Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. From the note: "San Francisco, May 18th, Temple Angelus, Los Angeles--We have with us your beloved Aimee McPherson and will free her on payment of 500,000.00 in currency to be paid, at once in this manner. She has injured us and must pay in money or blood,--Select your man and have him take a seat in the Palace Hotel Lobby..." n 1926 evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Venice Beach in California for 5 weeks. Thought to have drowned, she emerged in Mexico, claiming to have been kidnapped. A grand jury investigation indicated that she had actually been staying with a former employee, Kenneth Ormiston. The case against McPherson was finally dismissed. Text from negative sleeve: Mc Pherson, Aimee Semple, Telegrams Notes
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6367 ark:/21198/zz002cwk53
Language
English
Subject
Evangelists--California--Los Angeles Kidnappings--California--Los Angeles Ransom--American--California McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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