heron had sent
his defense to the leading newspapers Of
the United States.
A dozen women. all in.imates or acquaint-
ances OF the Herrons. appeared as wit
pesses. No dirty linen was washed. There
were no hints of physical brutality. The
whole trial revolved about questions of ''in-
tellectual affinity" and the apparent in
ability Of tho wife to follow Heron into
the mental attitudes to which Miss Rand
seemed to be the only accredited guide.
Professor HerrOn's Defense.
Doctor Heron sent a letter in his own
defense. dealing with his specific. Individual
case, and not with marriage and divorce
in general. He states that he was called on
q divine mission a sort of new prophet
and that his wife did rot give him her
sympathy and appreciation. that the
home atmosphere was uncongenial. With
the Rands all was different. and they aided
him In work. deed and with money. He and
:lis wife discussed the matter many times
and finally agreed to separate. and he went
away that the desertion plea might stick.
The letter is an attempt to justify his
going away with Miss Rand. In II he says
she Is innocent as the babe born last night
that she was dependent upon her mother
for bread. hence came to him pennless:
that she has been the source and inspirer
| of much of Herron's work: that she has
| lived life of devotion to all that is good
1 and that he has lived many years because
she has lived also.
The Jury's Verdict.
Professor Herron's defense did not alter
the impression produced by the witnesses.
In fact, the finding of the council Is best
expressive Of the effect of Herron's labored
1 argument in his behalf