Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. On May 19, 1926 Aimee Semple McPherson, founder of the Foursquare Church and Angelus Temple, disappeared from Venice Beach. She appeared 5 weeks later in Mexico, claiming that she had been kidnapped. There was a grand jury investigation into the veracity of her account. It was speculated that she had run off to Carmel with Kenneth G. Ormiston, former radio engineer for the Angelus Temple. The trunk belonged to Ormiston and contained a woman's clothing. Ultimately all charges were dropped. Photograph appears with the article, "Link Trunk to Find In Carmel," Los Angeles, Times, 2 Nov. 1926: A2 Text from newspaper caption: As it Arrived and After. [...] Lower [photo] shows (left to right) Dist.-Atty. Keyes, Dist-Attys. Murray and Dennison, Chief Davis and Ben Cohn opening packing case in which trunk arrived. Handwritten on negative: Ada Keyes, Forrest Murray, Ed Dennison, [...] Davis, Ben Cohn Text from negative sleeve: Keyes, Asa
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_10607 ark:/21198/zz002hbm8m
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Evidence (law) Public prosecutors--California--Los Angeles Davis, James E. (James Edgar), 1889-1949 Cohn, Ben Dennison, Edward J., 1870-1930 McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944 Murray, Forrest F., 1893-1976 Keyes, Asa, 1877-1934
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