Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-15

ing, with woman who looked like
Mrs Mcpherson.
The alleged confession climaxed a
dramatic meeting between Mrs. Seflaff
and her twin sister, Mrs. Virla Kimbal1
of Oakland, and is said to have been
made at the direct request of the latter
They met in the newspaper office Mrs
Seilaff having been taken under guard
from her cell in the county Jail where
she had spent two days since her ar
rest Saturday on charges of issuing
worthless checks The sister kissed
and after a consultation with her law
yer, Mrs. Seilaff announced her inten-
tion of making a clean breast of the
whole thing" She then proceeded to
dictate her statement which was ac-
Iknowledged later by a notary.
Plot Laid In Frisco
Mrs. Seilaff began her affidavit by
stating she was approached in San
Francisco on or about July 80 by n
man who gave his name as "NTr. Mar
tin," and who asked her if she would
come to Los Angeles on some work
which would pay good money and
would only take few weeks, or not
all OF lIIdI llltlS. ONE SdlO IhO iII"lA
could give her only few details, but
informed her the work offered was in
connection with the Mcpherson case.
She stated she was instructed to send
telegram to District Attorney Keyes
at Los Angeles, declaring that her sis
ter, who was in the east, had been with
Ormiston at Carmel and that she had
wired the sister to return.
The same day Keyes received wire
from San Francisco signed Belle
owen" Mrs Seilaff said she left that
night for. Los Angeles, Unable to
reach Keyes over the telephone upon
her arrival here, she said she went to
kAngelus Temple.
Talked with Aimee
! Mrs. Seilaff said she remained in
town two days, during which time she
went out to the temple quite a number
Of times, talking with Mrs. Kennedy
and Mrs Mcpherson"
/ During these two day I at no time
talked with Mrs. Mcpherson alone with
the exception of just a moment when
Mrs. Mcpherson told me it was all right
and to go ahead the woman related.
"They told me to go ahead" she con-
tinued to dictate, "and they would pay
all my expenses and that if I could do
this I would be we'll paid
Finds '"Miss X'
Mrs. Seilaff stayed in Los Angelus a
! few days longer and then left for San
Francisco, land got in touch with the
young lady that she knew to be re-
liable to appear as Miss X.
+ "The reason of Miss x being there
was because Mr.. Ormiston's wife was
coming to Los Angeles to sue him for
divorce and name Aimee Semple Nc
Pherson in the complaint. With a Miss
* there, Mrs. Ormiston could not do
this. I then came south and told Mrs.
Mcpherson and her mother that I could
get in touch with Miss x, and that
while it would take a little while to get
all the facts in the case and to produce
her, it would not be advisable to rush
, into it," Mrs. Seilaff stated.
She next went to Carmel and San
Francisco to see if any of the persons
who were reported to have seen Mrs.
Mcpherson in the northern cities could
identify her, according to the woman's
story.
Mother Kennedy Pays 1
Sne Sald Sne then reported back 10
Angelus Temple. II saw Mrs. McPher-
son and Mrs. Kennedy at the time"
she stated. "Mrs. Kennedy at that
time gave me $50. This was the Sec
ond $50 she had given me-the first
amount was given me the second or
first day. At both times I gave re-
ceipts as expense money!
Mrs. Seilaff returned to San Fran
cisco, where she got in touch with "the
lady known as Miss x" she stated
Mrs. Seilaff revealed the identity of
the mysterious Miss X by saying she
was certain Miss Rachel Wells,
friend of long standing whom she in
duced to come to San Francisco from
Philadelphia. The two went to Salinas
Immediately upon the arrival of Miss
Wells.
81 brought her down to Salins 1t
had been arranged before through Mrs.
Kennedy that I was to see Judge Bar
din at Salinas Mrs. Seilaff stated.
She described meeting with Judge