Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-11-27
PROFESSOR BLAMES HIS
I'd WEDDING ON
MENTAL STEW
NO. z IS DISCARDED
NO. AND LAW TEACHER ARE
RECoNClLED AND INTEN
GOING INTO sEcLUsIoN TO
EvADE FURTHER PUBLICITY.

South Bend, Ind. Nov. 27.-Dismis
sal of court actions now pending were
sought today by John p. Tiernan, for.
mer law professor OF the University OF
Notre Dame, following his return to
his wife, Mrs. Augusta Tiernan, at
their home here yesterday
With the suits dismissed, II was
said, the couple with three children,
including the infant son whose pater.
nifty had been charged to Harry Pou.
lin. South Bend clothier, by Mrs. Tier.
nan. would hide away in New York
state and begin life anew.
Professor and Mrs. Tiernan LETT
their home early today and were said
to be closeted with attorneys In an
effort to obtain dismissal OF the two
sdits pending appeal from the deci.
sion in the City Court in the paternity
case and suit for divorce, which was
reopened by the reyoking of the de.
cree granted Mr.. Tiernan last week.
Professor Tiernan said that his
Crown Point, Ind, marriage Saturday
was result of mental intoxication" 4"
No. Looks Up Records.
Marshalltown, Iowa, Nov. 27.-Ac.
companied by her mother, Mrs.
Charles II. Hawn of Hansell, Iowa
Mrs. Blanche Tiernan spent the day
in the city in an effort to establish
the fact through the District Court
records here that she had a legal
right to become Mrs John Tiernan
last Saturday at Crown Point, Ind.
In the event that she did so Mrs.
Tiernan says that Tiernan had prom
iSed that he would stand by her.
Mrs. Tiernan said that she and Ar
thur Bremmer were married Sept 2,
1919. The divorce record here shows
that Mrs. Jennie Mae Bremmer was
granted divorce from Arthur II.
Bremmer on March %, 1920 Mrs.
Tfernan says that her marriage to
Bremmer was illegal, hence there was
no bar to her marriage to Tiernan.
Wait for New Papa
Hansell, Iowa, Nov. 27.-Two small
children played at dressing dolls al
Of yesterday as they eXpectantlv
awaited the arrival OF their mother
and their new papa They were
linmindful Of the sudden turn in
events that has sent Professor John
p. Tiernan back to his first wife and
left their mother Mrs. Blanche Brim-
mer, to return home alone.
There was little excitement in the
parsonage Of Rev Charles II. Hawn,
the Methodist minister, but 1uiet prep.
arations We're under way all day for
the welcome Of their duaehter and
her latest husband.
Mrs. Hawn, mother of Mrs. Brim-
mer. did not accompany her husband
to Ihapin, twelve miles away, where
he preached as well as at Hansell
She and the two children of her
daughter, Verdene, 6, and Mary Cath
crime, 3, stayed at home. Mrs. Hawn
was sure the visitors would arrive
Sunday from Chicago.
The only concern of the minister
and his wife over the affair is the pub
licity it has brought them. Notoriety
is strange to this modest country min
lister and his kindly wife. They are
shocked at the Importance they ana
their daughter suddenly acquired and
do not relish the close linking of their
name with the Baby Billy" legitimacy
scandal of South Bend, Ind How
ever, they still approved the marriage
and continued to uphold Tiernan last
evening.