MYSTERY COTTAGE PAIR

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17186, 9 November 1926, Page 9

MYSTERY COTTAGE PAIR

ARREST REPORTED EVANGELIST CASE LOS ANGELES, October 29. The mysterious " Mr. Martin " and tho mysterious "Miss X," who have confessed that, for a monetary consideration, they untruthfully admitted themselves the joint occupants of the Carmel cottage where Kenneth Ormiston and bus .lady friend lived during the early .summer" after Mrs, Aimee Semple Macpherson's disappearance, are under arrest. Distinct Attorney Keyes (hopes to prove that Aimee, *the evangelist, tampered with California's machine of justice to establish her kidnapping story: The mysterious gentleman is Harry Melosh. 36, a clothing salesman, and tho "X" lady is Mrs. Bebe Daniels, 22, not (o be confused with the dainty cinema actress of the same name. Melosh declaredl that Aimee.told him she was O'rmiston's companion at Carmel. Melosh claims that he received £IOO, and was promised l more, but that Mrs. Kennedy, mother of Mrs. Macpherson, was very niggardly when it came to making payments. Ormiston was the radio operator at Macpherson's Angelus Temple, Los Angeles. Mrs. Kennedy has been arrested, and warrants have been issued for the aires! of Mrs. Macpherson (who is ill) and Ormiston (who cannot he found) on charges of having participated in an attempt to interfere with the course of justice.