Minnie Kennedy, and Mrs. Lorraine
Wiseman Sielaff, on charges of crim
inal conspiracy, stood adjourned until
Monday. ,
Is Tendered Party,
The evangelist’s birthday anniver
sary was ushered in by a "midnight
surprise party” tendered her by mem
bers of her Bible schools. The festiv
ities began with a serenade by the
Temple’s "silver band,” and ended
with the pastor serving slices from a
huge birthday cake. A "mysterious
reason” lighted Mrs. McPherson’s face
as she greeted her friends. The "rea
son,” which she said she was not per
mitted to tell, was hinted at in the
pastor’s review of her asserted deal
ings with Oliver Allstorrn, Texas poet
and prosecution witness.
“I almost told you that time,” she
laughed.
Prom the witness box yesterday
Allstorm declared he had been em
ployed to write the evangelist’s ex
periences into a book entitled “Kid
naped.” It was to relate her adven
ture at the hands of her alleged kid
napers, who, she says, whisked her
away from the beach at Ocean Park
on May IS last and held her for ran
som until she escaped and fled to
Douglas, Ariz., 30 days later.
Mrs. McPherson explained that
Allstorm had been paid for his work
and discharged after writing two
Chapters of the projected book In the
first person, a feature which she said
was objectionable to her. She de
clared she refused Allstorm’s offer to
buy the book.
, Meanwhile District Attorney Asa
Keyes concentrated his detectives in
a renewed search for Kenneth G.
