Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-24
(By Harold L. Henry

Heavily armed posses,
one headed by Police Ser
geant Alonzo B. Murchison
and Night Captain 0. E.
Patterson and two others
under command Of high
Mexican officials combed
the hills and desolate flats
of the area in Sonora
southeast Of Aqua Prieta
and Douglas all Wednes-
day in a vain effort to get
some tangible clues as to
where the little shack is To-
Gated in which Aimee Sem
pie Mcpherson was held
prisoner. At dusk last eve
ming there was a Gordon Of
Mexican federal soldiers
surrounding the area and
every pass, trail and posi-
BILE opening through which
the trio of abductors might
slip away and escape was
heavily guarded.
1t was fairly definitely established
by the commanders of the American
expedition that the man described as
being large and heavy and the woman
of the trio were still in the district
as late as five o'clock Wednesday
morning when a boy going for the
COWS from the Garcia ranch, just
south of the border, saw these two in
a big black car. The boys story as
told to the officers, was straight
forward one. He described the car
and it's occupants, saying that the car
had disc wheels and was very heavy.
AS the roads in the guarded area
are mere trails through the brush,
some of them very nearly impossible,
and as there would be no reason for
supposing that any other persons
could have had any reason to be in
the country at that hour, the officers
feel that there is no doubt that the
boy saw the persons wanted.
After spending four hours trailing
Mrs. Mcpherson through the brush
without being able to find the tracks
which would have taken them south
to the rendezvous of the abductors,
Officers Murchison and Patterson re-
turned to Douglas and again inter-
viewed the almost frantic woman.
Getting additional information from
her they took one of the SCARED and
worn shoes which she had worn dur
ing her flight, and returned to the
scene of the search, where they def
initely established the identity of all
the tracks.
Anderson Tells Story.
LIB. Anderson, the taxi driver, who
was the first American to come to
the aid of Mrs Mcpherson after she
was found unconscious before hole
in Aqua Prieta, told his story to
representative of The Dispatch Wed
nesday afternoon. He was very much
broken up about the affair and spoke
with great feeling, hardly seeming
able to control his emotions. His
statements were, however, clear and
indicated better than any other one
thing in the matter the actual situa-
tion as it first came to light.
He said that he was sitting in his
car in front of one of the night clubs
of Aqua Prieta when he was ap-
preached by the presidente of the city
and the chief of police, who asked
him to come with them at once, as
there was an American woman who
could not talk Spanish and who was
in great distress.
Anderson drove his car at once to
the house where the unfortunate wo-
man had been found and she immed-
lately threw herself in his arms with
cry of relief, he states. The taxi
driver said that the scene was "a ter
rible one and that Mrs. Mcpherson
clung to him as if he were her only
hope. He said that he told her she
had nothing to fear, as he would pro-
tect her. She tainted finally lying
across the cushions of the car and
the driver said that he thought that
she was dead.
After some time he was able 10 re-
vive her and she then told him who
she was. He said that he had not 9
doubt from the time she first tolt
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