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Wednesday, October 27, 1926
Crime & CourtsAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:The Bismarck TribuneBismarck, N.D.

MRS. WISEMAN'S SON IS SOUGHT FOR WITNESS

Context - explained by ACL:

His mother said she had sent him away to keep him out of court, while the session also brought clashes between opposing counsel and a third day of testimony from O. A. Ash, constable of Douglas, Arizona, about tracks found in the desert near Agua Prieta.

The hearing concerns conspiracy charges against the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson in Los Angeles, where her co-defendant Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman is a prosecution witness.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. The Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, N.D., October 27, 1926, page 1]

Los Angeles, Oct. 27 - (AP) - A statewide search was under today for Robert Wiseman, 19-year-old son of Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman-Sielaff, who is sought as a defense witness in connection with his mother's accusation that Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, manufactured evidence to support an abduction story to explain her five weeks' absence from Angelus Temple.

Mrs. Wiseman denied knowledge of her son's whereabouts when questioned at the evangelist's preliminary hearing on conspiracy charges here yesterday. She admitted, however, having sent her son away to prevent his appearance in court. It is understood the Wiseman boy is wanted to testify as to his mother's movements during the time,she said 'she was employed by Mrs. McPherson to manufacture evidence. Mrs. Wiseman, a co-defendant with Mrs. McPherson and a prosecution witness, said she last heard from her son, "300 miles north of here."

Counsel Clashes Often Clashes between opposing counsel enlivened yesterday's session and at times obscured the trend of the testimony through which the defense was attempting to prove that Mrs. Mc-Pherson escaped from kidnapers in the northern Mexico desert and walked nearly 20 miles to the border town of Agua Prieta.

The arguments began when S. S. Hahn, attorney for Mrs. Wiseman, declared detectives employed by Mrs. McPherson were molesting and intimidating his client. Prosecution attorneys then charged that the defense was purchasing witnesses and intentionally prolonging the hearing with immaterial witnesses.

Efforts to identify tracks in the desert as those of the evangelist continued for the third day through testimony of O. A. Ash, constable of Douglas, Arizona, where Mrs. Mc-Pherson appeared last June to tell of her abduction. Ash, who with others versed in desert craft, has given detailed accounts of finding a woman's tracks in the sand near Agua Prieta, declared he also discovered horse hoof prints beside footprints identified as those of the evangelist.

Ash was unable to attach any significance to the tracks other than it appeared a horseman had trailed the woman to the international boundary and then turned back.

Reproduced unchanged from The Bismarck Tribune, October 27, 1926, page 1.
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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October 26, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Evening Star.

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October 27, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Daily Worker, Daily Kennebec Journal, The Washington Times, New Britain Herald, Evening Star, and The Alaska Daily Empire.

A Century Late
Wednesday, October 27, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
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Crime & CourtsAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:The Bismarck TribuneBismarck, N.D.

MRS. WISEMAN'S SON IS SOUGHT FOR WITNESS

Context - explained by ACL:

His mother said she had sent him away to keep him out of court, while the session also brought clashes between opposing counsel and a third day of testimony from O. A. Ash, constable of Douglas, Arizona, about tracks found in the desert near Agua Prieta.

The hearing concerns conspiracy charges against the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson in Los Angeles, where her co-defendant Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman is a prosecution witness.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. The Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, N.D., October 27, 1926, page 1]

Los Angeles, Oct. 27 - (AP) - A statewide search was under today for Robert Wiseman, 19-year-old son of Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman-Sielaff, who is sought as a defense witness in connection with his mother's accusation that Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, manufactured evidence to support an abduction story to explain her five weeks' absence from Angelus Temple.

Mrs. Wiseman denied knowledge of her son's whereabouts when questioned at the evangelist's preliminary hearing on conspiracy charges here yesterday. She admitted, however, having sent her son away to prevent his appearance in court. It is understood the Wiseman boy is wanted to testify as to his mother's movements during the time,she said 'she was employed by Mrs. McPherson to manufacture evidence. Mrs. Wiseman, a co-defendant with Mrs. McPherson and a prosecution witness, said she last heard from her son, "300 miles north of here."

Counsel Clashes Often Clashes between opposing counsel enlivened yesterday's session and at times obscured the trend of the testimony through which the defense was attempting to prove that Mrs. Mc-Pherson escaped from kidnapers in the northern Mexico desert and walked nearly 20 miles to the border town of Agua Prieta.

The arguments began when S. S. Hahn, attorney for Mrs. Wiseman, declared detectives employed by Mrs. McPherson were molesting and intimidating his client. Prosecution attorneys then charged that the defense was purchasing witnesses and intentionally prolonging the hearing with immaterial witnesses.

Efforts to identify tracks in the desert as those of the evangelist continued for the third day through testimony of O. A. Ash, constable of Douglas, Arizona, where Mrs. Mc-Pherson appeared last June to tell of her abduction. Ash, who with others versed in desert craft, has given detailed accounts of finding a woman's tracks in the sand near Agua Prieta, declared he also discovered horse hoof prints beside footprints identified as those of the evangelist.

Ash was unable to attach any significance to the tracks other than it appeared a horseman had trailed the woman to the international boundary and then turned back.

Reproduced unchanged from The Bismarck Tribune, October 27, 1926, page 1.
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 The Bismarck Tribune, October 27, 1926, page 1.
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.

Yesterday's paper

October 26, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Evening Star.

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October 27, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Daily Worker, Daily Kennebec Journal, The Washington Times, New Britain Herald, Evening Star, and The Alaska Daily Empire.

A Century Late
Wednesday, October 27, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
Crime & CourtsAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:The Bismarck TribuneBismarck, N.D.

MRS. WISEMAN'S SON IS SOUGHT FOR WITNESS

Context - explained by ACL:

His mother said she had sent him away to keep him out of court, while the session also brought clashes between opposing counsel and a third day of testimony from O. A. Ash, constable of Douglas, Arizona, about tracks found in the desert near Agua Prieta.

The hearing concerns conspiracy charges against the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson in Los Angeles, where her co-defendant Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman is a prosecution witness.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. The Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, N.D., October 27, 1926, page 1]

Los Angeles, Oct. 27 - (AP) - A statewide search was under today for Robert Wiseman, 19-year-old son of Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman-Sielaff, who is sought as a defense witness in connection with his mother's accusation that Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, manufactured evidence to support an abduction story to explain her five weeks' absence from Angelus Temple.

Mrs. Wiseman denied knowledge of her son's whereabouts when questioned at the evangelist's preliminary hearing on conspiracy charges here yesterday. She admitted, however, having sent her son away to prevent his appearance in court. It is understood the Wiseman boy is wanted to testify as to his mother's movements during the time,she said 'she was employed by Mrs. McPherson to manufacture evidence. Mrs. Wiseman, a co-defendant with Mrs. McPherson and a prosecution witness, said she last heard from her son, "300 miles north of here."

Counsel Clashes Often Clashes between opposing counsel enlivened yesterday's session and at times obscured the trend of the testimony through which the defense was attempting to prove that Mrs. Mc-Pherson escaped from kidnapers in the northern Mexico desert and walked nearly 20 miles to the border town of Agua Prieta.

The arguments began when S. S. Hahn, attorney for Mrs. Wiseman, declared detectives employed by Mrs. McPherson were molesting and intimidating his client. Prosecution attorneys then charged that the defense was purchasing witnesses and intentionally prolonging the hearing with immaterial witnesses.

Efforts to identify tracks in the desert as those of the evangelist continued for the third day through testimony of O. A. Ash, constable of Douglas, Arizona, where Mrs. Mc-Pherson appeared last June to tell of her abduction. Ash, who with others versed in desert craft, has given detailed accounts of finding a woman's tracks in the sand near Agua Prieta, declared he also discovered horse hoof prints beside footprints identified as those of the evangelist.

Ash was unable to attach any significance to the tracks other than it appeared a horseman had trailed the woman to the international boundary and then turned back.

Reproduced unchanged from The Bismarck Tribune, October 27, 1926, page 1.
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 The Bismarck Tribune, October 27, 1926, page 1.
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.

Yesterday's paper

October 26, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Evening Star.

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October 27, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Daily Worker, Daily Kennebec Journal, The Washington Times, New Britain Herald, Evening Star, and The Alaska Daily Empire.

A Century Late
Wednesday, October 27, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
Crime & CourtsAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:The Bismarck TribuneBismarck, N.D.

MRS. WISEMAN'S SON IS SOUGHT FOR WITNESS

Context - explained by ACL:

His mother said she had sent him away to keep him out of court, while the session also brought clashes between opposing counsel and a third day of testimony from O. A. Ash, constable of Douglas, Arizona, about tracks found in the desert near Agua Prieta.

The hearing concerns conspiracy charges against the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson in Los Angeles, where her co-defendant Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman is a prosecution witness.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. The Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, N.D., October 27, 1926, page 1]

Los Angeles, Oct. 27 - (AP) - A statewide search was under today for Robert Wiseman, 19-year-old son of Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman-Sielaff, who is sought as a defense witness in connection with his mother's accusation that Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, manufactured evidence to support an abduction story to explain her five weeks' absence from Angelus Temple.

Mrs. Wiseman denied knowledge of her son's whereabouts when questioned at the evangelist's preliminary hearing on conspiracy charges here yesterday. She admitted, however, having sent her son away to prevent his appearance in court. It is understood the Wiseman boy is wanted to testify as to his mother's movements during the time,she said 'she was employed by Mrs. McPherson to manufacture evidence. Mrs. Wiseman, a co-defendant with Mrs. McPherson and a prosecution witness, said she last heard from her son, "300 miles north of here."

Counsel Clashes Often Clashes between opposing counsel enlivened yesterday's session and at times obscured the trend of the testimony through which the defense was attempting to prove that Mrs. Mc-Pherson escaped from kidnapers in the northern Mexico desert and walked nearly 20 miles to the border town of Agua Prieta.

The arguments began when S. S. Hahn, attorney for Mrs. Wiseman, declared detectives employed by Mrs. McPherson were molesting and intimidating his client. Prosecution attorneys then charged that the defense was purchasing witnesses and intentionally prolonging the hearing with immaterial witnesses.

Efforts to identify tracks in the desert as those of the evangelist continued for the third day through testimony of O. A. Ash, constable of Douglas, Arizona, where Mrs. Mc-Pherson appeared last June to tell of her abduction. Ash, who with others versed in desert craft, has given detailed accounts of finding a woman's tracks in the sand near Agua Prieta, declared he also discovered horse hoof prints beside footprints identified as those of the evangelist.

Ash was unable to attach any significance to the tracks other than it appeared a horseman had trailed the woman to the international boundary and then turned back.

Reproduced unchanged from The Bismarck Tribune, October 27, 1926, page 1.
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 The Bismarck Tribune, October 27, 1926, page 1.
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.

Yesterday's paper

October 26, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Evening Star.

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October 27, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Daily Worker, Daily Kennebec Journal, The Washington Times, New Britain Herald, Evening Star, and The Alaska Daily Empire.

A Century Late
Wednesday, October 27, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
Crime & CourtsAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:The Bismarck TribuneBismarck, N.D.

MRS. WISEMAN'S SON IS SOUGHT FOR WITNESS

Context - explained by ACL:

His mother said she had sent him away to keep him out of court, while the session also brought clashes between opposing counsel and a third day of testimony from O. A. Ash, constable of Douglas, Arizona, about tracks found in the desert near Agua Prieta.

The hearing concerns conspiracy charges against the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson in Los Angeles, where her co-defendant Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman is a prosecution witness.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. The Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, N.D., October 27, 1926, page 1]

Los Angeles, Oct. 27 - (AP) - A statewide search was under today for Robert Wiseman, 19-year-old son of Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman-Sielaff, who is sought as a defense witness in connection with his mother's accusation that Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, manufactured evidence to support an abduction story to explain her five weeks' absence from Angelus Temple.

Mrs. Wiseman denied knowledge of her son's whereabouts when questioned at the evangelist's preliminary hearing on conspiracy charges here yesterday. She admitted, however, having sent her son away to prevent his appearance in court. It is understood the Wiseman boy is wanted to testify as to his mother's movements during the time,she said 'she was employed by Mrs. McPherson to manufacture evidence. Mrs. Wiseman, a co-defendant with Mrs. McPherson and a prosecution witness, said she last heard from her son, "300 miles north of here."

Counsel Clashes Often Clashes between opposing counsel enlivened yesterday's session and at times obscured the trend of the testimony through which the defense was attempting to prove that Mrs. Mc-Pherson escaped from kidnapers in the northern Mexico desert and walked nearly 20 miles to the border town of Agua Prieta.

The arguments began when S. S. Hahn, attorney for Mrs. Wiseman, declared detectives employed by Mrs. McPherson were molesting and intimidating his client. Prosecution attorneys then charged that the defense was purchasing witnesses and intentionally prolonging the hearing with immaterial witnesses.

Efforts to identify tracks in the desert as those of the evangelist continued for the third day through testimony of O. A. Ash, constable of Douglas, Arizona, where Mrs. Mc-Pherson appeared last June to tell of her abduction. Ash, who with others versed in desert craft, has given detailed accounts of finding a woman's tracks in the sand near Agua Prieta, declared he also discovered horse hoof prints beside footprints identified as those of the evangelist.

Ash was unable to attach any significance to the tracks other than it appeared a horseman had trailed the woman to the international boundary and then turned back.

Reproduced unchanged from The Bismarck Tribune, October 27, 1926, page 1.
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 The Bismarck Tribune, October 27, 1926, page 1.
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.

Yesterday's paper

October 26, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Evening Star.

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October 27, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Daily Worker, Daily Kennebec Journal, The Washington Times, New Britain Herald, Evening Star, and The Alaska Daily Empire.