Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-27
Pl)BE TELEGRAMS
IN TAyL0R'S DEATH
Woman Sent Word to Connect'-
cut Two Hours After Dis
covery Of 6ody
SAY she WAS HIS FRIEND

Los Angeles. Feb. 2T,-Foliowins
rev ''tip'' giver them IN connection
With the investigation into the "uroer
OF William Desmond Taylor. hlm d.
) rector, Los Angeles police last n,gnt
transferred their search to San iran
cisco, wher woman known to nave
received three mysterious kilograms on
the night Of the murder was peinS
sought. Police Sergeant lack Stclzrciue
was dispatched to the Golden Gate city
to look into tho new clue.
The kilograms. II was said. had been
sent by the woman represented to nave
telephoned a message to friend IN ehA
Francisco the night Of the murder.
It is said the kilograms we're addressed
TO s0"Nrs. Walker" in the Northern
city, and declared the sender needed
Mrs. Walker" according to the
tip was a guest at a San Francisco
hotel.
Follow telegram Clues
Sheriff deputies also have WORKED
along other clues involving teiegrams.,
They made public the following teic-
gram which they said had been filed for
Transmission IN Hollywood telegraph
of8ce at 10 o'clock the morning Of Feb
ruary ., little more than two hours
after Taylor body was found
Mrs. Georgia Freeman, Shipping
Point, Stamford. Conn;
"Pete Tanner fatally shot behind
right ear in his apartment this morning.
Ask Ethel Daisy If can do ANYTHING
Should / send flowers in Ethel DAISY ;
name? CONSERVATION among movie
colony. No details avalnle yet.
The officers stated they had obtained
from Miss Marion Graham, a division
manager for n Hollywood publication;
admission she had sent the telegram and
that she had known Taylor in New
York under the name of Tanner when
his daughter. Ethel Daisy, was q year
old. She said when she first met him
in Hollywood he had denied he was
Tanner, but later admitted it,
Concentrate on Sands
It was announced yesterday that a
concentration OF police efforts was being
made TO find Edward +. Sands. miss
ing former butler secretary 70 Taylor
Herman Cline. police detective, point.
ed out that whilc no reward was offered
felony charge is on file here. rewards
totaling $500 have been offered for in
formation leading TO the arrest and con-
viction of the murderer
1--WE have run down tip after tip
without results" said Cline. Nov
we will concentrate npon finding Sands,
with the hope that We shall either prove
correct our first suspicious that he has
information bearing on the crime. or
eliminate him.
Mabel Normand, film actress. who has
been i'll from influenza and nervous
breakdown, is said by her ply ysician 10 be
well on the way TO complete recovery.
New York. Feb. 27-tBy A. P.)--
Mrs. George \. Freeman, of Shippin
Point, Stamford, Conn. last night e1-
planned why it was that Miss Marion
!. Graham, OF Hollywood. sent her tele-
~ xrnn announcing the death OF "iiiiaH
Desmond Taylor only two hours after
the motion picture directors body wa'
discovered. bullet through the heart
She said that both she and Mis-:
Graham had known Taylor here in the
days when he was known as Tanner
and when his daughter was about one
year old. Mrs. Freeman said:
"When Miss Graham sent me that
telegram from Los Angeles 1t was fol
the express purpose OF having me notify
Taylor's daughter. Ethel Daisy Deane
Tanner. before she would read in thu
newspapers the account of her father
murder. That was her only motive
"Perhaps Miss Graham. by the reti'
cence she maintained when questioned
BY the authorities, conveyed the ide;
that she had something TO conceal. a
amatter Of fact, she had nothing to hide
but she took the stand that If there wa
anything the authorities desired to know
about Mr.. Taylor's private life the,
-. could be enlightened BY questioning hi
former wife, Mrs. Robins.
.no,L Mice ba baJ Lpou,
Mr.. Taylor as Peter Tanner many year
ago, We were and still are intmat
friends of the now Mrs, Robins. W
are very fond of her and her daughter
Ethel.
''Although the telegram she sent III
was timed 10 :oS, less than three hour
after his body was found, I firmly be
)ieve the statement she has made to th
authorities out there that sh" learnco
II the murder through the newspapers.
indianapolis, Ind. Feb. 2T.-(By A
P)--Guy Broughton Federal nav
cotic agent, of this district. last nigh
said Harry NJ. Fields, who is undo
arrest In Detroit. and who processes t
have driven an automobile tha, carrie
the slayer Of William Desmond TAYLOR
in Los Angeles. Calf. February
could not have been in Los Angeles o
that day.
Broughton said he arrested Fields i
Buffalo. \. y, February ., one da
after the sIsying Broughton sal
Fields was taken into custody on
drug pedding charge. and late
turned over to Detroit authorize
where he was wanted for passin
worthless checks
Brougton expressed the opiruo
Fields story was a fabrication, picke
up from details the man had read /
newspapers, told in an effort to get OF