South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-27

street. and finally reached the cam
/ pus store. Wouldn't there have been
simpler means OF arranging these
surreptitious meetings? Wouldn't
she had gone out 10 the campus
and there IN the shade. where none
could have seen them. kept the ap-
pointments she said she made with
him? Yes, that is how they wouIu
have met.
Also. according to her own tes-
timony, she wished to blind Prot
Herman to the fact that he was not
the father OF her third child She
affected a reconciliation with him
around the LIST OF April and on the
10th. told him that he was about
10 become a father. The child was
born in November and yet the
father did not suspect his wife when
she told him that It was a premature
birth. although the baby was per
fectly normal in every way This
seems TO cast some doubt on the
Tiernans' relations during the
months Of March and February.
Moreover, he says that through
out March and February he was a
busy man-that he was writing a
book and that ne did not pay any
attention TO his wife. HIS own testi-
mony contra diets him. He says that
on the average of three or four
times a week they attended dances
and dinners and social gatherings
At the homes OF their friends.
Prompted by Revenge.
This whole action Is TO satisfy
Mrs. Tiernan's deetre for revenge
on Poulin for ignoring her to use
her own words. She Gays that she
| loved him, thai the feeling she had
for him was love. I must confess
that I hate to hear that pure. beau
t'ful, wholesome word profaned by
falling from the lips of such a wom-
an"
The remainder of the argument
for the defense was given by Sam
uel Parker.
TT has been advised before by a
very learned judge, and / advise Il
again-that She testin ony of a
married woman should be very care
fully scrutiniZed in an action OF
this kind before the unoffending off,
spring Is labelled by the judges
decision" he said Mrs Herman
haven't assailed II. She has con-
fessed to depuavity. How much
credit can be given TO such a wit
ness?
Il can only repeat that II Is i'm
possible that Prof Herman did not
know that he might have been the
! father Of this child. When the boy
was born. he celebrated the event
and went two weeks afterward %
| christen II by the name of his fav-
/ Orite brother and himself.
Why did Mrs. Tieernan tell this
/ "a ntastic story TO her husband? She
has confessed It herself. II was be-
cause Poulin scorned her. And
can only quote he old saying OF
Congreve's again. Hell hath no
/ fury like a woman scorned.'
II was o'clock before Pros. Jel-
l.son began his final half hour ar
hands OF the judge.
ENileG FROM Society.
Mrs Herman" he said has ex-
lied herself from society. has vol
unfairly relinquished her home,
has deprived herself OF her chill
dren, and the companionship OF her
bCsband.-all because Harry Poulin
failed TO speak to her when he met
her in front OF the church. because
ne did no. love her. This Is what
the attorneys for the defense are
trying 20 argue.
Did she do il for money! II
Poulin had been a millionaire. this
might have been an argument.
But I declare that she had told
her story neither for revenge nor
for money. but because T. Is the
truth and Harry Pouln has 70 face
the truth.
Herman he's stood by his wife
in this action, not for revenge. but
for the sake OF justice. The case in
wolves the right OF a father 20 be
called father. 70 De king OF his own
! domic,ie.
1--WE know that Mrs. Herman is
not the woman 20 compose mon
strous fabricatIon-to perjure her
self in the eyes OF her children.
Yet that Is wha- will happen. II we
accept the defense's claim. The
question before the court Is. Who
Is the father O, this child7' The
evidence points to Harry Poulin."