The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-25
'1lERNAN Of
SOUTH BEND
WEOS.AGA|N
Former Mate Of Principal
in Paternity Case Mar
ries Iowa Girl

Hammond, Ind, Nov. 25.-(By
the Associated Press.)-Professor
John P. Tiernan of South Bend.
Ind. and Mrs. Blanche J. Brimmer
Of Hansell, Iowa. were married
this morning by Justice Howard
Kemp, at Crown Point. Ind. The
professor, who was divorced Thurs
day from his wife. Mrs. Augusta
Tiernan, principal in the T.ernan-
PouHn paternity case at South
Bend, gave his age as 81. The
bride gave her age as "A.
The license for the marriage was
issued at Crown Point this morn
ing and the couple at once went to
Justice Kemp, and after the cere-
mony left Crown Point immediate
ly without, so far as known, men,
tioning their destination. The
bride at the time of the issuance
Of the license stated that she was
widow.
Professor Ternan recently re-
signed his law professorship at
Notre Dame university prior to the
divorce case hearing.
The first Information that the
professor intended to marry again
came from Waukegan, Ill, yester-
day, when it was reported that the
professor and a young woman had
been refused a marriage license
there because the Illinois Law for
bios remarriage Of divorced per
sons within one year.
Wife Claims sTrick".
At South Bend, Mrs. Augusta
Tiernan, who had lost her suit to
prove Harry Poulin, a haberdasher
was the father OF her third child
and who allowed the professor to
obtain the divorce on a cross-com-
plant, Thursday announced she had
been 'tricked" and that she and
her former husband had planned
to remarry quietly. She declared
she would take steps to reopen the
divorce case.
Throughout the Poulin case
Professor Tiernan took legal at
titude, and with his wife declared
they were trying. to make Poulin
accept responsibility for his alleged
acts.
The professor and his bride did
not disclose their plans to Justice
Kemp. Mr.. Tiernan merely told the
official that he was lawyer by
occupation.
Methodist Minister'S Daughter.
Hansell, Iowa. Nov. 25.-(By the
Associated Press. blanche Brim-
mer, who married Professor John
P. Tiernan of Notre Dame fame, is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles H. Hawn, a Methodist min
lister here.
Mrs. Brimmer. is 23 years old,
and has been a widow for a year
her father said today.
The Rev. Hawn said that his
daughter has been corresponding
with Professor Tiernan for some
time. He said he did not know just
how long. The Rev. Hawn and the
girls mother have never seen Pro-
fessor Tiernan.
Mrs. Brimmer left her home
Thursday for Chicago. Her par
! ents knew she planned to marry
Professor Tiernan.
South Bend, Ind, Nov. 25.-When
informed that her former husband
had been married to Mrs. Blanche
1. Brimmer, at Crown Point, Ind
this morning, Mrs. John P. Tiernar
! stated that she did not know the
woman but that she had frequently
heard Professor Tiernan speak Of q
Blanche" whom he some day ex-
pected to marry. These statements
were generally made in the form
of q Jest to which she paid little
attention. So far as she knows the
new bride of Professor Tierha1
has never been in South Bend.
Mrs. Tiernan expressed indigna.
ton when told of his action. Shs
asserted she would refuse to givs
up her two daughters, awarded Il
Tiernan. She charged she had
been tricked in an agreement to al
low Professor Tiernan to obtain {
divorce and added that she would
take steps to have the decree Sc,
aside.
Judge c. r. Montgomery, whit
presided in the superior court wheI
the divorce was granted to Profes
sor Tiernan last Thursday. statet
today he had started an investiga
ton into the marriage Of Professor
Tternan and the decree Of divorc,
might be revoked or altered.
Chicago. Nov. 25.-A dispatch Il
the Chicago Journal from Crown
Point. Ind. today. s4id that Profes
sor John P. Tiernan Of South Bend
Ind. who was divorced Thursday
was married at the Indiana city Il
Blanche Brimmer Of Hansell. lows
FAIOUS AKfIST DIES
| New York. Nov. Is. Georg,
Henry Story. who won fame as a
iaFtist through his pofnaits o
sAtRAhnm Il S2ncn1n A..