Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-05

/ through Mrs. Holmes purse and the
drawers in her desk
Ryan said he has pasted the slips on
a cardboard alongside Mrs. MCPHERSON S
handwriting because it was so obvi-
ously hers"
When Ryan said he had looked for
the slips in the last place he knew
them to be, Deputy District Attorney
Dennison interposed the remark: He
couldn't look where she put them, your
honor"
Cross examined by Gilbert Ryan
said he was retained on the Mcpherson
case June 23 with orders to go to
Douglas Arizona. Ryan said he had
heard considerable of the case through
Herman Cline, captain of police detec-
tives, "who happened to be my father
in-law."
Ryan said he did not know how Cap
tain Cline happened to go to Douglas.
AYou'll have to ask him" he said
Ryan, answering a question, said he
began evolving theories when Il walk
ed on the desert with Mrs. McPherson.
/ Ryan said she was not in the physical
tcondition which would have resulted
from q 20-mile desert walk. Gilbert
asked him if the 10 or II hours Mrs.
I, Mcpherson spent in search of the shack
had any effect OH the 'evangelists
complexion. Ryan said No" and was
i stopped when he tried to add, because
she was in a closed car
Ryan insisted on putting in numerous
comments of his own ideas of the Nc
Pherson case along with his answers
It. ON pn
with it.
Gilbert attempted to introduce nu-
Imerous newspaper photographs taken
at Douglas, Arizona, in most OF when
! Ryan was shown. The materiality of
his line of questioning was challenged
during which Dennson charged that
H Gilbert's cross examination was detri-
mental to his own client.
Gilbert succeeded in getting the pho
tographs in evidence. His idea, he
said, in assuring Judge Blake of the
materiality, was to, establish at what
time Ryan became convinced the kid
mapping story was false.
Ryan could not say when" but he
had a dozen why's, which Gilbert did
mot want.
Ryan Isaid he went to Carmel to in
vestigate Because of information he
got from Ormiston. This information,
the witness said, was contained IN
statement made by the former radio op-
orator May 81, when Ormiston came
here to see Mrs. Kennedy. Ryan said
when he came back from Carmel he
"knew Mrs Mcpherson had been there
Il Court adjourned at 4:45 p m. until
10 O'clock tomorrow morning.
LOS ANGELES, Oct 4.--(AP)-Thou-
sands of members of Aimee Semple
McPherson's flock gathered Sunday at
the Angelus Temple to witness "The
March of the Martyrs tableaux por-
traying famous Biblical scenes and de-
picting the "history of persecution"
| The spectacle, staging of which was
interpreted to her followers as drawing
a parallel of the. suffering of Biblican
characters and what the evangelist has
termed her persecution" followed a
communion service in the morning
which was heralded by Mrs. McPher-
sons announcement that it was to be
the largest communion ever held.
9 Last Gesture
The pastor selected "The Great Cor
onation Day" for the text OF her sermon
at night.
The first scene in the tableaux was
the crucifixion of Christ at Calvary
| Then followed tableaux portrayng
the suffering of the martyred stephen,
the beheading of ST. Paul, the perse-
cution of the Christians by Nero of
Rome, the burning of three persons at
the stake for printing the Bible, and
the burning of the witch of Joan of
Arc.
The seventh scene, intended by the
evangelist to portray events of the
present day, showed large Bible
placed on chair. Lying beside it was
a pair, of scissors and pile of mud.
The dramatis personae was drawn
from the congregation Of the temple.