New Britain herald., 1926-09-27
MANY CALLED IN
 MCPHERSON CASE
Evangelist Herself Must Appear
 in Court Today

than 35 witnesses, ranging from grocer boy to millionaire, were under summons today to appear in the third investigation of Aimee Semple McPherson's explanation of her disappearance from Angelus Temple last May.
 District Attorney Asa Reyes re- gently based charges of conspiracy against the evangelist and six others after considering the mass of evil dence collected on the case.
 Accused with Mrs. McPherson are her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman- -Sielaff, who confessed she had been retained by the Angelus Temple pastor and her mother to produce evidence" sub stantiatng the evangelist's story that she had been kidnapped, and four others.
 To Remove Veil
 District Attorney Reyes, who will personally handle the states case, promises to remove the veil of mys- tery that surrounded Mrs. McPher- sons absence. He bases his charges and assertions on information he says has been obtained since the grand jury some weeks ago went into the case and reported that it found nothing on which to return indictments against alleged kidnap- pers.
 The witnesses have been called from Venice and Santa Monica, which front on the bay in which the evangelist was first reported to have drowned May IS. They have been summoned from Douglas, Arizona, where Mrs. McPherson dramatically reappeared with a story of having been kidnapped and held for ran som, They also have been brought from Carmel, where Kenneth G. Ormiston, former Angelus Temple radio operator, spent ten days in a beach cottage with a mysterious begoggled woman while the evange- list was missing,
 Bonds Are Posted
 Prevented by a brief illness from appearing in court q week ago for her arraignment, Mrs. McPherson was represented by her attorney, who posted s2.500 surety for her ap- under S2,500 bail Mrs Sielaff, who has not yet been arraigned, has turned states witness. She is the confessed perpetrator of the Miss X" hoax in which she charges she was hired by Angelus Temple to produce woman who would pose as Ormiston's Carmel companion.
 With her scheduled court appear anee today Mrs. McPherson will have read to her for the first time the charges against her contained in blanket complaint jointly nam- ing herself, her mother Ormiston, and four others. Ormiston and some of the others are missing.
 The Various Charges
 The complaint charges: ,sThat Mrs. McPherson's kidnap- ping story is an absolute fabrica- tion.
 That 10 support her story she and | her mother unlawfully. wickedly, fraudulently and feloniousy con- spred to commit acts injurious to | public morals to pervert and ob- struct justice.
 That to carry out their conspiracy | Mrs. McPherson attempted to have | other persons indicted for kidnap- ping when there had never been an q abduction.
 That she remained in hiding with Kenneth G. Ormiston from May 19 to May 29 at Carmel-b by-t he Sea with full knowledge and consent of her mother.
 That she hired and paid Mrs Lorraine Wiseman- Sielaff to produce l Miss x" to swear she, and not Mrs. McPherson had been with Or niston at Carmel.
 That she caused false affidavits to oe made to support her story.
 That she hired and paid Attorney 2. F. A. Mckinley to manufacture evidence for her.
 Mckinley was killed recently in Tn automobile accident.
 Talks From Pulpit
 Mrs. McPherson last night used he Temple radio to broadcast a dis ussion of the investigation from her pulpit. She attacked Reyes for pressing the investigation and criti- ized him for releasing Harry Ielosh and Mrs. Esbe Daniels of following an investigation f their story that they had con- pired with Mrs. Sielaff to produce Miss K"
 The evangelist failed to obtain ny response from her congregation 'hen she asked for S1, ,0O0 contribu- ions for a proposed $100,000 de- anse fund. Smaller amounts were ledged. She urged her followers } remain away from the hearing. Father forgive them, for they now not what they do," the evan elist quoted in a forgiving moment 'hen she expressed her hope that 'eyes was really a gentleman, in- fhcient and misled, rather than vicious" "