Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-09
SANDS is REPORTED
AS SEEN IN ARIZONA
Chauffeur Tells of Quarrel
Between Mabel Normand
and Slain Man.
FINES HOUR OF KILL1Nc
Mans Statement Would Show Crime
shcrly After Woman Says
She Left House.
tBy Associated Prcss.l

LOS ANGELES. Feb. S.-Offcers
trying to solve the mystery OF the
murder OF William Desmond TAYLOR.
motion-picture director. here last
Wednesday night. reported tonight
that they had made only slight pro-
gress In the past twenty-four hours.
The blank wall which. they said.
unidentified Influences appeared to
have thrown up between them and the
facts. remained unpierced, although
the police department and the office
or the sheriff were attempting to
make separate breaches through IL
into new fields Of inquiry
The police continued to concentrate
| their efforts upon search for Edward
r. Sands. former secretary and but
| Ter for Taylor. missing since Taylor
made charge of grand larceny
| against him last August. Captain
David l.. Adams. head OF the detec-
tive bureau. reiterated that there
! Is no one else we want and have dis
covered nothing that would indicate
| motive for the crime except that Of
averting prosecution from the grand
| larceny charge.
Think Man Sought In Arizona.
Late today the detective bureau re-
ceivcd through the sherin's office a
message from the sheriff at Tucson,
Ariz., to the effect that man resem-
bling Sands was seen at Lowell Ariz
/ February 1. three days after Taylor
was slain.
The shcriffs Office here. according
TO the deputies working on the case.
up TO tonight had wound UP at n
| taken. This investigation. IL was
! said. had nothing to do with Sands.
The sheriff's investigators said they
expected to examine Henry Peavey.
house man for Taylor. in an effort
to obtain corroboratlon or denial OF
certain statements made to them by
other parties. and that possibly some
light would be thrown on the situa-
/ tion by this.
Peavey passed the day assisting
officers in checking over TayIor's eff
fects at the apartment where the
Staying occurred. These articles were
| taken. after the checking, to n stor-
age warehouse under the direction of
the public administrator. The no.
| lice took charge of certain articles.
as possibly having some bearing ON
the killing. but did not state what
they were.
n" Letter" Found suEgcxting Clue.
AFTER the search. Captain Adams
SAID there had been no letters dis
covered ana that he never had seen
any letters addressed to Taylor, with
the exception OF half-dozen from
the directors former wife and
daughter. These. he declared bao
absolutely no bearing upon the case.
Mabel Normand and Mary Miles
Minter motion-picture actresses.
friends of the slain director. who
nave peen questioned about the case
remained in scclusion today.
| "hile Associated Press dispatchos
from Washington announced the
navy Department had forwarded to
| the police descriptions of n deserter
IRON the navy who had used tho
name atrathmore. which was known
20 nave been used by Sands. the no.
nee nee said they had no direct informa
Won from the department. They nro-
fessed anxiety to get the otticio, do :
scription. saying they could make
| good use of IL. ''
"A quarrel between Taylor and
Manel Normand was described Inv
Harry Fellows. chauffeur for TnvIor
according to the Los Angeles Ex.
aminer today.
was driving Mr.. Taylor and Miss
Normand from the Ambassador Hotel
| where they had attended n New Years
EVe party. 10 her home" Fellows is
reported TO have said. ION the way
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