Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-02
T|ERNAN NOW FACES
SANITY TEST; W|FE'S
SISTER IS ACCUSER
NoTRE DAME Ex.PRoFEssoR
SOUGHT BY DEPUTIES WHO
POSSESS WRIT TO HAVE HIM
TRIED BEFORE COMM ssioN OF
PHYscoPATHlc EXPERTS.

Chicago. Dec. 1.-The dizzy Tiernan
kaleidoscope reyolved several times
yesterday and when II came to NOM
entary. rest last night the many hued
domestic perspective was this;
Prof. John Herman, sometime pro-
fessort of law, was at large In Chi
cago, with a sheriff on hot and cold
trail striving To serve a writ on the
eccentric South Ben man that would
place him in the Psychopathic hospi-
tai for examination,
Mrs. Augusta Tiernan. and her chill
dren, who came TO Chicago In the al
ternoon, were at the home of her sis
ter, Mrs. Frances Pulaski, OF Franklin
Park, the woman who threw herself
into the swirling Tiernan household
and, like gyroscope, stabilized it, for
q short time al least.
Future Beyond Guessers.
AS TO the Tiernan's future. no one
seemed willing yesterday even to haz'
ard guess.
Immigration OF the Tiernans from
South Bend, to Chicago took place in
the Afternoon. following the public
sale OF the household effects OF the
family All forenoon curious crowd
OF neighbors and sghtsers milled
about the Tiernan home. Occasionally
the fancy of one would be caught by
some bit of furnishing. the carefully
priced tag would be inspected and
john for the moment would turn bar
gamer
Toward the lose of the afternoon
most of the articles had been sold and
the Tiernan establishment took on a
bleak and empty appearance-unlike,
as some pointed out. the rather full
and hectic life OF its late dwellers
Then II was that John and "Gussie"
determined to quit the scene of their
late domestic storms and lose them
selves in Chicago. This quiet, it was
hoped. would permit them TO orient
themselves and square away on a new
course, with happiness and quiet at
least as the objective.
Arrived in Chicago. Mrs. Herman
and the children went to Franklin
Park. where they rested in semi-quiet.
For the professor. however. there was
no srch repose Hardly had he alight-
ed From the South Bend train than
a report reached him that an effort
would be made to have him placed
under observation. This disquieting
report was more or less confirmed in
his hind when another message bear
er informed him that deputy sheriff
searching for him with writ.
1t was then that the fight and pur-
snitR began. Herman, watching for an
opportunity, lost himself in the crowd
and when acquaintance looked for
himsagain he had vanished. -.
Tiernan's disappearance in Chicago
was his second flight in the day. The
first came in the forenoon at South
BEND. when a mysterious automobile
drew up in front of the Herman home
Through front window the professor
caufht glimpse of female figure in
the car, and thought he recognized
hatg- the hat he had bought his bride
)f q day. Mrs. Blanche Brimmer Tier. |
nan, of M2rshalltown and Hansell, la. |
Without awaiting confirmation of the
Identity, Herman bolted to the back of
lhe8hose, ready for flight through the
back yard
Ia the meantime the crowd of GU
fiods, assembled for the Herman sale.
rushed toward the car. At signal
from the woman. the driver threw in
his clutch and the car sped away.
fgom Hampton Ia, near the home
OF the Rawns, parents of Mrs. Herman
Nox 2 at Hansell, anne the inforna-
tioh that Blanche's sister, wearing the
bridal hat, and accompanied by her
twG brothers Harold and Woolworth,
had set out nj an automobile earlier
in he day.