Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-09-25
mr., MARTINS
STORY FAKE,
REIYES FINDS.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. "a
(AP)-As a mass Of evil
dence piled up here today
tending to show many con-
tradictions to the sworn
statements of Harry Melosh
and Mrs. Babe Daniels, two
figures in the Aimee Sem
pie Mcpherson case, who
were arrested in San Fran
cisco yesterday, District
Attorney Asa Keyes to-
night or dered the pair
jailed Immediately upon
their arrival here, probably
early tomorrow morning.
Check of the Confessions" of the
two that they had been engaged to
obtain false evidence in the Mcpherson
case and naming in addition to the
evangelist an attorney and a private
detective as the persons implicated
showed, according to officials, that
several of the dates mentioned by
the pair We're prior to the appearance
of Mrs. Mcpherson at Douglas, Ariz.
cna and also prior to the time at
which the attorney and the detective
said they had been engaged in the
case.
The district attorneys office tonight /
reiterated confidence that the story |
of Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman Seilaff |
whose disclosure of a Carmel hoas
resulted in felony charges against |
Mrs. Mcpherson, herself and five /
others, is true and has ample dc-u
mentary proof. Keycs said the Melosh
affidavit was in direct conflict with
Mrs. Sielaff's story. Investigators
pointed out that Meloshs statemen
declared that he was hired to produce
the kidnapers of Mrs. Mcpherson on
a date which was eight days before
Mrs. McPherson's reappearance. He
claimed the transaction to have taken +
place at 4505 Grammercy place, hero
where he said he was living at the
time His father and wife, however,
said he was living at his home or
West Sixty-fourth street at the time
and was employed as a salesman, nol
giving up the job until more than
a month later
The attorney and detective named
by Melosh said the date on which
Melosh's activities were said to have
started was more than is days befor;
they knew they would be connected
with the case. On the day on which
Melosh claims to have been paid the /
first $3.50 for his work. Mrs. McPher E
son was in Douglas and her mothev
met her there, accompanied by scores
Of newspapermen and detectives.
Both the attorney and the detectives
tonight denied all of Meloshs charges
and threatened criminal action against
him.
An attack on the statement OF
Mrs. Daniels, who claimed to be the
"Nfiss X" of the Carmel Episode, was
made by Russell Scott. justice of the
peace at Salinas, in statement by
telephone to Los Angeles. Justice
Scott, who witnessed the affidavits
signed in Salinas by Mrs. sielaff ana
the miss X" of her story, said tho
document was signed in his presence
and in Salinas. Mrs. Daniels hau
said in her affidavit that she signed
the Miss X'' statement in Los Angeles,
A search of the Grammercy address
where AIelosh said he was to plant
a green bathing suit similar to tae
one worn by Mrs. Mcpherson at the
time she disappeared resulted in find
ing a blue bathing suit witt, light
green stripes hanging IA the garage
In her statement to Keyes today
Mrs. sielaff said that Melosh is not
the "Mr. Martin" who engaged ne,
at san Francisco to stage the Carmel
"hoax." Asked is Mrs. Daniels is the
Miss x" OF her story she refused
to answer until she sees the woman
THE ORIGINAL STORY
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 24.-(A