South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-11-26

A+alrH OF jus I..flN
Fciw .rs Statement
AFTER tho stormy scss or. which
continued until o'c'ork, Fc.wcl
pres utod 20 The NeWs-T. INES au orr
der drought 20 him. plrportng 70
be Iu Mrs Tleruan's haudwst.rg-
The order follows.
I'm the case OF Augueta IT. TER
nan against John - Herman now
pending in Superior court. being
On actiou for divorce. I hereby
authorize Nr-. Samuel Re well my
attorney ln this ac-.on. 20 not con-
test any crose-compla.nt that nay
De filed by the defendant herein
and 7 further authorize my said
attorney o. consent 20 the entry %
a decree.in favor OF the said de-
PENDANT awarding him the custody
of children until the further OF
this cour-
tS.gucd)
"Cfrs) Augusta II. Herman"
Atty. Feiwcil declared he was
ready and willing 10 produce that
order FOR tle court any TINS the
court wished 90 see it.
Tleruau's marriage 90 Mrs. blanche
Brimmer took place Saturday morn
inc az Crown Point end the civil
ceremony was performed by Justice
KernD. Following the ceremony at
Crown Point. the couple. went 90
Hammond from where they took
train for Chicago. They entered the
station az Hammond BY separate
entrances, though Herman remarked
shat they were 10 meet IN Chicago.
Tiernan bought two tickets and the
woman boarded the HoOsier limited
for Chicago. as did Herman. who said
ne and his bride would live ln Chi
cagO until after the holidays before
going 20 New York
The former University of Notre
Dame professor said that his sudden
marriage wa a result OF q Tealiza-
ton that ne had 70 start life al over
and thar 81 was not too soon to begin.
different "a sun and Moon"
"She 1s as different from the other
as the sun e. a. compared 20 the
nnbon.' Prof. Herman said IN refer
ring % his new wife.
II do not know what I would have
done II I had not met her"
Although saying that ne met the
Iowa womhn during the trial, the
bridegroom did not explain how their
acquaintanceship began. Prof. Tier
nan said ne had no idea OF claiming
the children but would let them re-
main with their mother.
Friends OF Mrs. Brimmer IN Iowa
yesterday described Mrs. Brimmer
as a woman or beauty She has dark
complexion, and dark brown hair.
and Is about % years old. She IL
the mother of two children, Bernice
z. and Mary Catherine 3, who live
with their mothers parents Rev
and Mrs. Charles Hawn OF Hanseu
Iowa Rev. Hawn IS a Methodist
minister
All efforts TO locate Tiernan and
Mrs. Brimmer after their arrival in
Chicago failed yesterday and last
night. One report was that Herman
had left Chicago about o'cIocI,
presumably for South Bend. bur this
could not be verified. and as far as
could be ascertajned. he did not
come TO South Bend.
Forced into Submission.
Mrs Tiernan's fight against Tho
former law professor resulted IN her
bringing her case 20 the attention of
FORMER I. s. Dist Atty. Frederick
van Nuys I'm Indianapolis yesterday.
calling that official on long distance
phone at noon Saturday she related
10 MIN the same story Of "trickery
and double crossing" that she told
Judge Montgomery.
She told also that She had been
forced bv Herman to prosecute Har-
~ Poulln, against her wishes that
she had been beaten by him to make
her yield 10 his demands. both I'm the
Fouhn case and in the divorce case.
Il was last Saturday night. she
tod Van Nuys, that Herman beat
her unUl she agreed 10 permit him
70 get the divorce on cross complaint
and give him the custody Of the two
daughters. He agreed. however.
sne said, 10 return them 20 her GUS
tody. Ternan told her. she told
Van Nuys, that they would go 10
another town. change their mes
and reEuarry-
When asked by Van Nuys why tho
Information had not been given Off
Gals before, Mrs. Herman told
him that Herman had told her thar
IL was for the best that they get the
decree and so away. Il would settle
public curiosity and permit them 10
go away and remarry quietly. She
said that Tleruan had agreed TO give
her the children and support an OF
them during the period OF divorce
Van Nuys refused 10 comment on
me case saying only that 81 the facts
were true the divorce was ILLEGAL
and that Tiernans marriage vester-
day was illegal He asked that Mrs
EleFnan come 20 HIS office and tel
her story, saying that ne lad no as
snrance that he was talking 10
Augusta Herman and that he wished
10 advise her in person.
Mrs. Herman was comDleteIy
broken down last night under the
strain Of happenings OF the pas,
rev days. She said che had no MANS
whatever Tor the future. and aid not
Know what shp was going TO do
Coincident with her husbands re-
marriage, and the setting aside az
the divorce decree by Judge Mont
gomery, the sale of household cr-
tects az the Diamond av. home com
menced Saturday. Herman She
claims. had made "A contract with
local man 60 have the household