South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-12
MRS. TIERNAN TO
FIGHT Her CASE
THROUGH TO END
Husbands Withdrawal From
Active Participation Does
Not Deter Her.

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feel that YOU have two stat:nch
supporters Don't give an inch.
not for the sake Of financial sain.
but because your tight IS just and
right.
know personally two men who
are supporting children not their
own in dumb tvretchedness. and
your stand viii set "A precedent
that may lead 10 tae adjustment OF
such hideOus wrOngdoing
Would YOU consider parting with
the little chap Dr. H. and
have no children and it might be
one way OF putting your life on its
old basis or have you both become
So attached 10 sorrows own that
YOU could not give &c up?
Please don't be offended and be-
leve me.
Most Sincerely.
XNXNNNNNNN.
Pros. Herman yesterday empha-
sized the fact that his wife Intended
10 carry her charges through TO the
finish
Tried To Avoid scandal.
Mrs. Herman Will press the case
10 the finish tried for eight
d Onths 20 arrange matters without
scandal and without recourse TO the
courts I desired 10 protect my two
little girls. my own family and my
associations That was not alto
gether possible The charge was
filed by Mrs. Herman when every
other course failed" says Prof
T.ernan.
That case - now in the hands OF
the prosecutor and the state. l have
arranged for separation under
which my two little girls viii be
placed in ? proper home in Chicago
after the trial where I can visit
them each week l have provided
for that course which ~ in accord
arce with good conscience. the law,
and the protection OF my children.
To Re-arrange Life.
"I have every sympathy with the
purposes and the plans of Mrs Tier
nan TO prosecute but have rendered
all the assistance that 1 can give OF
should be called upon TO give. l
viii rearrange my life in accordance
with the conditions thrust into Il
by this tragical incident.
The battle is now between Mrs.
Herman and Poulin. the two who
stand upon the same moral level,
who are now battling in the courts
over the result Of their own acts
and their own clandestine relations.
My responsibility ended, morally,
when I received the confessions that
I had been betrayed IN my home and
I'm my friendship tried then 10
pursue a course that would cause
as little wreckage as possible 10 he
innocent and the greatest protection
OF those 20 whom / owe my highest
duty. my little girls. Those inter-
ests are now protected and I have
come 10 the view OF my family and
my friends that 1 am no longer call
/ ed upon TO be an important factor
in this aftermath Of a guilty rela
tionship between my wife, who now
/ is free To follow her own course
and my former friend who has for
feited all right OF consideration.
Approves Action.
There viii be no withdrawal by
Mrs Herman. II l understand her
frame OF mind or her purpose. She
intends 10 prosecute TO the limit
and in that determination she has
my approval She insists that she
viii prove the guilt OF the man who
brought wreckage into our lives.
She will insist that ne pay the pen
atty az she il paying.
Il tried for eight months to avoid
the very thing that happened.
tried every meS rs Of keeping the
shame Of il all from the public
failed I'm that I do not feel that
have failed in any moral duty or
obligation which / have owed TO any
one and in now announcing a with
, drawal from any active prosecution
90 the case. I believe that I am but
doing a duty 10 others the innocent
ones. who are affected by the pub
iCity i'm the matter.
From now on the case Is between
Augusta Herman with the fun force
and power OF the state behind her
and Harry POulin. whom she charges
I v,-s+f, hafr-a vii O. her