The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-24
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las police officers, were guided b!
s Chart drawn 81 The prostrate.
Wnnaan fil tracing her mad high
for freedom through the sage
beash md eactus wastes alonl
the border.
The hunt for the kidnaperl
reaehe an international seOpI
when both United States ant
Mexican government agencies an
nDllnced that every resources q
their command VIII be utilized t.
solve what III described no thu
most amazing crime Of the cen
fury.
New Developments
Other developments in the start
Hing Mcpherson case we're:
1-Eleparturn Of Mrs. Minnie
Kenneag. mother % the fan18ue
woman pastoF, O. company With
Chief 81 Detectives Herman Cline
Ard De0ukV District Attorney
3ogeph Cyan Ter Dougaes to take
personal charge Of the sensational
kfdnaDfng inyestiga fi0n.
-Anil0uncenenk ~ Federal
0ff1eefs here that the State De-
uartrneFlE at washington Il 70
take formal action - ahy the
McFEiereOn kianaping, lf tounu 70
he a. reported, before officials
mf The Mexican government Tor
Thorough gnauiry into all Of the
circumstance
sAnnoUnleesnes1t bv District
AttOrnev Asa keges khaE every
movement Oa Mrs. Mck hGrgOn'B -
* "a ra.fracea amd falak the en-.
fira etrenefh GO is assortment
win IS added % the police imves-
ffrafion % bring ~ justice the
abaucted the woman pastor on .
public fl1orOughfare q broad day.
iight
Further statement By the
o40s1aan tllat IS saae time her 80
napeEB were cons aexine Alllne
her but feared capture and That
On another occaeion they threat
ened 20 sell her as slave. %
. Mexican FessEt keeee.
AnIiEsa ~ Her GtOry
Amaxarnsnt that . woman a
well known - Mrs. Mcfl1ersor
could haWe been kidanepd on q pub
Ito beach in broad daylight Wa
frankly expressed u ofMeial eirclel
today.
SIT doesn't seem possible to me
that d woman could have been KID
MAPPED from the beach without ~
tracing attention" Capt. W.
Bright. Of the sheriffs homicide
squad, declared
III Mrs.. MeP hersOn WAS kidnapped
it's exceedingly strange that some
one didn't witness the struggle,
Coroner Frank a. Nance remarked
District Attorney Asa Reyes Wat
also sIkepticaI, and declared an IN
tensiye investigation of the entire
affair would be made by every law
enforcement unit in Los Angeles
county.
Captain of Detectives HERMAN
Cline and Deputy District Attorney
Ryan proceeded at once to Douglas
10 take up the Investigation there
Every effort win be made by
this office to solve the mya.stry,
District Attorney Keyes said. IF .
person as well known az Mrs. Nc
Pherson can be kidnapped from
public beach in broad daylight, car
ried out of the country by force
and violence and held prisoner FOL
an extended period Of time. extreme
measures must be used to make cer
tain that such an outrage cannot
HOcuF.
! III Mrs. Mcpherson was KIDNAPPED
and held prisoner. no law enforce
n1ent agency in this country vii
rest until the abductors are caught
and brought to justice:
Seeking Shack Prison
The heayily-armed posses hav'
krailed Mrs. McPherson's steps
seven miles into Sonora, Mexico
and expect hourly TO find the clap
board shack where the evangelist
said she last was held prisoner.
Finding it impossible to follow
Mrs. McPherwOn's tracks because
of the deep impression made In the
desert soil, the posses sent bach
word to Douglas for more officers
and citizens to join in the hunt
believing they may be able to over
take the desperadoes.
The searcheFs have good descrip
kionS of the brigands.
The woman identified az thu
Rngelus Temple pastor was able T.
give detailed descriptions of tn
Gypsy band, and ali officers fl
Mexico have been instructed to b.
on the lookout for them in the
desert spaces.
The posses took up the trail
Travelled by Mrs. Mcpherson outside
the little Mexican town OF Aeus
Prieta, where she was found wan
dering in q dazed and hysteFica
condition at . o'clock yesterday
morning.
The footprints told mute stor!