South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-08
MAN AS WELL AS
WOMAN MUST PAY
MRS. TIERNAN SAYS
Tells How Love for Poulin
Turned to Deadly Hate and
. Subsequent Charges.

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! l..s wife tauntinE him that the child
! which he has given hls own name
I s. nos his and hears the constant
plea aat man would rebel against
f5therlng the child OF another Tie
4 Jocks into the face OF the babe
| which Just begins 20 smile and sees
! in &C. not the proud emblem or a
sacred iove but an evidence OF
shame he sees the wife whom
/ ne might have forgiven. despise him
/ for his complarenCe and knows that
hare for another man. "a hatred
born Of love that was first given.
and chen scorued ls Che cause OF
these repeated comments on his
sck OF manhood
The local case caught the atten-
ton 90 the movies Thursday when
ar euterrrising producer. believing
thar che story might get by the
censors and urn ndful OF the new
edicts that amateurs in Che silver
art RELYING only upon some per-
-onal notoriety for participation in
andsl for their claims. be not adj
mltfcd 20 the inner circle. wired an
offer 90 Mrs Tiernan TO enact her
oAn version of the affair Mrs
Herman is authority for the state
ment that sac has such an offer.
She also says she & not making any
plans 20 accept but has her thoughts
oil Of
coming hearing and the trial n a
al IS held and then trying 10 re-
order her life along lines In which
romance and tragedy viii not be
linked
Another offer that came 10 the
Herman home Thursday viii be ac-
cepted. This came from Judge j.
Harry Herman county Judge in the
county of Richmond. Staten Island.
New York. who wired his brother
that ne would come 20 this city, III
desired. and assist I'm the prosecution
of Harry Pouliu Judge Herman ia
one OF the Leading JurIsts OF Greater
New York a recognized leader AT
the bar and before his election 20
the bench was known as one Of the
most effective Of criminal lawyers.
Torn By Hatred.
That offer viii be accepted and K
f. quite certain that the trial Of the
case. n a. ever reaches the higher
court will find this distinguished
New York lawyer standing beside he
brother in the prosecution OF the un-
usual case
That there Is a strong probability
that the case may not reach that
stage was shown yesterday morning
by Mrs. Herman VINO Is torn between
her hatred for Poulin. her desire to
see him punished. her determination
% sacrifice herself and her name Il
only 10 make him redeem the prom
ises she saws Poulin made iu order
90 lead her from the way OF
wifely devotion and the crushing
realization OF what the ordeal
means
~ want TO stop the whole thing
can't sleep Last night / had the
most horrible OF dreams. terrible
visions that seemed real and from
which / awoke 20 the even more
terrible thought Of what may hap
pen. How I wish I could stop the
whole thing now-but when 1 think
OF stopping ] think too of Poulin
and how his pleading promises OF
love turned to worse than iudiner-
ence" she said IN an interview ia
The News-Times. the first one by
the way. I'm which she herself barred
her motives in the matter.
Loved POulin.
Mrs Herman is preaching no ser
mons 20 other women. issuing no
warnings TO those who listen to the
whispers OF Illicit love She is in
terested in the punishment OF POulir
and says in plain words that il was
she who insisted and demanded that
the prosecution be started, ready Ga
accept whatever humiliation might
he hers If she could only face the
man she saws led her from her own
home across the table 90 a court OF
justice and make him suffer as she
has suffered and is suffering.
u loved him more than 7 believed
&, possible for one 90 love another
Now I hate him with a feroCity
which I did not believe possible
want him 20 suffer the punishment
which justice must give 20 those who
lead others into sin
q asked him. when the baby came
90 come 20 our house and see DO. he
would not come. lie did not dare q
look at the innocent face or that
child. his child Tie was afraid {,
face the responsibility of our com
mon sin.
Spurncd. She says.
And then he refused 90 even
speak 90 me- He used 90 call m,
Gus Tie thought once that 10 was O
wonderful name And then he pass
ed me co,dly and turned away wher
We met Then my love turned &C
hate and DO IS real hate. hate
for the man who had DESTROYED ms
peace of mind
Then ] saw his icc She knew
bur she told me that 7 was only
IMAGINING things. that the facts
gave her had never happened and
that Z was only thinking that they
had Eut OH how che pleaded
tlat d. not tell Prof Herman
How She beE.ed ,hat hc be- kept r
ignorance.
-But I d.d ts- a.m lie ha,
found our some -h.nss told hin
che rest He m cht have forgiven
Ger Che sake 30 our two little girls
hut I taautcd him Gay after day
with the fact fhat This baby IS no
lis and BE- IS not his The love
had fur PouHr had turned 90 The
hate tlat was as strons as the az
lection once had for him and TN.
Kept me IN The task Of indam.ns
SHE professor against the man wh,