Arizona republican., 1922-02-10
QUIZ
FIGURES
IN PROBE Of
Film MURDER
District Attorney Wool
wine Takes Direct
Charge Of Investigation;
Progress Satisfactory
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TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 9.-County
officers here tonight were compar-
ing descriptions of Edward +. Sands
with a man taken from a Santa re
train here last night and held on re-
ceipt of word from Los Angeles that
he is wanted there on a charge OF
misappropriation of funds.
The man admitted according 10
Oscar Carlson, under sheriff, that he
was acquainted with both William
Desmond Taylor and Sands. and saw
Taylor week before his death. He
denies all knowledge of the killing,
however. The man. who gave the
name OF Walter F. Underwood, said
he had been employed for eight
months as cashier for the Pacific
Electric company Of Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9.-Minuts
details Of the scene in the home OF
William Desmond Taylor, film di-
rector, when his murdered body was
found, were related to District At
torney Thomas Lee Woolwine and his
chief deputy, William &. Doran, to-
night ~ witnesses called TO the
prosecutors office. Three OF the five
witnesses gave information only as TO
the position of the body, furniture,
papers. etc, I'm the room: the others
were reported TO have added stories
of events which. it was said, might
have important bearings on the
search for the person who killed the
film director.
Description OF the room was given
| by Verne Dumas, director and general
saara rat,far ~ NII
| pany Neil Harrington, an associate
| OF Dumas in the oil business; Charles
| Maigne, a film director: Arthur
/ Hoyt an actor, and Capt. r. A. Rob-
| ertson, who served with the Ameri-
/ can army in the world war
Maigne was accompanied TO the
/ district attorneys office by his wife.
a fashionably dressed woman, and he
/ clashed with newspaper Photograph
ers who saluted the couple with
salvo of flash lights.
"Who gave you the privilege OF
taking this lady's picture" he de-
| mandcd.
This isn't privilege. this Is work. Z
answered the photographer calmly.
Mrs. Maigne was not questioned,
Doran announced after the probe had
been adjourned for the evening.
Hoyt and Captain Robertson had
known Taylor for several years and
were able, IL was stated, to give de-
tails Of his life not hitherto known to
the authorities.
WooIwins Satisfied
Witnesses called tonight were
wanted for the purpose of laying n
| groundwork for the Questioning OF
several persons closely associated
with the slain director, It was stated.
] I. - nfef tipf "A
ney planned TO cali several men and
women prominent in the film busi-
ness within a few days. He declined
tonight TO make any formal state
ment Of the progress OF the inVestlga-
ton. but said merely that il was
satisfactory
one item gathered for this pros
pective fabric OF fact and deduction
| was a packet of letters written by
| Mabel Normand motion picture ac-
tress. and which disappeared from
Taylors home after his death. These
! letters were discovered yesterday
concealed among Taylor's effects.
Their contents were not disclosed ana
Miss Normand, who was in sc@ilSl9n
today declined to comment on the
new turn of events.
witnesses questioned today In the
Investigation which it was announced
would be compete and would take
other inquiries into consideration
only so FAR as facts learned by them
might be helpful, included CharleS
Eyton general manager OF inc fa
NOUS Players Lasky studio here ~
which TAYLOR was employed as ol Z
rector MIR. Eyton testified at the
coroner's inquest that he was the
first TO suspect that Tayor's death
had been caused by other than natu !
raj events. He said he had insisted
That the body be examined Tor
wounds. and IL was his insistence' &C.
cording to his statement az the IN
quest that caused discovery OF lhe
fatal wound.
Mr.. Eyton had a conference today
with the district attorney Thomas
Lee Woolwine and another one IN
which w. c. Doran, an assistant aus =
trict attorney as well as MI. w ool-
wine participated.
Houseman Again Quizzed
Others summoned TO the district
attorneys S office today and questioned
were Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas MacLean.
whose home adjoined that of Taylor
and who had given statements at the
inquest and TO the police; Henry
Peavey, Taylors colored houseman
who has done little since the shoot
ing, but submit to intefroSallon
about what he knew of it. Howard
Fellows. chauffeur for Taylor, and
Harry Fellows, brother of the chauf-
feur and an assistant director. were
also questioned fully. The district
attorney declined to disclose the re-
suits of these interviews
Another development today was a
we'll defined rumor that some person
had found a revolver, possibly inc
weapon with which Taylor was siam
: shortly after the murder became
known. This rumor was brought 10
the attention Of the district attorney
: and the police, both offices disclaim-
inc any direct knowledge OF the pur-
, ported discovery but both saying
that cognizance was being taken OF
t the rumor and efforts made to prove
/ or disprove it.
| While these local developments
kept the local officials engaged, Word
came that San Diego officials pc
lieved that the body of a suicide "
ing in the moreue there might ne
Edward r.. Sands missing hOuSemah'
AGAINST whom Taylor swore out war
rants for grand larceny and embeE-
, element and who has been sought
, earnestly by officers eager to learn
( what he know OF the murder lnWs-
tigation. however, developed that the
, dead man was not Sands.
New Figures In Case
II also was announced today tnat
! the public administrator was search :
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