The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-02
MRS. RUPP MAKES
LONG STATEMENT.
MABEL NORMAND IS
QUIZZED FURTHER
Police Expect Important De-
velopments From Arrest
of Bootleggers and
Narcotic Peddlers.

Los Angeles. March lit was an
nounced tonight that Mabel Normand.
film actress. one Of the last to see TaY-
Ior alive. has been questioned again to-
day by Detective Sergeant Herman
Cline, head Of the police homicide squad,
NJ the request Of Thomas Lee Woolwine.
district attorney. II was stated she was
unable to give the officer any new In
formation.
When the actress learned the off,
cials wished to question her It was said.
she came into Los Angeles. from Alte-
dcna. whLse she recently was III with
Influenza. and q nervous breakdown.
The six men arrested yesterday. said
10 have been enEa 5ed in selling drugs
and bootlegging. were grilled by detec-
t!ves to-day. The results were not mace
public, beyond the opinion that one OF
the men was on the verge OF break
ing"
Sherlfts detectives questioned CHI
nese motion picture actor named only as
Jim" but said once to have been em-
pioyed by Taylor. They stated they
learned nothing OF Importance.
The police said "Jim" was not the
actor whose arrest was a possibility to-
night.
10000 word Statement
Mrs. .Rupp who Is said to be known
also as Mrs. May Lynch. made to the
police a formal statement OF 10000
words, detailing her version OF incidents
which she said she believed connected
the men arr sted at her home yesterday
with the Taylor murder mystery.
Among her statements was one that
one Of the men. George Calvert. known
as Rodney Calvert, 25 declared. In her
presence ne would shoot Taylor II the
director made good an alleged threat tc
report the sale to him OF synthetic
liquor as bonded goods.
Arrest OF seventh man, which II
affected, they said, would bring Into
custody a motion picture actor Of some
prominence, was predicted tonight by To-
cal officials in connection with their IN
vestigation Of the murder Of William
Desmond Taylor. motion picture director
They said the man was believed to have
been IN the confidence OF peddlcrs OF
drugs and liquor.
The officers declined to make his
name public prior TO the arrest.
Six men already are under arrest rs
a result Of disclosures mado yesterday
by Mrs John Rupp which. It was !ndI-
CateQ, dlSO lOEiLi bho uooAS Va N'o PAVS'
pective arrest.
Threats OF Death
In her statement, as made public by
the police. Mrs. Rupp referred to re-
cent incident in which she said she had
taken poison"
Some OF the six men whose arrest
she caused cried. Let her de" when
they learned OF her condition. she said.
She also spoke Of their alleged threats
of death T. preven; her from "sQueal-
ing" Taylor. she said. had purchased
various quantities OF liquor from the
men who charged him SO n pint for II.
The first intimat!on she received OF
the alleged plot against Taylor came,
six men talking In her homo. ono re-
marking: What do you think Of that
guy Taylor"
Then, she continued. she learned OF
an attempt to sell bootleg liquor as
bonded goods to Taylor; the director
refused to accept Il. a quarrel followed
and Taylor threatened to inform fed
eral agents OF their activities If they
annoyed him further.
"Ir he squeals. III kill him" IS tho
remark Mrs. Rupp says she heard one
man make.
Mrs Rupp stated that after the muir
der when she accused one ot the men.
he beat her severely and warned her
not to mention the matter again.
It was this treatment she received
from the men that finally resulted IN
her giving information against them TO
the police, she concluded.