Evening star., 1922-11-27
BRIDES CAREER TANGLED.
BY the Aesociated Press.

CHICAGO, November 27.-Mrs.
Blanche Hawn Rash Bremmer. second
wife of John P. Tiernan. former pro-
fessor Of law at Notre Dame Cniver-
sity. possesses a marital status at
least as tangled as that of her hus-
band for a day. according to revela-
ton she made here before returning
to Marshalltown. Iowa She planned
to SET about today learning whether
she was entitled to legally accept Mr..
Tiernan in their Crown Point. Ind.
ceremony Saturday.
Mrs. Bremmef. was left by Prof.
Tlernan with the injunction to GO
and redeem yourself in my eyes" re-
plying with a fearful 'Oh. l will, dear
John"
Those expressions came after Prof.
Tiernan and Mrs. Bremmer were In
formed their marriage had been rem
dered illegal by annulment OF Prof.
Tiernan's divorce from Mrs. Augusta
Tiernan at South Bend. Ind. and her
own prior marital status possibly was
beclouded.c
EIsped~ Eight Years Ago.
When she was sixteen years old.
eight years ago. she eloped with
Floyd l. Rash. Marshalltown baker.
from the home of her parents. the
Rev. and Mrs. Charles H Hawn, then
of Aredale, Iowa, and now of Hansell.
Iowa, she said. Four days after re-
ceiving a notice that Rash had sued
for divorce. she said, she married
Arthur H. Bremmer at Oskaloosa,
Iowa. only to learn still later that
Rash had not obtained q hnal decree
when she married Bremmer
Nothing was done about the matter.
she said. but she and Bremmer came
to Chicago. where she became a check
girl in Chinese restaurant. While
here she learned Bremmer then was
being sued for divorce by an earlier
wife, whereupon she returned home.
but rejoined Bremmer later at Kansas
City. Mo.
Brother Said He Was Dead.
He disappeared there. she said. and
his brother informed her Bremmer
was dead.
rs that all the proof of freedom
you had when you married me?" Prof.
Tiernan was said to have exclaimed.
Replying to a question regarding
still another romance. Mrs. Bremmer
said she had not married the man
named, but that she met him in Mason
City. Iowa. gone to Clear Lake. Iowa,
town, Pa. where his mother told her
he was married and the father OF q
child. The mans mother paid her
way back home. Mrs Bremmer said.
Shortly thereafter she became in
terested in the Tiernan-Poulin pa
ternity case and began the penciled
correspondence with Prof Tiernan.
which led to their meeting here last
Thursday night, their first sight OF
each other. with two attempts to be
married in Illinois before their sue
cessfui effort at Crown Point. Ind.
Letters Grew Warmer.
Mrs Bremmers letters. as publish
ed by tho Chicago Herald and Ex-
aminer. began by referring to Prof.
Tiernan as Dear Friend" and grad
ually increased in warmth Of tone
until Prof. Tiernan is said finally to
have replied:
Some day l am coming after YOU"
to which Mrs. Bremmer was quoted az
having responded: And when you
do you'll find me waiting"
Calls Him "Sakawawfn."
ResardinE money. Mrs. Bremmer
was quoted as saying: have
whatever
In another letter this passage was
said to have occurred: ''But always
you are and will be my Sakawawin."
Reference to books on Indian lore
failed to reveal the meaning Of SAX
awawin. Mrs. Bremmer 10 the mother
Of two children, Verdene Rash, six,
and kenneth Rash. four.