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Daniel Beecher, chief trial deputy, and Reverend John Goben review documents, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:
Reverend John Goben and Aimee Semple McPherson had a legal conflict over the financial affairs of the Angelus Temple church that went to a grand jury. Reported in "M'PHERSON QUIZ ADVANCED: Prosecutor Admits Probability of Finance Row Being Referred to Grand Jury," Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 1929:A8.
Date:
October 21, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Daniel Beecher, chief trial deputy, and Reverend John Goben review documents, Los Angeles, 1929

Congregation members who split from Aimee McPherson's Angelus Temple, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:
A group of men, women, and children stand, sit, or kneel in a darkened church. Two factions of the Angelus Temple defected from Aimee McPherson's Angelus Temple in 1925. These groups were located in Burbank and in Santa Ana. Their respective dissent was reported on in "Leave Mother Church: Burbank Congregation Severs Ties with Angelus Temple," Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 1925: 10 and "Prayer Downs Church Parley: Four Square Love Feast Proves Unfruitful, Discussion of Lawsuit is Hindered by Praise, Santa Ana Dissenters Give Version of Trouble," Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 1925: 12.
Date:
[between September-October 1925]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Congregation members who split from Aimee McPherson's Angelus Temple, Los Angeles, 1925

Beach house where Aimee Semple McPherson stayed while recuperating, Malibu, 1930

Description:
A similar photograph of the same cottage appears with the articles, "MOTHER DENIES BLINDNESS OF 'SISTER' M'PHERSON: Broken-Nosed Parent Requests Her Daughter to Appear at Temple; Facial Liftings in Spotlight," Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 1930: A1, and "'MA' KENNEDY TELLS OF BLOW: Nose Broken by Daughter in Fight, Says Mother History of Angelus Temple Conflict Exposed Row Over Woman Declared to Have Been Climax," Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 1930: A1
Date:
[circa August, 1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Beach house where Aimee Semple McPherson stayed while recuperating, Malibu, 1930

Forrest Murray questions Alonzo B. Murchison during Aimee Semple McPherson's kidnapping case, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Description:
At left, attorney Forrest Murray stands beside the witness box during the kidnapping case of Aimee Semple McPherson. He stands facing slightly right and holds up the dress worn by McPherson when found in the desert. To the right of him, Alonzo B. Murchison, a native of Douglas, Arizona, sits on the witness stand.
Date:
[circa 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Forrest Murray questions Alonzo B. Murchison during Aimee Semple McPherson's kidnapping case, Los Angeles, circa 1926

Minnie Kennedy (left) and Aimee Semple McPherson, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Related to numerous stories reported by the Los Angeles Times on Aimee Semple McPherson's alleged kidnapping in 1926. McPherson, evangelist for the Angelus Temple, disappeared for some time, and when she reappeared, saying she was kidnapped, she and her mother, Mildred Kennedy, were charged with criminal conspiracy, perjury, and obstruction of justice.
Date:
[circa 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Minnie Kennedy (left) and Aimee Semple McPherson, Los Angeles, 1926

Parasol and pendant necklace recovered from a trunk of evidence allegedly belonging to Kenneth G. Ormiston, Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
A parasol and pendant necklace, found in a trunk allegedly belonging to Kenneth G. Ormiston during proceedings against Aimee Semple McPherson and others, are viewed close-up. At center, the parasol stands upright on the seat of a chair. Behind it, a large, furled piece of paper rests between the parasol and the back of the chair as a makeshift backdrop. To the right of the parasol, a large pendant necklace hangs down against the backdrop.
Date:
[circa November, 1926]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Parasol and pendant necklace recovered from a trunk of evidence allegedly belonging to Kenneth G. Ormiston, Los Angeles, 1926

Beach cottage where Aimee Semple McPherson stayed while recuperating, Malibu, 1930

Description:
A very similar photograph of the same cottage appears with the articles, "MOTHER DENIES BLINDNESS OF 'SISTER' M'PHERSON: Broken-Nosed Parent Requests Her Daughter to Appear at Temple; Facial Liftings in Spotlight," Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 1930: A1, and "'MA' KENNEDY TELLS OF BLOW: Nose Broken by Daughter in Fight, Says Mother History of Angelus Temple Conflict Exposed Row Over Woman Declared to Have Been Climax," Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 1930: A1
Date:
[circa August, 1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Beach cottage where Aimee Semple McPherson stayed while recuperating, Malibu, 1930

Transcript of an interview between Asa Keyes and Lorraine Wiseman, page 2, 1926

Description:
Some text from the letter: "Mrs. Wiseman further stated that she could and would bring three witnesses to prove that she was the person in the cottage. Mr. Keyes asked who they were, and she stated that she would bring them. Upon Mr. Keyes' later repeated inquiry as to who the witnesses were, Mrs. Wiseman informed him that one was her son in university, one was a dentist and another was the man who drove her to and fro."
Date:
August 21, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Transcript of an interview between Asa Keyes and Lorraine Wiseman, page 2, 1926