The Alaska daily empire., 1926-09-27
.Ev A N CEL|ST IS
IN COURT today;
| MOTHER ATTENDS
Mrs. Mcpherson Arralgned in
kidnapping Case = Wit
ness Points Her Out.

Los ANGELES. Sept. 27.-Mra
Aimee Semple Mcpherson, Mrs. Min.
Kennedy, her mother, and Mrs
l. w, Seiaff, were arraigned in
the Municipal Court this forenoon
on charges growing out of the al.
legged kidnapping of the Evangelist
of Angelus Temple, hoax confessions
rega riding movements at the cottage
a Carmel etc.
Mrs. Mcpherson and her mother
we're dressed entirely in black.
Ralph Hershey. of Santa Barbara.
an engineer, pointed out Mrs. Nc
Phcrson and testified he was con-
yinced she was the woman seen at
Carmel
The specific counts under which
I Mrs. Mcpherson was arraigned
charges criminal conspiracy, punish
l'able by sentence of from six
months to five years.
The specific charge, as defined In
section 1S2 of the penal code, per-
tains to the commitment of acts in
furious to public morals and to
pervert justice.
Charges Set Forth
In the first count, the following
ALLEGATIONS are set forth:
| That
Aimee Semple Mcpherson surrepti-
tiously disappeared from Venice on
May 18;
She appeared on June 23 behind
slaughter-house in Sonora. Mex
leo,
She we'll knew she had voluntar-
lily absented herself from her usual
habitation with intent to carry out
the criminal conspiracy;
She we'll knew she had not been
kidnapped;
She maliciously sought to have
another charged with the kidnap
ing;
From May 10 to May 20 she re-
sided at Carmel by the Sea. con-
cealed and disguised with goggles
and other devices;
Under Oath
On July 10 she voluntarily ap-
peared, before the County Grand
Jury where. under oath and with
intent to carry out the conspiracy.
she swore she had been kidnapped
| by Steve and Rose" and had
/ been held captive by them until she
reappeared on June 23 in a spec
tacular manner;
She knew these facts were untrue
and were made for the purpose OF
deceiving the Grand Jury and to
/ induce that body to return an in
dictment charging others with the
crime of kidnapping;
For the purpose of bolstering up
her false testimony she hired, paid
and coached Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman-
Seilam to impersonate her;
To deceive witnesses who had
seen her at Carmel she caused Mrs.
Wiseman- -Seilaff to be photographed
to resemble her;
Paid Mrs. Wiseman
To further the conspiracy she
induced Mrs. Wiseman-Seilaff to i'm
personate her handwritings;
In an attempt to falsely indicate
that another woman. and not her
self, was with Ormiston at Carmel
she paid Mrs. Wiseman Seilaff to
prepare "A false Miss X" affidavit:
She new she and no other wom-
an, was the one with Ormiston at
Carmel;
She and Mrs. Kennedy advised
Ormiston to flee from the jurisdic-
tion of the State;
She paid Attorney X. F. McKin-
ley. now dead. $1,000 to produce
two fictitious kidnapers;
On August 26, she attempted to
persuade Bernice Morris, the blind
attorneys secretary. to plot with
her to produce the twotictitious alb
ductors, Rose" and Steve"
On September 10. in her own
home. she coached Miss Morris in
the plot to produce the impostors.
Second Count
The second count Is based on sec
tion 1874 of the penal code and car
ries sentence of from six months
to five years imprisonment. It
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