Evening star., 1926-12-09
NOT HIDING, HE SAYS.
Ormiston, However, Will Fight Re.
turn to California.

CHICAGO, December 9 R).-The
Herald and Examiner and New York
American, in a copyrighter story to-
day said that Kenneth G.. Ormiston,
missing radio operator in the Aimee
Semple Mcpherson case, has been
found by one of it's reporters in Har-
risburg, Pa.
The newspaper said that Ormiston
admitted his identity when found in
a two-room apartment in Front street
overlooking the Susquehanna River,
where he had been living under the
name of Fired Lininger."
But" he added, this is only the
beginning. There will be a long, hard
fight before l go back to California.
Also l feel certain that District At
torney Asa Keyes Is not very anxious
to have me go back for trial"
Ormiston is charged in Los An
geles with subornation of perjury
and conspiracy to defeat justice.
Had Been Writing for Months.
The account said that Ormiston,
during the long months in which he
had been the object of a wide man
hunt, had been quietly writing for
radio magazines, and had recently
sold an article which is soon to ap-
pear over his own signature in
mazagine having nationwide clrcu-
ormiston virtually was without
money. All the personal belongings
he had in his bare fiat consisted or
a brown leather brief case, a black
Gladstone bag, portable typewriter
and a homemade radio receiving set.
He declined to discuss any of the
stories which have linked his name
with that of Mrs. Mcpherson, but
he was quite willing to talk about
anything and everything else.
II really can't understand" he was
quoted as say, why it has taken
so long for you to find me-or rathef
for somebody to find me, considering
the great number who have been try
ing. For the fact is that I have made
no particular effort to hide.
II have not used any disguises-
aside from assuming a different name
and I have not avoided public
places. I have been occupying my
present apartment for two months.
MANY of the cleverest detectives in
| the United States have stood close
enough to me for a handshake and
none of them recognized me. That
happened at Atlantic City in July and
August, when the American Detective
Society was in convention at the Am.
bassador Hotel.
II was living in Atlantic City then
and l used to stroll through the lobby
every day mingling with the detec-
tives. Not one gave me a second
glance"
Had Not Heard From Aimee.
| The reporter asked him if he had
| had anv communication with Mrs. Nc
pherson since he had been sought.
None whatever" he said, land that
| is all shall tell you on that subject
until I have consulted my attorney,
| Edward H. s. Martin Of Chicago"
Several recent communications pur-
porting to be from Ormiston We're
given out by Martin. In one of these
Ormiston characterized as bunk" the
finding in New York of a trunk con-
tanning feminine f1nery and 'the dear,
darling man" love letter which Los
Angeles authorities believed was sent
| to him by Mrs. Mcpherson
Attorney Knows Nothing.
Attorney Edward H. S. Martin said
he had no knowledge that Ormiston
had been found in Harrisburg nor of
later reports that he had started for
Chicago accompanied by two private
detectives.
Harry Donnelley. mentioned as one
of the detectives, is presumably at
tached to the Office of Morgan Collins,
SUPERINTENDENT of police, but there it
was said they had no knowledge of
the Ormiston matter or whether Don
nellev was working on that matter.
Attorney Martin said that If Ormis-
ton and his companions were en- route
to Chicago he would suppose that he
would be notified.