Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-16

graph blank used in sending the wire
| That such a message had been trans
mitted to Mrs. Kennedy and the mys-
terious circumstances surrounding it's
dispatch in Oakland have been estab-
lished by. an Independent investigation
conducted by the Times in Oakland,
San Francisco and Los Angeles in the
last few days. Publication has been
withheld in order that the authorities
might have an opportunity to complete
their check on this new phase of the
strange Mcpherson case and lay por-
tions of it before the county grand
jury.
Copy of Telegram.
The message containing the news
that Mrs. Mcpherson was not dead at
the time when the eyes of the world
were focused on spectacular diving and
! searching expeditions in Santa Moni-
ca Bay, read:
Angeles Temple, Eden Park, Los
Angeles, Cal
Mother Mcpherson.
Daughter o. d. period Do not wor-
ry period communication proven period
am signing for j. r. A. whom 1 believe
! o. X. Detail in mail.
| "DR. MURTEN"
1 While none of the officials in posi-
tion to know would comment on what
transpired in the grand jury room, it
was learned by the Times that when
the original message was discovered
by the authorities in Oakland it was
their intentio nto question Mrs Ken
nm ho DO l.
fore the inquisitorial body
1t was the discovery of this tele-
gram and the circumstances surround
ing it that caused District Attorney
!, Keyes to start state wide search for
Ormiston and to submit the original
message, written by the sender in Oak
land ito Handwriting Expert Milton
Carlson for comparison with letter
! written by Ormiston some weeks ago
| Carlson was at the district attorneys
office and was said to be ready to tes-
tify before the grand jury. His re-
port is expected to state that the hand
writing on the telegram blank and on
/ the Ormiston letter are identical.
| ResembIed OrmistOn.
| The Times investigation in the north
ern cities disclosed that the man who
wrote the "Dr. Murten" wire resem-
bled Ormiston as shown in photographs
exhibited by Times reporters to tele-
graph office employees in Oakland.
Efforts to locate Orminston for his
denial or explanation of the message
were unavailing last, night He has
been she object of search through
out the state by city and county Off
cials without any result.
! Nor was it possible to obtain from
Mrs. Kennedy her version of the tele-
gram. Attorney Arthur Veitch, rep
resenting Mrs. Mcpherson and Mrs.
Kennedy, was with the witness when
she emerged from the grand jury room
yesterday afternoon and announced
that no comment on questions asked
! his client at Wednesdays session of
! the grand jury would be made by her
/ Mrs. Kennedy's testimony was for
the grand jury only and she will not
make any statements regarding ques-
! tions asked her or her answers to
| them Mr.. Veitch said. He added that
when the grand jury has completed
! the examination of witnesses now un-
der subpoena he and his clients might
have something to say
| No person known as "Dr Murton'
could. be found in Oakland or in the
Bay Cities district.
| That the sender of the cryptic mes
! sage took elaborate precautions to
hide his identity and make harder any
J possible Identification later on was
disclosed by the Times investigation
in the north.
n icf, iof II TOxynr1 n10d
/ Detectives Cohn, Reimer and Darley
who worked with him in Oakland and
here, last night absolutely refused to
discuss the results of their investiga-
tion and referred all inquiries to Mr.
Keyes. Deputy Ryan was located in
Oakland and San Francisco by the
Times several days ago and is known
to have interviewed witnesses whose
istories were obtained by the Times re-
porters.
According to Leslie Bland, II years
of age, of 1856 Yames street, Oakland,
and Clifford Frazier, II, 419 Twenty
sixth street, Oakland, the writer of the
telegram drove up in front of Western
+ Union main offices on Thirteenth
street, near Franklin, and footed the
horn of his automobile several times.
Frazier, who is a delivery boy at
| drug store and a chum of Bland, was
standing in front of the office. The
man mistook him for a messenger and
called to him. Frazier made known his
identity and at the mans request call
ed for a messenger and Bland was
sent out
The man in the car, who, Bland says,
resembled photographs of Ormiston
shown him by the Times reporter ask
ed him to get inside and drive with
him. They drove to Fourteenth and
Franklin streets, where the man stop
ped the car and asked Bland if he had
any telegraph blanks.
The messenger boy produced some.