Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-25


Mrs Mcpherson and Captain of De-
tectives Kline were the last to get
to the automobile. Mrs. Mcpherson
was enthusiastic in her search. Il
feel sure, / am certain, indeed, that I
can locate that pace. I admit that
the mountains and the foothills fool
me, but we will find it when we make
this trip tomorrow she. said.
"Those people who abducted me-"
she said,. Il feel sure have dong since
! fled the house. But ! wantFto find it
/ that | may be able to more firmly
establish the facts as L have told
Them
Returning to the hotel, Mrs. Nc
Pherson was met by Mayor A. e. Him
! ton and a group of friends. She eX-
planned that after her walk of almost
two miles up on the Niger Head
mountain she was tired out almost
exhausted, and she invited them p
/ come to her room Tor moment. She
later retired.
With the launching of an official
| investigation here today into the
| circumstances surrounding the dis
appearance of Aimee Semple Nc
! Pherson, Los Angeles evangelist, the
fast-moving panorama of events
which characterized her temperance
in Aqua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, We'd
nesday, had somewhat slackened in
pace.
! Unconfirmed reports from the
! region southeast of Aqua Prieta late
Thursday said that "a shack"
had been found by unofficial posses,
the description of which tailed gen.,
orally with that of the second shack,
! In which Mrs. Mcpherson declared
she was held captive.
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, together
! with Mrs. McPherson's two children,
! Rolf and Roberta, arrived ON a morn
ing train from Los Angeles, and the
evangelist's identity was established
definitely when her mother entered
the sick room and gathered the
Angelus temple minister into her
arms.
On the same train with Mrs Ken
needy and children were Herman
Cline, chief of detectives of the Los
| Angeles police department, and Joe
Ryan, deputy district attorney, the
latter under orders from District
Attorney Asa Keyes to conduct
thorough probe of the whole affair.
It was definitely announced last
night that the Mcpherson party
would entrain for Los Angeles at
9:1O O'Clock Friday night. At $
p. M she will address community
service.
,,1I f4ornoon Pvap C,1ina and
/ A. b. Murchison, Douglas police SER
geant, left for the border to search
! for possible clues to the identity of
Mrs. McPherson's abductors. At the
same time posse headed by Sheriff
/ Mcdonald of Cochise county left to
/ search an adjacent territory Sheriff
/ Mcdonald returned empty-handed.
The trio had not returned
| Closeted.5 for almost three hours
i yesterday morning with Mrs. McPher-
SON. sher mother and children, Cline and
Ryan procured a detailed statement
| from the Angelus temple preacher
1 of her adventures since she was
kidnapped from the beach at Ocean
Park, May IS. The statement was
| taken down in shorthand by a steno-
grapher, and is said TO be an exact
duplicate of that given to the Doug
/ las Dispatch Wednesday.
! Mrs. McPherson's recollection OF
the second shack to which she was
taken and held captive appeared to
be vague yesterday afternoon. Il have
been wondering" she said, "if that
house into, which my captors last
took me could have been camp
| ing outfit, of canvas, or light wood.
no. she continued, examining
piece of burlap which had been
handed to- her, sit could not have
! been that, for can see through
walls of the hut 1 was in. And
then there was a wooden floor in the
shack. 1 was just wondering"
Cline, Ryan and Murchison return
ed late in the afternoon. other than
/ saying that they drove rs miles
south of the border, they gave out
lno results of their survey of the
j country. Information reaching The
! Dispatch says that District Attorney
Asa Keyes has asked Ryan not to
dispense any information relative to
J LIE luNSSlI5 DSlHS COAlOOCbOo w
I his office until he has conferred
i with him personally.
Anderson'S Story
Johnny Anderson, taxi driver who
brought Mrs. Aimee Semple McPher-
son across the international boundary
/ line, gave the following account of his
part in yesterdays fast-moving drama
to the Associated Press:
Mr.. Anderson was at the Gem club.
Aqua Prieta, Sonora Mexico, when he
was accosted by Mrs. r. r. Gonzales
Il and the presidente (mayor) of .Ague
Prieta, who said that an American
\ woman lay on the porch of the Con-
zales residence about eight blocks
east of the center of town. Anderson
was asked to take her in his car to
the American side of the line.
Mrs Gonzales talked to the club
/ bartender in Spanish who, in turn,
told Anderson that she thought the
I American woman lying on her porch
was "crazy' She could readily think
j so, observed Anderson. Mrs. McPher>
soH was in a. distinctly hysterical
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