The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-25
''LIAR!" She CRIED
Mrs. Tiernan to Her Feet as
POulin Testifies.
He Denied Being Alone With
Her at His Store.
THEN CAME THE UGLY WORD
"Sit Down, You'll Hear MOre,"
Poulin Answered.
Dramatic Climax in Famous
Glove Baby" Case Today.
THEN CAME THE UGLY WORD

South Bend. Ind. Sept. 25.-With a
scream of rage, the woman in the case
faced the man in the case at the
Tiernan-Poulin paternity hearing to-
day.
You liar. Oh. you lie!"
1t was the climax of the court
drama, with Mrs. Augusta Tiernan
hurting the ugly word at Harry Pou-
lin, the man she accuses of being the
father of her baby.
Poulin was on the stand at the
time. Calmly, almost with an air of
indifference, he was telling his story.
Mrs. Tiernan had jumped to her
feet as she interrupted Poulin's testi-
mony. He started. then leaned for
ward in his chair.
''Sit down. he said in low deliberate
tones-"you'n hear more than that"
Sank Into Hubby's Arms.
Mrs. Tiernan cast a look of bitter
scorn at the man she accuses was her
lover in an Illicit romance, then sank
back into the arms of her husband,
Prof. John p. Tiernan, of Notre Dame
university.
The dramatic outburst came only
few minutes after Poulin had been
called to the stand.
Attorney Samuel Swartz for the de-
fense had asked Poulin:
And were you ever alone with Mrs.
Tiernan in the branch store main
tained by the company for which you
work on the university campus?'
Silence Impressive.
Pdulin paused before replying. The
| silence was so impressive that the
| ticking of the court room clock
crashed upon the ears of those who
J listened.
'I was not" Poulin said.
The words were chopped out with
a. clarity of enunciation almost vindic-
| tive.
Mrs Tiernan, sitting directly oppo-
! site the witness, seemed stunned for
a moment. Then she sprang to her
| feet with an angry exclamation. Her
whole body was quivering, her face
! by turns was white and red. Her
fingers worked convulsiveiy.
1t was a full minute before order
| could be restored and Poulin'S exam
| ination continued.
Met at Masquerade.
Poulin said he first met Professor
Tiernan and his wife three years ago
at a masquerade. Then he admitted
attending dancing parties with them
and with dancing with Mrs. Tiernan.
Poulin's first denial of Mrs. Tier
mans accusations came when he said
he attended every Lenten service dur
ing the spring of 1921 on Wednesday
and Friday nights except one, and
on that occasion he was home sick.
| These were the nights Mrs. Tiernan
swore they kept their love trysts.
| did you or Mrs. Tiernan ever go
to the Adler store on the campus to-
gether alone at night during that Len
ten season."
Were you every guilty of miscon-
duct with Mrs. Tiernan in a park on
one Sunday in September. 1922"
] ''I never was.
| The testimony shifted to the time
when Mrs. Poulin went to Chicago
during which Mrs. Tiernan had testi-
fled she kept clandestine appoint
ments with Poulin at his home.
Contradicts Testimony.
| The witness gave names and dates
| to contradict the testimony that he
and Mrs. Tiernan were together in
| his home while Mrs. Poulin was away.
Poulin was asked about the meeting
he had with Professor Tiernan on jan
uary 9 of this year when Tiernan ac-
cused him with being the father OF
| the baby.
what conversation took placer"
"Well 1 said, What is it. John9'
| "He said, Gus has told me every
thing. I assumed that our child is
yours
! "'Why, you're crazy, there's Moth
J ing to thaC, L LOlQ n1In- anu In0n he
said Well, I'm going to demand that
you make restitution or I'll have you
arrested. I want 500 to pay the ma
ternity bill and sustenance for the
child I told him again he was
crazy"
"In all your acquaintance with Mrs.
Tiernan were you ever with her
alone?"
| Never"
"Did you ever engage In acts of mis-
conduct with herr"
Never"
| The Professor Shouts, Too.
| Late in the hearing another fiery
outburst came from Mrs. Tiernan. 1t
came during the cross examination OF
Poulin when the witness denied hav-
ing talked; with Mrs. Tiernan after
she had failed to keep an appointment
with him at the store.
Mrs. Tiernan, unable to control her
self, jumped to her feet and screamed,
you're a liar now"
Professor Tiernan. enraged, shouted,
| ARREST him for perjury"
Judge Ducomb stopped the proceed
ings and warned those in the court
Iagainst any further demonstrations
! During the first outbreak, Mrs
Mary Donohue, half sister of Mrs.
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