Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-29

! the desert had been purchased at the
in Los Angeles paper of Friday.
The account in the coast paper said
that her dress (Mrs. McPherson's) a
sleazy affair had been bought at Levy
Brothers store in Douglas for 81 at a
sale held either on June 4 or some
time afterward."
An attempt was made by the store
representatives here TO positively iden
tify the dress as one which they had
sold, but ]. Levy stated Monday after
| noon that they were unable to declare
i definitely that they had sold the dress
i from their store. 1t resembled many
! sold here, but was the type of dress
! which is sold by many stores all over
! the country Levy added, making i'll
! impossible to reach a definite decision.
1t was also denied by Levy Brothers
that there is any truth in the state
ment carried in a Los Angeles paper
of the same date that statesmen at
the store have told investigators that
I they saw woman and man fitting
! Mrs. McPherson's description of Rose
and steve in the store making pur-
chases during the SALE"
mo one in the store identified any
such purchasers, the Dispatch was told
by Levy.
TURNS ON DOUBTERs
/ LOS ANGELES June %. - Aimee
Semple Mcpherson, pastor of Angelus
of her story Of being kidnapped at
Ocean Park more than six weeks
ago, and declared that she and not
her purported abductors is being
made the subject of investigation in
some quarters. She said 1.-THE sword
lsword which should be turned against
the criminals has been turned against
me in some cases"
5 >In defense of the kidnapping story,
Mrs Mcpherson went over in detail
Il the theories which have been ad-
vanced by those who doubted the
explanation of her disappearance CIV
en-, by the evangelist. She declared
it ridiculous that she should stage. q
disappearance for rest, to gain pub
licity or that she should off in an
attack of amnesia Then she greeted
the final question with gale OF
laughter.
: Not Love Case
'Tn love-" she laughed.
with whom? Int it remarkable
that, with all the investigation and
hullakalloo that has been made, the
name of the man, if there was one.
has never entered the case? The
man marry hasn't appeared on the
scene yet. And Mr.. Mcpherson Cher
divorced husband) will have to cash
in before I ever marry again.
= don't believe in marrying with a
! previous husband alive"
r The evangelist then detailed a pic
ture of her ideal husband. Her
model would be good looking, six
feet or more tall, a preacher, must
t play the trombone. be a good singer
and good and holy man" The
: description she added, tallies with no
one she now knows.
! scoffs At Report
Chief of Police Sterling oawalt
: of Ell Centro Calit., today reported
t to CChief of Detective Herman Cline,
: who is directing the kidnapping in
4 vestigation, taht on June IL, a
woman had been found wandering
in Ell Centre, who in part answered
the description of the evangelist.
She registered at an Ell Centre hotel
as "Mollie Riley and the registra-
ton book is being brought to Los
Angeles to be inspected by hand
writing experts.
Mrs. Mcpherson scoffed at the re-
; port of the Ell Centre official, say
ing that it was impossible that she
could have been so far under the
? influence of drugs given her by her
captors that she would not have
appealed to the police officer for
help.