The Washington times., 1926-09-28
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! that they were certainly we'll
| trained. !"
No matter what they say, she
said II was not at CARMEL
The preliminary hearing Of Mrs.
Mcpherson, her mother, Mrs. Min.
| ME Kennedy and Mrs. Lorraine
Wiseman- Seilaff. all charged with
criminal conspiracy will extend over
week. attorneys predicted today.
4 Mrs. .Seilaff, who has charged Mrs.
Mcpherson with having offered her
money TO produce a Miss X will
probably be the last witness called,
!: II was said.
Crowds milled around tie CORR.
doris of the court room yesterday,
hundreds unable to find roomA 10
listen to the proceedings.
As Mrs Mcpherson and her
/ mother squeezed their way into the
court some Of the crowd applauded.
The applause. however, was soon
drowned out by Kisses Of other per.
sons In the crowd.
After Mrs. McPherson's disap-
pearance on May is from Ocean
I Park. the State Is attempting 10
prove, she spent II days in a Car
mel "love nest with Kenneth q.
Orn1iston, a former employe.
Then. when she reappeared a
month later, the State asserts. she
entered into a conspiracy to pre-
!. pare evidence that she had been
kidnapped and that Ormist ms CON-
panfon had been another woman
Her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy.
and Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman.Seiloff
are having their preliminary hear
ings at the same time. Ormiston
& f4o f.aosa o44r4Ra14anGaH
Not even a corridor demonstration
by Mrs. McPherson's followers and
curiosity seekers approached the
sensation caused by Parkes' state
n1ent.
Mrs. Parkes, who took the stand
before her husband, had testified
that woman resembling Mrs. Nc
Pherson and q man resembling
Ormiston had arrived at the Carmel
i cottage, next door to their home,
at q. m, May 10.
That was 10 hours after Mrs. Nc
Pherson had disappeared while
bathing at Ocean Park.
Furtive, Says Witness
A few days later, she said. she
saw the woman in the yard Of the
cottage.
Her curiosity had been aroused,
she said, by the furtiveness Of the
| visitors next door and she observed
| the woman closely. She noted
chiefly the strange woman's wealth
OF copper colored hair.
Asked If the woman resemb.ed
Mrs. Mcpherson. she said:
Il cannot be sure. She has on
/ q hat"
| Mrs. Mcpherson removed her hat
at the suggestion Of counsel. Mrs.
Parkes said:
1T certainly looks like her"
She fixed the time Of their ar
rival at q. m. because she had
arisen to feed her baby. which was
just two weeks old that day.
Parkes was more definite In his
statement.
That's the woman. I" he asserted.
indicating Mrs. McPhetson.
And E. A. Renkert, . truck
driver who delivered q load OF wood
to the Carmel cottage. said that he
/ believed Mrs. Mcpherson TO be the
/ woman he had seen there.
Renkert il somewhat deaf and be-
cause of his ailments his replies 10
questions were not always to the
point. Sometimes the spectators
laughed outright.
But when Deputy District Attor-
ney Dennison asked him il he could
see Mrs. McIntire" In the court
room, he silently pointed his finger
at Mrs. Mcpherson.
Aimee Is Calm
The woman preacher, who came 20
Los Angeles less than four years
ago with q camping outfit and an
automobile and who now owns prop.
erty appraised at $625 900. maintain
ed her composure as District Attor-
ney Asa Keyes called one witness
after another against her.
Daisy Bostick, employe OF q real
estate agency, testified that man
giving the name of George McIntire
came to her office on May IA and
rented the now famous candy cot.
ltage." owned by the Benedict family
She was with ''McIntire" the bet
ter part of the day, she said. while
they visited numerous cottages.
From photographs shown her In
the courtroom she identified him as
Ormiston. former radio operator at
Mrs. McPherson's Angelus Temple.
"McIntire" paid her 500 on ac-
count, engaging the cottage for
three months. The balance Of $3.50
was to be paid when he took pos
session. she testified. On May 10.
"McIntire" called and paid the bal
ance. He displayed what she termed
''lot of money"
"Mr. and Mrs. McIntire" sud
denly left the cottage on May 90
she testified.
Her Eyes drew" Him
Ralph S. Swanson. grocery
clerk, was drawn" by the eyes of
Mrs. McIntire." he testified. He
delivered groceries to the Benedics
cottage and was attracted by the =
woman's hair and eyes.
w. /. Gilbert. Mrs. McPherson'a
attorney. said:
What kind OF eyes did she
have?"
Swanson replied:
We'll, her eyes seemed to draw
me to her,
Mrs. Mcpherson was in Carmel
by-the-Sea seven days after she was
believed to have been either kid
naped or drowned, the States first
witness testified
bara. retired fruit dealer. swore
he saw her standing upon a street
corner. in Carmel on May %.
The corner was within two
blocks OF the candy cottage"
Jersey and his wife were driving
into Carmel on the afternoon they
saw Mrs. Mcpherson, according to
Hersey's testimony.
Their attention was attracted to
the woman because they at first
believed her an acquaintance. Sub
sequently. when Mrs. Mcpherson