Defense Opens in Trial of Evangelist
After more than three weeks spent attacking Mrs. McPherson's kidnapping story and presenting evidence that she stayed in a cottage at Carmel with Kenneth G. Ormiston, a radio operator, for ten days of the period she says she was held by abductors, the state rested and the defense opened its case. The evangelist, suffering from an abscessed knee that had been lanced during the noon recess, was carried into court in a chair and smiled as she listened to the testimony against her.
A preliminary hearing in Los Angeles on conspiracy charges against Mrs. McPherson, her mother and others, arising from her account of being kidnapped.
Los Angeles, Oct. 19 - (AP) - After more than three weeks devoted to efforts to tear down Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson's kidnapping story and introducing evidence to show that she lived in a cottage at Carmel, Calif., with Kenneth G. Ormiston, radio operator, for ten days of the time she says she was in the hands of abductors, the state rested today.
The defense immediately opened its case, calling W. E. Cross, mining man and desert authority of Arizona.
In winding up its presentation of evidence in the preliminary hearing of the evangelist, her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, and others on charges of conspiracy, the [illegible] tion produced documentary evidence, which Milton Carlson, a handwriting expert, testified directly connected Mrs. McPherson with the Carmel cottage.
The evangelist, suffering from an abscessed knee, smiled as she listened to the testimony against her. She was carried into court in a chair this afternoon, her attorneys explaining that the abscess had been lanced during the noon recess and prevented her from walking.
Beside the religious leader sat
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Defense Opens in Trial of Evangelist
After more than three weeks spent attacking Mrs. McPherson's kidnapping story and presenting evidence that she stayed in a cottage at Carmel with Kenneth G. Ormiston, a radio operator, for ten days of the period she says she was held by abductors, the state rested and the defense opened its case. The evangelist, suffering from an abscessed knee that had been lanced during the noon recess, was carried into court in a chair and smiled as she listened to the testimony against her.
A preliminary hearing in Los Angeles on conspiracy charges against Mrs. McPherson, her mother and others, arising from her account of being kidnapped.
Los Angeles, Oct. 19 - (AP) - After more than three weeks devoted to efforts to tear down Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson's kidnapping story and introducing evidence to show that she lived in a cottage at Carmel, Calif., with Kenneth G. Ormiston, radio operator, for ten days of the time she says she was in the hands of abductors, the state rested today.
The defense immediately opened its case, calling W. E. Cross, mining man and desert authority of Arizona.
In winding up its presentation of evidence in the preliminary hearing of the evangelist, her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, and others on charges of conspiracy, the [illegible] tion produced documentary evidence, which Milton Carlson, a handwriting expert, testified directly connected Mrs. McPherson with the Carmel cottage.
The evangelist, suffering from an abscessed knee, smiled as she listened to the testimony against her. She was carried into court in a chair this afternoon, her attorneys explaining that the abscess had been lanced during the noon recess and prevented her from walking.
Beside the religious leader sat
Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, October 20, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, October 20, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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Defense Opens in Trial of Evangelist
After more than three weeks spent attacking Mrs. McPherson's kidnapping story and presenting evidence that she stayed in a cottage at Carmel with Kenneth G. Ormiston, a radio operator, for ten days of the period she says she was held by abductors, the state rested and the defense opened its case. The evangelist, suffering from an abscessed knee that had been lanced during the noon recess, was carried into court in a chair and smiled as she listened to the testimony against her.
A preliminary hearing in Los Angeles on conspiracy charges against Mrs. McPherson, her mother and others, arising from her account of being kidnapped.
Los Angeles, Oct. 19 - (AP) - After more than three weeks devoted to efforts to tear down Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson's kidnapping story and introducing evidence to show that she lived in a cottage at Carmel, Calif., with Kenneth G. Ormiston, radio operator, for ten days of the time she says she was in the hands of abductors, the state rested today.
The defense immediately opened its case, calling W. E. Cross, mining man and desert authority of Arizona.
In winding up its presentation of evidence in the preliminary hearing of the evangelist, her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, and others on charges of conspiracy, the [illegible] tion produced documentary evidence, which Milton Carlson, a handwriting expert, testified directly connected Mrs. McPherson with the Carmel cottage.
The evangelist, suffering from an abscessed knee, smiled as she listened to the testimony against her. She was carried into court in a chair this afternoon, her attorneys explaining that the abscess had been lanced during the noon recess and prevented her from walking.
Beside the religious leader sat
Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, October 20, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, October 20, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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Defense Opens in Trial of Evangelist
After more than three weeks spent attacking Mrs. McPherson's kidnapping story and presenting evidence that she stayed in a cottage at Carmel with Kenneth G. Ormiston, a radio operator, for ten days of the period she says she was held by abductors, the state rested and the defense opened its case. The evangelist, suffering from an abscessed knee that had been lanced during the noon recess, was carried into court in a chair and smiled as she listened to the testimony against her.
A preliminary hearing in Los Angeles on conspiracy charges against Mrs. McPherson, her mother and others, arising from her account of being kidnapped.
Los Angeles, Oct. 19 - (AP) - After more than three weeks devoted to efforts to tear down Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson's kidnapping story and introducing evidence to show that she lived in a cottage at Carmel, Calif., with Kenneth G. Ormiston, radio operator, for ten days of the time she says she was in the hands of abductors, the state rested today.
The defense immediately opened its case, calling W. E. Cross, mining man and desert authority of Arizona.
In winding up its presentation of evidence in the preliminary hearing of the evangelist, her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, and others on charges of conspiracy, the [illegible] tion produced documentary evidence, which Milton Carlson, a handwriting expert, testified directly connected Mrs. McPherson with the Carmel cottage.
The evangelist, suffering from an abscessed knee, smiled as she listened to the testimony against her. She was carried into court in a chair this afternoon, her attorneys explaining that the abscess had been lanced during the noon recess and prevented her from walking.
Beside the religious leader sat
Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, October 20, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, October 20, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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Defense Opens in Trial of Evangelist
After more than three weeks spent attacking Mrs. McPherson's kidnapping story and presenting evidence that she stayed in a cottage at Carmel with Kenneth G. Ormiston, a radio operator, for ten days of the period she says she was held by abductors, the state rested and the defense opened its case. The evangelist, suffering from an abscessed knee that had been lanced during the noon recess, was carried into court in a chair and smiled as she listened to the testimony against her.
A preliminary hearing in Los Angeles on conspiracy charges against Mrs. McPherson, her mother and others, arising from her account of being kidnapped.
Los Angeles, Oct. 19 - (AP) - After more than three weeks devoted to efforts to tear down Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson's kidnapping story and introducing evidence to show that she lived in a cottage at Carmel, Calif., with Kenneth G. Ormiston, radio operator, for ten days of the time she says she was in the hands of abductors, the state rested today.
The defense immediately opened its case, calling W. E. Cross, mining man and desert authority of Arizona.
In winding up its presentation of evidence in the preliminary hearing of the evangelist, her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, and others on charges of conspiracy, the [illegible] tion produced documentary evidence, which Milton Carlson, a handwriting expert, testified directly connected Mrs. McPherson with the Carmel cottage.
The evangelist, suffering from an abscessed knee, smiled as she listened to the testimony against her. She was carried into court in a chair this afternoon, her attorneys explaining that the abscess had been lanced during the noon recess and prevented her from walking.
Beside the religious leader sat
Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, October 20, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, October 20, 1926, page 2.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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