South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-19
CROWDS, Kept from Scene of Hearing,
Pass Judgment on TWo Principals
News Times Photo.

in their efforts 20 get i'm and waited
outside for a glimpse of the mother
and her alleged fatherless child.
Anxiety to DE present at the hear
ing was not due merely to a morbid
curiosity but TO deep sympathy.
OK perhaps il was mixture OF both
as one motherly looking woman sug-
Gcsted
How do we know what we'd do
in her place." was heard ON all
sides What do we know OF her
inner life There must have been
all sorts OF little circumstances. lit
tie things happening for months
that drove her on. that pulled her
ON perhaps Unwill.ngly. People
don't just 30 ont and do "A thing
like that deliberately"
II think that it's the duty of a
man 10 stick up for a woman" one
elderly woman said Here POulin
deserted her. and after her husband
had started all these proceedings.
then he backed out. and she's all
alone. 1 say it's a shame"
Indignant at Dispersal
"But what want TO know is this. ''
another was saving Indignantly.
why do they tell us that This is a
public hearing and that the doors
viii not he opened untl . o'clock
and then let US wait in the hall i'm
this way when all the while they
knew that the gallery was already
: full2 We wait here for several
hours not knowing that every seat in
the gallery was already taken and
then after o'clock ,hey call the
police 20 dispense us"
1t was a near riot when 10 po-
Icemen, headed by Chief Lane
worked their way through The crowd
and forced everyone to leave the
building
"If We can't get .n. we al least
want TO hang around and watch her
come OUT the women said. That
was all they wanted. JUS a glimpse
OF this woman who has spoiled tho
lives of five people, including her
self" as one put il.
ANXIOUS for Glimpse
What does she look like" the
question T7ssed up the line 20 those
who for a few moments had held
position OF vantage at -he glass
doors. There she is, sitting al the
counsel table If 7 move my head
maybe YOU can see her Shall ]
take off my NATE Yes the one in
the dark blue suit and the black
fur and black hat. Her eyes are red
and She doesn't look nj anybody
80. Poul.n hasn't glanced az her
once"
Even after the police had forced
che women 90 leave the building
they consregated in little groups ur
and down the street and passed their
verdict ON The case.
did YOU see Harry PouIne Tic
looked So superc.lious and wen sat
isded Vi.h himself, Really just as
though De were pleased that wo-
man should make a fool OF herself
over him" ono remarked
Express sympathy
III ia been i'm her place I would
have kept quiet about IT," rerHed
/ her companion. after Oh. there IS
SUCH fnlnE as carry ing honesty 90
4 an extreme. She should have cared
more about her husbands honor
land her chIld's name than she did
about her honesty. Yes II would
have been better 20 have kept the
thing 70 herself"
And VIVA. about her little girls
They mus. feel nice with everybody
pointing at them 2" stated the frs
one
But Just the same. a woman
ought 20 stick up for her sex. 90.
pecially when al. the men around
. her throw her down" was the re-
joinder when she gets through
with this case she'll have neither
I husband nor lover and she VIII have
/ lost two little girls. think We az
3 svmnathize wien her"