Evening star., 1922-11-27
T|ERNANS,REUN|TED
SEEK TO END SUITS
Try to Have Divorce Actions
DismiSsed-Remain Silent
on Step.
SCORE EVEN, SAYS WIFE
Professor Declares intellectual In.
toxication" Brought About
Second Marriage.
SCORE EVEN, SAYS WIFE
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SOUTH BEND, ID, November 81
Dismissal of court actions now pending,
was sought today by John P. Tiernan,
former law professor of the University
to his wife, Mrs. Augusta Tiernan, at
their home here yesterday. With the
suits dismissed, it was said. the couple
with the three children. including the
infant son whose paternity had been
charged to Harry Poulin, South Bend
haberdasher, by Mrs. Tiernan, would
hide away in New York and begin life
anew.
Prof. and Mrs. Tiernan left their home
early today and were said to be closeted
with attorneys in an effort to obtain
the dismissal Of the two suits pending
the appeal from the decision of the city
court in the paternity case and suit for
divorce which was reopened by the re-
voking Of the decree granted Mr.. Tier
nan last week.
Warned to BE silent.
While heretofore both Mr.. and Mrs
Tiernan had courted publicity in carry
ing on their cases in court, today they
wer. ilent and it was said a high court
offic al had warned them to make no
further statements for publication
Prof. Tiernan, in a statement here
last night, said he and Mrs. TiernaE
had agreed to patch up their diff
to resoxase Hs aise ssbv sad he had
over whose paternity the recent Pou-
lin-Tfernan case arose, as his own
Mr.. Tiernan, in a statement, saio
his Crown Point. Ind, marriage Sat-
urday was the result of mental 'in-
toxication'
Family Is Reunited.
Prof. Tiernan came to South Bend
Yesterday. He went Immediately to
the Tiernan home. and after a con-
ference with his first wife issued a
formal statement that the family had
been reunited and that the paternity
charge against Poulin would be
dropped.
By an Indiana statute he said the
second marriage is automatically in
validated. The vacating Of the di-
vorce decree restored the domestic
relationship that existed prior to its
granting.
MY mental state is entirely re-
sponsibfe for the Crown Point mar
riage." said Prof. Tiernan at his
home. 'It is impossible to conceive
Of the state Of mind / was in. The
long trial. the divorce and all sent
me off on a mental tangent, an in
tellectual intoxication. and the Crown
Point affair was the result
Score Even, Says Mrs. Tiernan.
At the Tiernan household both Prof.
Tfernan and Mrs. Augusta Tiernan
declared that this reconciliation was
the last chapter in the domestic re-
lations between them. Mrs.. Tiernan
said the score had been evened he
tween her and tho professor. Her
self-confessed eecapade with Harry
Poulin. and his second MARRIAGE to
the Iowa widow. whom Tiernan said
was wealthy, putting them both on
the same moral plane.
IT'S q victory for us all, but a
greater victory for baby Billy" Tier
nan said
Mrs. Augusta Tfernan did no. re-
ceive the professor with open arms
Her attitude. she said. was of a long
lost love. and she said il her hus.
band entertained any love for Mrs
Blanche Brimmer Tiernan of HanseIJ
Iowa, he could go to her. Far be II
from me to stop them if they love
each other" she declared.
Last Chapter, Declares Tierna..
Prof. Tiernan said he and Mrs,
Brimmer had come to an amicabie
agreement over the situation. Be
fore left Chicago Blanche under.
stood that all was over between u.s."
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