MORRIS GIRL ON STAND ON AIMEE TRIAL
In the fourth week of the preliminary hearing of Aimee Semple Mcpherson and others on charges of conspiracy to defeat justice, Bernice Morris, stenographer and confidante of a blind attorney who had announced he was acting as go-between for those said to have held the evangelist, again took the stand. She testified that a "crick in the neck" she had described to Mrs. Mcpherson was her own invention, used as bait, and recounted conferences in which Mrs. Minnie Kennedy spoke of having no money, of lots that had been sold, and of a road map said to show the route the alleged kidnappers travelled.
HALL OF JUSTICE, LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18 (AP) - The maze of alleged plots and counter plots, assertions, rumors and contradictions, thickened today as Judge Samuel R. Blake opened his fourth week of the preliminary hearing of the case of Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, and others on charges of conspiracy to defeat justice.
Suffering from an abscessed knee, the religious leader of Angelus Temple moved uneasily in her chair as the drone of evidence recommenced. Beside her sat her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, also a co-defendant, while close by was Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman-Sielaff, the third woman charged, who has turned state's witness and already has testified for the prosecution.
Kenneth G. Ormiston, former Angelus radio operator, another accused, is a fugitive from justice.
Bernice Morris again took the stand. She was a stenographer and confidante of the late R. A. McKinley, blind attorney of Long Beach, who before he was killed when his automobile turned over on him, recently announced that he was acting as a go-between for the two men and a woman, Mrs. McPherson has declared kidnaped and held her for ransom last May and June.
Discussing incidents of her alleged kidnaping with Mrs. McPherson, Miss Morris said she was asked if the Angelus Temple leader recalled having a "crick" in the neck while she was held by her abductors and having her woman jailer named "Rose" rub it for her. Miss Morris testified that Mrs. Mc-Pherson said that she did not remember such an incident and then the witness explained to the court that the "crick in the neck" was of her own invention, tried on Mrs. McPherson to see if she would "take the bait" in her search for proof of the kidnaping story.
Shortly after McKinley's death, the stenographer said that Mrs. Kennedy expressed the hope that "you will be able to go through with this as Mr. McKinley intended."
"I have no money to go ahead," the girl said she replied, to which Mrs. Kennedy retorted: "We have none either. The lots in Santa Monica which we were keeping for sister's (Mrs. Mc-Pherson) home have been sold and we have to pay detectives $13 a day."
At another conference a road map believed to have been in McKinley's possession, came up. Mrs. KeKnnedy mentioned it as showing the route the alleged kidnapers traveled with her daughter. Miss Morris said that none had ever been made, while Mrs. Kennedy, she testified, insisted that one must be produced.
In this connection, Mrs. McPherson, according to the witness, said:
"I want to know which shack they had and the route we traveled, and I want signed confessions from these men to corroborate my story to convince the world. My people are with me, but I must convince the world. I would give anything to do that."
The Colorado river ferry at Blythe, Calif., also was introduced by Mrs. McPherson, who asserted, the witness said, that a crossing could be made (Continued on Page Three)
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MORRIS GIRL ON STAND ON AIMEE TRIAL
In the fourth week of the preliminary hearing of Aimee Semple Mcpherson and others on charges of conspiracy to defeat justice, Bernice Morris, stenographer and confidante of a blind attorney who had announced he was acting as go-between for those said to have held the evangelist, again took the stand. She testified that a "crick in the neck" she had described to Mrs. Mcpherson was her own invention, used as bait, and recounted conferences in which Mrs. Minnie Kennedy spoke of having no money, of lots that had been sold, and of a road map said to show the route the alleged kidnappers travelled.
HALL OF JUSTICE, LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18 (AP) - The maze of alleged plots and counter plots, assertions, rumors and contradictions, thickened today as Judge Samuel R. Blake opened his fourth week of the preliminary hearing of the case of Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, and others on charges of conspiracy to defeat justice.
Suffering from an abscessed knee, the religious leader of Angelus Temple moved uneasily in her chair as the drone of evidence recommenced. Beside her sat her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, also a co-defendant, while close by was Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman-Sielaff, the third woman charged, who has turned state's witness and already has testified for the prosecution.
Kenneth G. Ormiston, former Angelus radio operator, another accused, is a fugitive from justice.
Bernice Morris again took the stand. She was a stenographer and confidante of the late R. A. McKinley, blind attorney of Long Beach, who before he was killed when his automobile turned over on him, recently announced that he was acting as a go-between for the two men and a woman, Mrs. McPherson has declared kidnaped and held her for ransom last May and June.
Discussing incidents of her alleged kidnaping with Mrs. McPherson, Miss Morris said she was asked if the Angelus Temple leader recalled having a "crick" in the neck while she was held by her abductors and having her woman jailer named "Rose" rub it for her. Miss Morris testified that Mrs. Mc-Pherson said that she did not remember such an incident and then the witness explained to the court that the "crick in the neck" was of her own invention, tried on Mrs. McPherson to see if she would "take the bait" in her search for proof of the kidnaping story.
Shortly after McKinley's death, the stenographer said that Mrs. Kennedy expressed the hope that "you will be able to go through with this as Mr. McKinley intended."
"I have no money to go ahead," the girl said she replied, to which Mrs. Kennedy retorted: "We have none either. The lots in Santa Monica which we were keeping for sister's (Mrs. Mc-Pherson) home have been sold and we have to pay detectives $13 a day."
At another conference a road map believed to have been in McKinley's possession, came up. Mrs. KeKnnedy mentioned it as showing the route the alleged kidnapers traveled with her daughter. Miss Morris said that none had ever been made, while Mrs. Kennedy, she testified, insisted that one must be produced.
In this connection, Mrs. McPherson, according to the witness, said:
"I want to know which shack they had and the route we traveled, and I want signed confessions from these men to corroborate my story to convince the world. My people are with me, but I must convince the world. I would give anything to do that."
The Colorado river ferry at Blythe, Calif., also was introduced by Mrs. McPherson, who asserted, the witness said, that a crossing could be made (Continued on Page Three)
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MORRIS GIRL ON STAND ON AIMEE TRIAL
In the fourth week of the preliminary hearing of Aimee Semple Mcpherson and others on charges of conspiracy to defeat justice, Bernice Morris, stenographer and confidante of a blind attorney who had announced he was acting as go-between for those said to have held the evangelist, again took the stand. She testified that a "crick in the neck" she had described to Mrs. Mcpherson was her own invention, used as bait, and recounted conferences in which Mrs. Minnie Kennedy spoke of having no money, of lots that had been sold, and of a road map said to show the route the alleged kidnappers travelled.
HALL OF JUSTICE, LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18 (AP) - The maze of alleged plots and counter plots, assertions, rumors and contradictions, thickened today as Judge Samuel R. Blake opened his fourth week of the preliminary hearing of the case of Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, and others on charges of conspiracy to defeat justice.
Suffering from an abscessed knee, the religious leader of Angelus Temple moved uneasily in her chair as the drone of evidence recommenced. Beside her sat her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, also a co-defendant, while close by was Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman-Sielaff, the third woman charged, who has turned state's witness and already has testified for the prosecution.
Kenneth G. Ormiston, former Angelus radio operator, another accused, is a fugitive from justice.
Bernice Morris again took the stand. She was a stenographer and confidante of the late R. A. McKinley, blind attorney of Long Beach, who before he was killed when his automobile turned over on him, recently announced that he was acting as a go-between for the two men and a woman, Mrs. McPherson has declared kidnaped and held her for ransom last May and June.
Discussing incidents of her alleged kidnaping with Mrs. McPherson, Miss Morris said she was asked if the Angelus Temple leader recalled having a "crick" in the neck while she was held by her abductors and having her woman jailer named "Rose" rub it for her. Miss Morris testified that Mrs. Mc-Pherson said that she did not remember such an incident and then the witness explained to the court that the "crick in the neck" was of her own invention, tried on Mrs. McPherson to see if she would "take the bait" in her search for proof of the kidnaping story.
Shortly after McKinley's death, the stenographer said that Mrs. Kennedy expressed the hope that "you will be able to go through with this as Mr. McKinley intended."
"I have no money to go ahead," the girl said she replied, to which Mrs. Kennedy retorted: "We have none either. The lots in Santa Monica which we were keeping for sister's (Mrs. Mc-Pherson) home have been sold and we have to pay detectives $13 a day."
At another conference a road map believed to have been in McKinley's possession, came up. Mrs. KeKnnedy mentioned it as showing the route the alleged kidnapers traveled with her daughter. Miss Morris said that none had ever been made, while Mrs. Kennedy, she testified, insisted that one must be produced.
In this connection, Mrs. McPherson, according to the witness, said:
"I want to know which shack they had and the route we traveled, and I want signed confessions from these men to corroborate my story to convince the world. My people are with me, but I must convince the world. I would give anything to do that."
The Colorado river ferry at Blythe, Calif., also was introduced by Mrs. McPherson, who asserted, the witness said, that a crossing could be made (Continued on Page Three)
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MORRIS GIRL ON STAND ON AIMEE TRIAL
In the fourth week of the preliminary hearing of Aimee Semple Mcpherson and others on charges of conspiracy to defeat justice, Bernice Morris, stenographer and confidante of a blind attorney who had announced he was acting as go-between for those said to have held the evangelist, again took the stand. She testified that a "crick in the neck" she had described to Mrs. Mcpherson was her own invention, used as bait, and recounted conferences in which Mrs. Minnie Kennedy spoke of having no money, of lots that had been sold, and of a road map said to show the route the alleged kidnappers travelled.
HALL OF JUSTICE, LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18 (AP) - The maze of alleged plots and counter plots, assertions, rumors and contradictions, thickened today as Judge Samuel R. Blake opened his fourth week of the preliminary hearing of the case of Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, and others on charges of conspiracy to defeat justice.
Suffering from an abscessed knee, the religious leader of Angelus Temple moved uneasily in her chair as the drone of evidence recommenced. Beside her sat her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, also a co-defendant, while close by was Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman-Sielaff, the third woman charged, who has turned state's witness and already has testified for the prosecution.
Kenneth G. Ormiston, former Angelus radio operator, another accused, is a fugitive from justice.
Bernice Morris again took the stand. She was a stenographer and confidante of the late R. A. McKinley, blind attorney of Long Beach, who before he was killed when his automobile turned over on him, recently announced that he was acting as a go-between for the two men and a woman, Mrs. McPherson has declared kidnaped and held her for ransom last May and June.
Discussing incidents of her alleged kidnaping with Mrs. McPherson, Miss Morris said she was asked if the Angelus Temple leader recalled having a "crick" in the neck while she was held by her abductors and having her woman jailer named "Rose" rub it for her. Miss Morris testified that Mrs. Mc-Pherson said that she did not remember such an incident and then the witness explained to the court that the "crick in the neck" was of her own invention, tried on Mrs. McPherson to see if she would "take the bait" in her search for proof of the kidnaping story.
Shortly after McKinley's death, the stenographer said that Mrs. Kennedy expressed the hope that "you will be able to go through with this as Mr. McKinley intended."
"I have no money to go ahead," the girl said she replied, to which Mrs. Kennedy retorted: "We have none either. The lots in Santa Monica which we were keeping for sister's (Mrs. Mc-Pherson) home have been sold and we have to pay detectives $13 a day."
At another conference a road map believed to have been in McKinley's possession, came up. Mrs. KeKnnedy mentioned it as showing the route the alleged kidnapers traveled with her daughter. Miss Morris said that none had ever been made, while Mrs. Kennedy, she testified, insisted that one must be produced.
In this connection, Mrs. McPherson, according to the witness, said:
"I want to know which shack they had and the route we traveled, and I want signed confessions from these men to corroborate my story to convince the world. My people are with me, but I must convince the world. I would give anything to do that."
The Colorado river ferry at Blythe, Calif., also was introduced by Mrs. McPherson, who asserted, the witness said, that a crossing could be made (Continued on Page Three)
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MORRIS GIRL ON STAND ON AIMEE TRIAL
In the fourth week of the preliminary hearing of Aimee Semple Mcpherson and others on charges of conspiracy to defeat justice, Bernice Morris, stenographer and confidante of a blind attorney who had announced he was acting as go-between for those said to have held the evangelist, again took the stand. She testified that a "crick in the neck" she had described to Mrs. Mcpherson was her own invention, used as bait, and recounted conferences in which Mrs. Minnie Kennedy spoke of having no money, of lots that had been sold, and of a road map said to show the route the alleged kidnappers travelled.
HALL OF JUSTICE, LOS ANGELES, Oct. 18 (AP) - The maze of alleged plots and counter plots, assertions, rumors and contradictions, thickened today as Judge Samuel R. Blake opened his fourth week of the preliminary hearing of the case of Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, and others on charges of conspiracy to defeat justice.
Suffering from an abscessed knee, the religious leader of Angelus Temple moved uneasily in her chair as the drone of evidence recommenced. Beside her sat her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, also a co-defendant, while close by was Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman-Sielaff, the third woman charged, who has turned state's witness and already has testified for the prosecution.
Kenneth G. Ormiston, former Angelus radio operator, another accused, is a fugitive from justice.
Bernice Morris again took the stand. She was a stenographer and confidante of the late R. A. McKinley, blind attorney of Long Beach, who before he was killed when his automobile turned over on him, recently announced that he was acting as a go-between for the two men and a woman, Mrs. McPherson has declared kidnaped and held her for ransom last May and June.
Discussing incidents of her alleged kidnaping with Mrs. McPherson, Miss Morris said she was asked if the Angelus Temple leader recalled having a "crick" in the neck while she was held by her abductors and having her woman jailer named "Rose" rub it for her. Miss Morris testified that Mrs. Mc-Pherson said that she did not remember such an incident and then the witness explained to the court that the "crick in the neck" was of her own invention, tried on Mrs. McPherson to see if she would "take the bait" in her search for proof of the kidnaping story.
Shortly after McKinley's death, the stenographer said that Mrs. Kennedy expressed the hope that "you will be able to go through with this as Mr. McKinley intended."
"I have no money to go ahead," the girl said she replied, to which Mrs. Kennedy retorted: "We have none either. The lots in Santa Monica which we were keeping for sister's (Mrs. Mc-Pherson) home have been sold and we have to pay detectives $13 a day."
At another conference a road map believed to have been in McKinley's possession, came up. Mrs. KeKnnedy mentioned it as showing the route the alleged kidnapers traveled with her daughter. Miss Morris said that none had ever been made, while Mrs. Kennedy, she testified, insisted that one must be produced.
In this connection, Mrs. McPherson, according to the witness, said:
"I want to know which shack they had and the route we traveled, and I want signed confessions from these men to corroborate my story to convince the world. My people are with me, but I must convince the world. I would give anything to do that."
The Colorado river ferry at Blythe, Calif., also was introduced by Mrs. McPherson, who asserted, the witness said, that a crossing could be made (Continued on Page Three)
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