Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-08
SOLD HALLENBECK HAT

| TUCSON, July I'll. d. Hallen-
| beck, Los Angeles business man and
Yuma rancher who is, known to be
a follower of Mrs. Aimee Mcpherson,
was identified today by Dave Bloom,
chants association, as man who
purchased hat in his store some
time between June Is and 20. The
| identification was made by means of
a group of photographs in which
LHal1enbeck appears in company with
Mrs. Mcpherson and numerous other
1 men and women. The Identification
/ was made more complete by S. S.
Franco, an employe of the store who
sold the hat.
/ Bloom was handed photograph by
newspaper men with the question
have you ever seen any of these
men?" He answered without hesita-
tion, yes, we sold a hat to this
man some time between June Is
and 20,' and pointed to the photo
graph of Hallenbeck.
Despite the claim by Hallenbeck
]. in an interview with coast news
| paper men to the effect that he was
on his ranGn during the first week
following Mrs. McPherson's disap-
pearance, and that he spent the rest
of June in Los Angeles, local au-
thorities are making every effort to
establish his presence in Tucson
! shortly before the temperance Of
the evangelist
i o. E. Pape, who made a. state
ment Tuesday that he had seen the
+, evangelist in Aqua Prieta on the
Sunday before her temperance, al
SO declared that man who resem-
bled Hallenbeck was with her at
the time of his seeing her but he
was not positive in his identifica-
tion of Hallenbeck. Bloom said that
he is positive in his Identification
of Hallenbeck as the man who pur-
chased Panama hat in his store.
/ Bought Panama
| 81 would know this man any
| where" he said. "He had a peculiar
smile that l remember distinctly.
He came into the store and asked
to look at a hat. He was wearing
a light tcolored velour sold by Logan
+ III lAOS LAuS GlGS. IL was Lie OpllUlO
/ brand | rember all this because it
/ is my habit to look at the brand
! of all hats when a customer comes
into the store.
after talking to myself and Mr..
Franco for some relative to the
hat which we had on display he
1 picked out a Panama but did not
have enough money to pay for it.
He left the store and said that he
hat He afterwards returned and
paid for the hat"
Franco was equally positive in his
Identification of Hallenbeck as the
customer described by Bloom. Both
men declared that they could not be
| mistaken, adding that they in no
way connected his appearance here
with the disappearance of Mrs Nc
Pherson.
To add weight to the story told
by Bloom and Franco, HalletbecIS
has Panama hat in his hands in
the photograph which was taken
since Mrs Mcpherson walked into
Aqua Prieta.
O. E. Pape and DR.. j. v. Cogan
who made the statement Tuesday
that they had seen Mrs. McPherso,
in Aqua Prieta made correction In
the date today stating that a checG
on passports which they carried a.
the time showed the date to bt
June 20 instead of June Is as they
stated in their first interview. The,
declared that in making their initia
I'statement, they took the date from
a calendar but failed to notice the,
were looking at a July number in
stead of June. Both dates fell Oh
Sunday.
Rape reiterated his conviction to
day that he had seen the evangelist
and Cogan declared that while h
could make no positive identified