Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-06
FEK BLOOD TEST
NPATERN|TY CASE
o,o,. 1iernan Will Call Medical
evoerts With Regard to
Wife's Child
,rrFusE IS BLACK MAIL

. ,... Reud, Ind. Sept. O. - Ihc
.v"a oU of establishing kinship through
v..d 81 ,ests-a science still In Its IN
....,-prcmiscs ... TO figure prominently
,'|I, ~, recor,ls here when Harry Poulin'
~ n.,h M Berd clothing man, Is tried on
.u s.s,s rrcfcrrcd by Mrs. Augusta H.
e...or s" wife of Prof. John I. Tiernnn,
,bs University of Notre Dame Law
s.bool, to compel him to acknowledge
s..,nity of son she bore.
Tbot became known yesterday shortly
.... The defense Ind obtained post
..rsmcnt of the preliminary hearing
s,o Justice of the Peace AL w.
u,snki | until September IA. The un-
hmiliari,y with the cnsc Of two addi-
.1.., @ attorneys retained by Poulin at
a. Inst moment was the plea.
While poulin and his attorneys main.
..,,od silence concerning the character
!, ,he defense. Prof. Tiernan. alter
v0..slv fonding the nameless baby he
ssrips and the two little girls he calls
4. S. own. threatened to bring proof OF
pp.rlin's o. relations with another South
t tp.ud matron, said to be the wife OF n
Ouif'r " necessary, he said. he will call MS
,snv witnesses TO substantiate this
.s.rse @ MS he says he can produce to
s.lI i'e ecf Mrs. Tiernan's alleged booze
sna talking machine parties with the
.othing man In the latter's home while
Wrs Poulin and her two children were
visiting in Chicago.
This new charge caused another sen :
.ton in South Bend social and club
circles. which already are discussing
NILS but the "Poulin case" 1t was
prof, Tlernan himself who revealed
tbat medical experts and analytical
chemists probably will be called to prove
me maternity of the nine months old
boy ,,r. had sxts,dod corrosnond.
once with Dr. d. Thudicum. an author
M on this subject in California; he
aid. "This kind of evidence is per-
fectly admissible, but will have to b.
corroboratcd by expert testimony.
"By taking sample of blood from
the baby and another sample of Mr.
Poulin's, DR.. Thudicum tells me, Il
will be simple to establish whether h,
Is the father. Under certai:: tests tn,
chlld's blood will react to that OF tt
father. when there will be no reaction
from the blood of any other person.
Prof. Tiernan is said to have hat
! blood test made which shows tina
he is not the boys father, but thi
does not prove that Poulin is. Tha
can be proved. he says, only If Poulii
will submit to test.
The defense. 1t is believed, will b.
built around the "blackmail' theory
not with money as the alleged object
but enforced continuance of the friend
ship and social activities between tn,
two families.
II will be contended. il is said, tha
Prof. Tiernan sought money to defra,
the dotor's bill and offered to waiv
this II the friendship remained un
broken, the whole affair being founde,
IN Mrs. Ticrnan's infatuation 70
Poulin, which was not reciprocated.
Prof. Tiernan's story. briefly, is tha
Poulin wooed Mrs. Tiernan and in
duced her to visit his home on promis
10 marry her. Poulin is alleged to hav
said his wife had tuberculosis an,
would not live long.
The proceedings is quasi criminal 81
FAR. Poulin, if he should lose. woul
have only to pay for the child's sup
port. A criminal charge, however, ma,
grow out Of the proceedings.