Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-03

fled and fully authentic report on ev-
| cry angle of the Aimee Semple Nc
Pherson abduction case, as it has been
| Investigated here by the forces work.
| ing under the direction Of the chief.
This report will reach the office Of
Cline on Saturday afternoon. In com
menting on the report late on Thurs
day night, Chief Bowden stated that
he had personally made certain that
this report contained absolutely every
thing pertaining to the case here which
has become tangle of many angles
and rumors.
He said that every rumor had been
run down and verified or discarded
and that there had been no new de-
velopments of a startling nature since
the morning 10 days ago when Mrs.
Mcpherson was found in Aqua Prieta.
The chief pointed out to representa-
tives of The Dispatch that since that
time many of the stories and rumors
and some supposedly official state
ments in connection with the case have
been changed or distorted
] In this report is contained the result
of investigation into the activities Of
Ia large number of persons reported or
believed to have possible been connect
! ed in some way with the case These
investigations have taken the officers
of Chief Bowdens command into Mex
! leo and to- a number of cities and
well known resorts, both north and
! south of the line. The report contains
a detailed description of the tracking
activities of the posse who searched
and are still searching for the shack
in which Mrs. Mcpherson was held
captive. 1t contains the original, un-
colored statements of everyone con-
nected in any way with the finding
and Identifying of the evangelist and
it outlines the activities of the officers
in efforts to unearth new clues.
Marshall Denies Report.
Juan Marshall Mexican consular
agent at the port of Douglas, issued a
verbal statement to The Douglas Dis
patch on Thursday evening against
the use of his name or the name of his
office in any connection with the Aimee
Mcpherson abduction case. He said in
this statement that neither he person
ally, nor his office, officially had taken
any interest in the case and that most
emphatically his office had made no
investigation and has sent in no report
to Mexico City.
On Friday evening the consular Of
fetal reiterated his protest after read
ing in a newspaper published in an
other city purported statement that
he had sent a report to Mexico City,
stating that Aimee Semple McPherson's
version of the abduction was false
Senior MarshaN stated that the story
carried in the paper was false and
without any foundation in fact He
again said that he was not interested
in the case, that his office was not,
and that there had been no investiga-
tion through his office of any kind
whatsoever, and that he had sent no
report to Mexico City concerning the
Mcpherson case.
Must Have Papers.
Antonio Gabilondo, chief of the Mex
lean immigration service at the Port
of Douglas, in which position he is a
direct representative of the Mexican
federal government, told The Douglas
Dispatch last night that he was forced
to call a halt to the unofficial activi-
ties Of persons attempting to locate the
Aimee Mcpherson abduction shack in
territory south of the United States
border.
Gabilondo said that numbers of un-
authorized persons had entered Mexi-
can territory and had penetrated as
far south as 20 miles south of Aqua
Prieta, without making any effort
whatsoever to comply with the Mexi-
can immigration laws. He stated that
in the future anyone wishing to con-
tinue this work would be required to
file all the regular and required
papers and submit to vaccination and
all other requirements.
The immigration chief said that he
regretted the necessity for such action,
but pointed out that to permit VIOLA
tion of the law would be a breach of
discipline on his part. He said that
the matter of crossing the border from
Douglas to Aqua Prieta and back was
different from going south 20 or 3OI
miles into the interior.
The Mexican officials have been
courteous and attentive throughout the
incident of the Mcpherson case and in
every way have co-operated in the
matter stopping at nothing in an eff
fort to aid in clearing the matter up,
and the immigration chief stated that
he felt that further investigation on
Mexican soil would avail little or
nothing. He pointed out that an en-
tire company of Mexican guards had
patrolled the area for days and had
carried on an intensive investigation. !
He pointed out that American Off
GERS who are familiar with the country
had spent week in combing it. He !
pointed out that Mrs. Mcpherson her
self had spent the better part of two /
days on the work and then he asked
The Dispatch representative "What /
more could be desired?"
Investigated EARLY.
Lieutenant of Police Leslie Gatliff /
stated to The Douglas Dispatch last
night that he had investigated on We'd
nesday, June %, the story of Harry I
q. Rogers, an employe of the Bates
I.