Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-14
FL Paso Business Men Welcomed Here
MRS. W|SEMAN ON
GUARDED
BY CITY OFFICERS.

HALL OF JUSTICE, LOS ANGELES,
Oct. 13 (AP).-A squad of private de-
tectives guarded her and a bevy of
motion picture stars stared at her
as Lorraine Wiseman- Sielaff resumed
the stand late today as prosecution
witness in the preliminary hearing of
Aimee Seniple Mcpherson, evangelist
accused of criminal conspiracy to de-
feat Justice The detectives were on
hand as the result of several letters
threatening Mrs. Wiseman, who has
confessed her part in an alleged con
spiracy with the religious leader to
bolster the latter's story of having
been kidnapped last May. The film
luminaries, so often the object of
stares, today were Interested spec
tators.
Mrs. Wiseman resumed her narrA-
tive of the coaching" she said she had
received at Angelus temple, Mrs Nc
Pherson's headquarters, to play the
role of the woman in a cottage at
Carmel last May and thus refute
charges that the evangelist lived there
several days with her former radio
operator, Kenneth G. Ormiston, now
a fugitive from justice
Mrs. Wiseman testified that on
August Mrs. Mcpherson called atten-
tion to the similarity in appearance
between herself and Mrs. Wiseman.
She told her if she would pull her
hair up high on her head people
would mistake her for the evangelist.
At District Attorney Keyes' request
Mrs Wiseman removed her hat and
exposed her hair. which was light
brown with a reddish tinge.
Mrs. Wiseman then said she met
Bernice Morris, secretary to the late
II. A. Mckinley, blind Long Beach at
torney, also an accuser of the evan
gelist. on September 10. At that time
the evangelist and her mother. Were
present.
Mrs. Mcpherson introduced her as
.the little lady with Ormiston" at
Carmel. The evangelist said she Won
dered about McKinley's death. (The
lawyer was killed in an automobile
accident recently near Long Beach.)
Mrs. Mcpherson asked who was in
the front seat of the car when the
lawyer was killed Miss Morris said
his body was in a standing position
when she viewed it.
Miss Mcrris told them, the witness
said, that the alleged kidnappers who
had approached Mckinley with q view
to arranging a ransom wanted $1,000
for a map showing the location of the
shack where the evangelist claimed
she was held.
1I,a ntin
copying the grocery slips found az
the Carmel cottage, Mrs. Mcpherson
writing them also. She submitted
them to a hand writing expert who
reported it was evident the handwrit-
ing on the slips was not Mrs. Wise"
mans and told her not to write any
more "for it is the deadliest weapon
YOU can use against Mrs. Mcpherson"
Mrs Wiseman said she received $35
from Mrs. Kennedy, the, mother OF
the evangelist, who is also charged,
to pay the expert. On September .
witness said, Mrs. Mcpherson dictated
a letter to Ormiston which Mrs.
Wiseman mailed, asking him to ge,
in touch with her at once as 1t
would help her out. The letter, was
addressed to III. H. Martin, attorney
of Chicago Mrs. Wiseman told Of
the outline of a second affidavit
prepared in Mrs. McPherson's own
handwriting which named Mrs Wise.
man as one of the party of three
at the Carmel cottage. The outline
referred to the other members of the
party as "Mr. and Mrs. Mcintyre
A copy of the completed affidavit
was mailed to Ormiston in care of
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