Crate containing a trunk, evidence in the Aimee Semple McPherson disappearance case, at the district attorney's office, Los Angeles, 1926

Item Overview

Title

Crate containing a trunk, evidence in the Aimee Semple McPherson disappearance case, at the district attorney's office, Los Angeles, 1926

Date Created

November 1, 1926

Date

1926-11-01

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph appears with the article, "Link Trunk to Find In Carmel," Los Angeles, Times, 2 Nov. 1926: A2
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.

Caption

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.
Text from negative sleeve: Keyes, Asa
Handwritten on negative: Ada Keyes, Forrest Murray, Ed Dennison, [...] Davis, Ben Cohn

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Murray, Forrest F., 1893-1976
Keyes, Asa, 1877-1934
Cohn, Ben
McPherson, Aimee Semple, 1890-1944
Davis, James E. (James Edgar), 1889-1949
Dennison, Edward J., 1870-1930

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Public prosecutors--California--Los Angeles
Evidence (law)