Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-24
LINES CLOSELY
GUARDED BOTH
DAY AND NIGHT

| With American and Mexican police,
customs ana immigration officers
and soldiers armed to the teeth and
prepared to meet the abductors of
Mrs. Aimee Semple Mcpherson and
to capture them at all costs, develop
ments are eagerly awaited and all
eyes are turned toward the rugged
hills southeast of Douglas where
! three people, two men and a woman
are believed to be trapped. The
Gordon of heavily armed officers is
complete
Meanwhile rumors and reports
come in from all directions and
everyone of them is being run down
] by the officers who are beginning
to show the effects of the wearing
work of tracking endless miles and
asking endless questions to an end
less string of persons who might
be able to tell something concern
ing the kidnapping
From the Gibbs ranch, which is
situated on the northern border of
the patrolled area, comes a report
of a suspicious character who skunk
about the premises at an early hour
| on the morning on which Aimee
Mcpherson escaped from her abduc-
tors. While darkness made it i'm
possible for the informers to iden-
! fifty the man definitely, it is be-
tlieved by some of the officers that
this man might have been one of the
kidnapers hunting for Mrs. McPher-
son following her escape.
Story Is Believed
Every question about genuiness of
the story Mrs. Mcpherson tells has
been set at rest in the mind of the
people of Douglas by a series Of
statements made by officials and
others in constant touch with the
woman since her escape. Mayor A.
E. Hinton said late Wednesday after
noon that he had not the slightest
doubt but that Mrs. McPherson's
story was absolutely true in every
/ detail. He said there might be a
possibility of errors creeping into the
tale because the woman has felt it
necessary OF repeat it many times Il
day and because of her nervous ana
bewildered condition during the time
of her escape and Immediately after
ward
Chief of Police Percy Bowden gave
out a statement in which he said he
felt that the identification which he
had established through some half
dozen interviews with the woman
/ and talks on the long distance tele-
was. without flaw and said that
there was not possible doubt rs
to the identity of the woman
Asked if he felt that there was
anything to doubt in her story of
the manner of abduction and the
ultimate escape, he said that the
story was told in sincere and
convincing manner and that he could
not see how the woman could PCS
sibly create such startling train
of events in her own mind.
shoes Not Her own
The shoes Mrs. Mcpherson wore
during her flight across the desert
were an element of wonder to the
officers investigating the case until
she explained that the shoes had
been given to her by the woman ac-
complete of the abductors and did
not fit her own rather small feet
| The shoes are very cheap pair
of low slippers with a two-inch heel
carrying a rubber SOLE They were
carefully examined by the police and
! the Dispatch police reporter during
the trail hunting in Mexico on We'd
nesday afternoon and all agree they
had not been worn for walking more
than the one time. The uppers were
as good as new, while the sides
were badly SCARED and stained with
juice from weeds and grass.
The shoes have no Identifying
mark in them, simply having the
ordinary number and the trade mark
of rubber heel The trade mark
on the heel aided materially, how
ever, in establishing the tracks in
Mexico as the little figures showed
plainly in nearly every track