New-York tribune., 1922-02-05
Film Star Rehcarses for
Detectives Her Visit of
IS Minutes on Night
Of Directors Murder
Seek Woman and
Man as PRINCIPALS
Victim Cast OFF Wife
Here, Fled. Took New
Name, Led Double Life
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Los ANGELES Feb. 4. Miss Mabel
Nornland, moving picture actress, who
was perhaps tic last person to tail:
18th William Desmond Taylor, moving
picture director, before We was mar
6crcd heso lest Wednesday night. to-
day rc-onacted for tic police The call
she made at raylcrs homo on snr
N'sht Of the tra~cdy. In company with
group Of detectives. Miss Normand
went TO the death apartment. showed
Nncrc she had sat during her conversa~
on with Taylor and explained the cir
c-mstancos Of her visit
This last act IN to-days search for
the murderer and motive for thc
crime was carried cut at the request Of
the police. Much Of their investigation
concerned tho uNtangiirg Of the mys-
5crT surrounding the name and identify
Of the picture cnef himself VINO. it was
shown, several years ago dropped the
name Of William Deane- Tanner. wife.
oHughtcr and all that bound him to his
old life, in o'dcr to take on An entirely
nov personality az the artist hook
lover aOi ricturc director VINO was
know Throughout The wcrld as William
Desmond Taylor.
Edward f. Sands, the missing sccrc-
tary- valet, who abandoned d somewhat
shady military hfc AND tho name of
toward tltz Strathmorc to make his
Gebut into Hollywood in tho guise OF
Tay'ors mode servant. it was learned
to-day. knew every detail OF TayIor's
rreviou. eN stcnce. TAYLOR. il i, be
i'sved. knew virtually all the circun1-
stances inYolN ing tho mans slouching
OF of troublesome personality and
donn'ng his later ono.
Sands E|udcs Police
sands. o. Strathmore. still is at
'arge tonight Although the poiice de-
clared that they had everything ready
TO spring The trap upon him in his
place of 1oncealmcnt near Los Angeles.
it suddenly became evident that the
elusive Sards had moved iust before
The promised action. Whether he Will
ho found within the next twenty four
hours. as ono police official declared
would be the case. is open to Doubt
The Importance Of finding Sands. as
he is usually called here. became more
and more evident after the conclusion
nj q hurried inquest in the morning. A
few important witnesses. including Il
hravely smiling Mabel Normand and
Charles EytoN. head of the Lasky pro
ductlon forces here. failed TO reveal
any Of the secrets that now are expect
ed TO involve the solution Of the Tav-
lor death mystery.
Indications to-uight arc that an at
temrt to blackmail Taylor probably
led to his shooting. Two days before
his death Taylor drew $500 from Il
dow ntoNn bank, saying that he would
have to 'lnakc immediate use Of the
ing his death he evidently changed his
mind, for he took the money to a
safe deposit bank box which was
nearer at hand than his downtown
bank. and deposited it.
On the morning that his body was
discovered beside his writing desk cvi-
dencc was found that he was delher-
ating on the signing of check The
{ ehcckbook lay open upon the table. The
stopper was out Of the ink bottle and a
pen was sticking half through heavy
hlotting pad, where it evidently had
been. thrust after some decision had
been made not TO write the check.
For whom was this chcc|' is aucs-
ton that The police are seeking to an
swor And did the directors failure
W VI iit' ~ nave q ulEeCl DCdFIuS upon
his mysterious death
1t has becn pointed out that Sands
tic servant, possessed knowledge Of
Taylors carefully guarded other per
sonality. 1t is known that Sands in
dicated an arrogant disregard for his
employer when, after he is alleged to
have forged his name to checks and
1t is charged. appropriated many of
his valuable personal belongings, he re-
turned to Los Angeles and was twice
seen about his old haunts.
Taylor Feared Man
Captain David L.. Adams. Of the De-
tective Bureau. says that evidence has
been found to indicate that Taylor was
afraid Of Sands. This nervousness and
the audacity exhibited by the fugitive
when hd was seen here three days be
fore the killing fit we'll into the theory
that there was more between the two
than usually is the case between mas
ter and man.
The entire picture industry has
turned its attention to the finding and
Furnishing Of the murderer Three re-
wards have been offered. The Direc-
tors Association has hired private in.
vestlgators, and both the police and
tcestlnusd on pass seves>