Evening star., 1926-10-12
MCPHERSON PLOT
"F|XER' REVEALED
Woman Names ''John Doe"
Martin Sought by State in
EvangeliSt's Hearinu.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. October 12.--The
footprints of John Doe" Martha
across the path of Aimee Semplo So
Pherson today presented an el::G.ye
trail for district attorneys invest
gators seeking a heretofore unidenti-
fled but important principal in the al
legged kidnapping conspiracy.
The footprints" We're disCerned hv
District Attorney Asa Reyes yester
day during the preliminary hearing Of
conspiracy charges against the An
gelus Temple pastor. her mother. Mrs.
Minnie Kennedy, and Mrs. Lorraine
Wiseman-Sielaff The blanket com
plaint, which forms the basis for the
conspiracy charges. names four other
defendants, one of whom Is John
Doe" The identity of the Anonymous
conSpirator was hinted at during the
examination of Mrs Wiseman, who
had been called as a States witness
Mrs. Wiseman. who accused Mrs.
Mcpherson as having hired and
schooled her in a plot TO refute in
situations that the evangelist So1ourn-
ed at Carmel-by the Sea with Ken
meth G. Ormiston, missing radio man.
testified that she was first approached
by a Mr.. Martin"
Attorney w. /. Gilbert Of Mrs. Me
PhersOn's defense counsel objected to
the mention of Mr. Martin on the
grounds that no foundation had been
laid to establish Martin as ~ cocoon
spirator.
John Doe Martins footprints are
in this case somewhere" Keyes re
piled. land If we don't pro-e II !
will be willing for this testimony to
no fr~in Pro bn .Ia,
Approached by Martin.
The witness was permitted TO tell
Of her meeting with Martin, who. she
said was a stranger. She declared
he approached her in a San Fran
cisco hotel lobby last July and asked
her to aid in clearing Mrs. Mcpherson
of this scandal at Carmel" She
then testified that it was at Martins
suggestion that she came To Los Ange-
les and entered into the alleged con.
spiracy with Mrs. Mcpherson and
her mother to produce "the little LADY,
who was to pose as OrmistOn's com
panion at Carmel
Further refutation of the States
charge that Mrs. Mcpherson visited
several Arizona points during the
time she declares she was held In
Mexico by kidnapers developed last
night, Wnen Mrs. AleX PEARSON OF
Tucson, AriZ., issued II statement de
nying the evangelist filed a mysteri-
Gus message from Gila Bend. Ari2.,
June Is.
Mrs Pearson said the message was
sent to her by Mrs. Gay CoOntz. a
friend of Mrs. Mcpherson. who was
en- route to Tucson to visit at the
Pearson home,
keyes has summoned witnesses
from Gila Bend who have Identified
Mrs. Mcpherson as the woman VIII"
filed a telegram stating her automo-
bile had broken down and that sh"
was proceeding by train to Douglas.
Ariz., where the evangelist appeared
a week later to te1l of being kidnapped
Mrs Pearson declared she did not
know Mrs. Mcpherson and that she
wanted to avoid being mixed up in
the case" because some one had mis-
taken Mrs CoontZ for the evangelist
Taking advantage OF todays court
holiday because of Columbus day, Mrs
Mcpherson planned to rest at the
seashOre. She did not preach at Iast
nights Temple prayer meeting ana
failed to issue her customary nlgnti|
bulletin" summarizing the day 3 pro
ceedingS of her trial