Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-02
rIEYOR SAYS AIMEE
CAME III AUTOMOBILE
Hy United Preas leased ". Ire


DOUGLAS, JuIy 2.--Mavor Er-
nCsto Boobiou. Of Agua Iricta. de-
ela.rd ia a signed statement today
that IN Investigation far ~rcycalcj
lhat Aimee Sompjc McpLers,n was
tatcn iE au automobile and "plant-
cu' in :hc Sonora desert near the
Siot WHO'RE >hn l4ade Ecr s.nsat ioua!
''r"tu3H to lie last week.
An ;n"as+ie, "c#ducrof hv
chief Of Police Silycrio Villa. 4,
tho mayor $ request, disclosed tUat
the Los Angeles evangelist lad aa-
PaontlT been taken TO Il shag!; foae
miles east Of Aqua rIicta on tic
might Of Jun" -, from where she
uad" IT, way into the village thn
suh&rWr morning, Mayor IioGbiaa
oh2r@oy y Lis statement.
1hc r. declared Lc sa~ Mrs.
Ncnhes during hrr wau3oriu2s
.hat t'e' "ud carly nonaina. and
tiat Ia, fused th, aid e ole @"
RI u"'qhir3e.
Z" At ato.O ] =. m, on Jaao -.
l
i'avor Eouoion. She vas at tn"
home Of nomoa Goazqlcs. Size
asked ne where she was and +
tc}d her. Shc gave violcHt trcm-
Or. She inquired what WIS tha
nearest place aad told Her Doug
las. Arizona.
&" Arizona 3' she echoed, and gave
another violent tremor. Sine" So
looked Ill, ! asked her whether .he
wanted food and drink and She de-
ciincd
"Shc was finally turned ever t.
4 ch&uffeur. - continued HE mayor
"and uadcrstand he took her 20
the hospital II Douglas,
"Thc next morning / ordered an
Investigation of the tracks. Chief
al Police Silvorio Villa of Agua
Pr;cta was given charge of th"
Investigation ana he reported as
follows:
:" We found tracks leading from
road that gees cas-. from tgUa.
Prictl at 2 point about three OF"
four mics from town. The track,
went from tho road to
small shack absolutely uHfaraiehcl
With a dirt floor which is uscd bv
customs guards as a shelter during
f'.instorms.
@ THE tracks were made BY
voman 5 shoes and won't both to
and from the road and the shack.
We Gomrarcd the tracks with ono
of tto shoes that had been WON
by Mrs. Mcpherson on thar oocas-
ion aud they matched ohsolutclv.
- Tho S"W" trac';s aUroarcd a.
point bv the side Of thc road
about two miles roarcr town.
" My bciicf is that Ms. Nc
Thcrson was taken by automobile
to place about 200 wards from
the shack aud deposited thcr" ana
that she walked from the automobile
10 the shack and back 10 the au-
tomoi lie sovjal times. Tracks
made by her shoes were found all
around the shack. but not bcvond,
though a search was made rs far as
Gallardo. nine miles away.
- Il further believe from the
Investigations made by NE and
those hv my supervisor that she
was picked up by the sam" automo-
hilc. sar within an hour or two
from the time she was taken out.
brought back to q place on the road
where the tracks start toward the
>}aughtcr house.
"'' My opinion is that the entire
transaction was coHSEmmatod dur
ing the afternoon or evening or
June -, the dav before Mrs. NJ.
rhcrson appeared in Aqua Prieta.
Douglas "Off" Her
Only handful Of Douglas resi-
dnts We're a the station here last
right when Mrs. Mcpherson and
h,r mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy.
left on the Golden state Limited
for Los Angeles. II was a marked
contrast to the thousands who ac-
claimed the evangelist when she
too', her leavc-taking a week ago.
Mrs. Kennedy addressed the
crowd from the observation plat
form and announced that her
cvaugclist dauehtcr would return
again and conduct a revival Scrr-
ice here if the populacc desired if.