Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-06-25


bruises and scratches left by the rope which bounC
her. and which chafed against her wrists as she sawed
the strands loose on the edge OF can IN lonely Mexl
can shack where she had ben taken by her abducors
Other scratches on her arms show that she has beer
brushed by mesquite or cacti On the left wrist the
Ibruise is turning slightly blue and yellow, and Mrs
Mcpherson complained that the flesh and even the bone
Iseemed sore
"A treasure | shall value for all the remainder OF
Imy lfe" said Aimee Sempe Mcpherson this afternoon
when she was presented with gift beautiful box
made of copper The gift was made by the Douglas
Chamber Of Commerce and Mines.
Mrs. Aimee Semple Mcpherson announced this att
ernoon that she would leave Douglas for Los Angeles
on Friday night on the $40 train the Southern
Pacific lines, and will arrive in Los Angeles about z:oU
on Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother of Mrs. Mcpherson,
stated that the arrangement as to time was suitable
to her and that their party would leave at that time
Douglas newspaperfnen and the Douglas Chamber OF
Commerce and Mines will tonight entertain the visiting
newspapermen and photographers here covering the
Mcpherson story at dinner The party will be held In
the Club Social private club in Aqua Prleta, Sonora
Check Details
Meanwhile it is Klnes and Ryan's intention to check
carefully every detail of the evangeists story IN an
effort to apprehend her abductors "Seve" and Rose
vho Mrs Mcpherson said yesterday threatened to sell
her to a Mexican named Felipe from Mexico City AT
present the authorities content with trying TO- find
the second shack where Mrs Mcpherson said she was
held by the two American kidnapperS.
For almost three hours this morning Mr.. Kline, Mr..
Ryan and Cochse county and Douglas authorities were
in conference with the two Mcpherson children, Roll
and Roberta, Mrs Kennedy and Mrs. Mcpherson, going
over the details of the evangeiss disappearance in
the presence Of a stenographer
+577 'a = "a% Tells Same Story ,
Following the conference. the Los Angeles chief Of
detectives said that 55page statement by Mrs. Nc
Pherson would be ready to be made public IN SIX or
seven hours The statement is understood to contain
virtually the same story that Mrs Mcpherson told to
William Fraley. McCafferty of THE DOUGLAS Dis
PATCH early yesterday morning. For the entire time
that the authorities closeted with the evangelist
and her mother, Mrs. Mcpherson was pied with queS-
lions, Kline said.
Faints From Ordeal
RYAN said after the conference that Mrs Mcpherson
denied having banking account. The Angeus Temple
preacher stood up well under the battery of questions
and about appeared on the lawn IN ffont OF te
Calumet hospital to have her picture taken by movie
men and photographers just as the last picture was De-
ing taken however the evangelist tainted taken
indoors Kline and Ryan appeared with Mrs. McPher-
son once to accommodate the camera men,
R. R. Gonzales, Mexican resident OF Aqua FfleCa'
to whom Mrs Mcpherson appealed for help early yes
terday morning, was witness at the questioning OF
Mrs. Mcpherson this morning.
RYAN stated to newspapermen gathered on the lawn
in front Of the hospital that the facts were contained
in Mrs. McPhersons statement and that his OFFICE
would let the facts prove what they will
Scour Country
Herman Kline chief of detectives Of the Los Ange-
les police department. Joe Ryan, deputy district attor-
ney and A. B. Murchison, Douglas police sergeant left
here at lis M today for Mexico to scour the country
southeast Of Aqua Prieta Sonora for traces OF Mrs
Aimee McPhersons footprints.
Simultaneously posse headed by Sheriff Mcdonald
Of Cochise county the international boun
dary line in different direction The two posses are
to meet about miles south OF the border near
Nggerhead mountain several miles south of where the
second shack in which Mrs. Mcpherson says she was
held prisoner is believed to be located I'd eo<
Mother Goes to Scene <o IN
All as D. M representatives of The Douglas Dispatch
and The Bsbee Review left with Mrs. Minnie Kennedy
and Mrs McPherson's children for that section Of the
country south Of Aqua PEiea over which Mrs McPher
son said she ramped in her efforts to eude her captoT
Various unofficial posses have been covering the