Evening star., 1926-05-29
WOMAN GIVES CLUE
IN MCPHERSON CASE
Evidence May Result in Fur.
ther Questioning Of Radio
Operator.
BY the A associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, May 2s.--rhe pos
sibility that kenneth G. Ormiston.
| formerly radio operator at Angelus
Temple. would he sought again for
| questioning In Connection with the dis.
| appearance of Aimee Semple McPher-
| son. the evangelist. loomed today fol:
| lowing an assertion last night by Mrs.
| Sylvia Obprman. that she could iden.
! tify the man whom she "A W talking to
Mrs. Mcpherson shortly before the
| pastor va pished at .Ocean Park, May
us.
Mrs. Oberna n. a resident OF Venice.
declared that she was positive that
she would know then man II she saw
him again. Some days ago the Woma II
| reported to police that she had seen
he missing evangelist cOnversing With
! a man on the beach and hea rd her say
TO him: "Good-by Danney Tor Den.
ney)"
Ormiston. who arrived here three
days ago to deny that he knew any
thing about the disa ppea ra nee Of Mrs
Mcpherson or about her wherea bouts,
Is believed to have returned yester.
day to San Fra ncisco.
Woman's Mother COsiapses.
For the first time sinte her dangh.
ter vanished. Mrs. Minnie Kennedy.
mother Of the evangelist, cola psed
late yesterday. She swooned while
she watched a low:nying airpla nc sca n
the ocean In search OF Mrs. Mel her
| sons body. She was revived shortly
by church workers. Later Mrs. Ken.
nedy bra nded as fabrica tions reports
from San francisco thai her daueh-
ter had heen seen there. She declared
that she was positive her daughter
drowned
Mrs. Kennedy vest erday cave police
letter she received several days ago
demanding Sat.6H ransom for the
evaneelists safe return. Police be.
lieve the letter was written by q ia.
natic.
The letter read:
Send $aU.00 and she 10 yours
y. y. ". W. and l. w. W. =. Safe
Two months or else Goodbye to her.
Put the money in a westbound street
car on Vernon and San Pedro streets
at am. May %. 1925. Wear a
or she'll die within 10 minutes. Wen
deliver her within half an hour after
pay. NUNS the word. Keep police
away.
Yours truly.
'X. y. W. w. and |. w. W. r."
Although several reports that Mrs
Aimee Semple Mcpherson had been
seen at San Francisco we're being
traced down. officers there said to-
day that the mystery OF the evaneel
lists disa ppearance was az far from
solution as ever. -'1~'
Taxi Driver Gives Glue.
Fred Sadler. taxi driver, Ia posi-.
tive that he saw Mrs. Mcpherson ''or
her double arriving at the ferry
building In San Francisco yesterda Y
morning. He said she, had employed
him on q former visit here.
Freeman told police he took the
woma to q hotel there. but check
showed no evidence that the woman
had registered. Z,
The Sacramento Newspa per Union
today says that private detectives
have posted themselves near the
James w. Pleasant . ranch near Win
ters, Yolo County. where Mrs Nc
Pherson's son Rolf has resided for
three years. The detectives are said
to be investigating. reports that the
evangelist communicated with friends
from somewhere In the SACRAMENTO
Valley.
W. 8. Woman Of Sacra mento, close
friend and former OrGaDiet for Mrs.
Mcpherson, said today that jea lousy OF
her success may have played a part in
her disa ppeara nee. He recalled that
q tent tabernac Gle he had esta blished
here to carry on her work had been
burned. After that. ne said. Mrs. Me-
Pherson gave up plans to esta blish
branch Of Angelus Temple in Sacra.
mento.