South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-22
Goes On Stand AS Initial
Witness For Defense Side

BY letter"
Did you visit relatives"
Yes"
The ne.ghbors knew whore YOU
had sone?"
Eyes sir"
AFTER you received the informa-
ion and upon YOU arrival in South
Bend. didn't YOU have a converse
tion with Mrs. Herman before you
talked wlth your husband?"
Il talked with both ~ them the
same time"
How was that"
Of started 20 ak with my hus-
band when Mrs Herman called me
on the telephOne?"
Isn't 90 a fact that your husband
Harry Poulin. told you ne had TAX
en- a woman 10 your house during
your absence2'
"He did not"
Wasn't it a fac. that YOU called
a tax and went 20 Mrs Herman and
talked 20 herr
She did not answer
Mrs Pou.in. calling your stten-
t-on 90 the time you went 10 Mrs.
Tiernan's home. will AK YOU II
YOU did no cay 20 Mrs Herman.
your husband, Harry POulin. had
admitted he and she had been to-
gether al the Poulin home while
you were in Chicago?"
NO"
Church Attendance.
ton with Mrs. Herman over the
telephone when YOU say YOU were
talking 20 Mr.. Pourn aisO?''
yes sir"
ION he nights during Lent OF
1921 were YOU active in church at
tendance"
II went every wednesday and
Friday night"
Did you go with Mr. Poulln?"
Yes"
"Side by side"
Yes"
Arm locked in arm ."
We never walked arm In arm
Did you go with Mr.. Poulin each
night2"
AL but one night"
AT this point in the examination
Pros. Jellison launched a bitter at
tack upon the frequent objections
made nv Attys. Parker. Jones ana
Schwartz He claimed that the de-
Tense was attempting to draw too
tight a line around the questions
that could he asked In cross eXami-
nation
At the conclusion OF this attack
on the defense counsel. Mr. Jelli-
| son continued. Did YOU call Mrs.
| Herman on the telephone on Jan.
8 1922 and say YOU were praying
/ for Mrs Herman and tina. she would
not tell her husband about the
! case? Didn't YOU do that?"
Defense attorney voiced an objec-
! ton TO he question and the court
/ sustained the objection.
Did your husband frequently az
I tend X. OF G. club meetings al
Notre Dame during Lent OF 1921 on
Wednesday,
.'Not on Wednesdays or Fri
days"
You are certain YOU went to
!
/ day nigh. during Lent with your
\ husband with the exception of the
/ one night when Mr. Poulin was
/ sick?"
I 'Yes sir"
I During the morning session. the
prosecution completed its examina-
I ton Of prof Herman and he under
I went CrOss-examination by the de-
\ Tense counsel
Counsel for the state started he
/ severe gruelling Of Prof Herman
/ when Pros. JeIlison asked:
Professor did YOU and your wife
go TO a dance in the Tribune build
ing with Mr. and Mrs. Harry POul-
.u?"
YES SIR" answered the witness
None OF the children belonging
60 the two families were taker
along were they?"
"Oh. no sir"
you are acquainted with the
children that belong TO Mr.. and Mrs
Pculin. aren't you ?''
Yes"
What are they. girls or boys?"
They have two children. both
boys"
When that stage in the examina-
( uou had been reached. Atty. Parker
! voiced objection after objection "a
/ The many questions asked by the
/ prosecuting attorney The lawyers
I again started wrangling and ii was
several minutes before Mr.. JelliSor
was. permitted 10 proceed with the
/ examine ion.
Did Mrs Herman give birth q
her third child on Nov. 2S AZ the
hospital" asked Mr.. JellLson.
NO. the child was born at oul
home" answered the witness.
The other two children. where
We're they born 80
Both OF them We're born in the
$ Joseph hospital"
JcIIison Passes Herman.
A. 1885 o'clock the witness waf
passed by the state and Atty. Par
Ner then proceeded TO question Mr.
/ Herman
Your name is John p. Herman .
asked Mr. Parker.
~It is." answered the witness
VIII ask you MI Herman. u
| you ever went by the name OF Can.
Z rCn o.
Never"
ID YOU ever order goods under
'he name OF Cannon"
NO sir"
Wen then. Mr. Herman. dIdnr
lyon go 10 the Beecher store. right
here ON Main st. give the name Of
| Cannon and request credit and re-
ce.ve o.? Later didn't they sue YOU
fo- money under that name -
II never gave he name OF Can
nom"