The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-11
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i. TAYLOR VALET

sassin.
"The handkerchief and gown
found In Mr.. TaylOr's apartment
have been identified as other than
mine. II has been established that
was not In love with Mr.. Taylor;
that he escorted me to my car that
evening and chatted with me un.
til ! drove away, when we waved
goOd.by to each other.
please tell the public that
know absolutely nothing about this
terrible happening and that Mr..
Taylor and / did not quarrel.
MABEL NORMAND."
She also requested the newspapers
to tell the public that the district
attorney. as a result OF his question
ing, had placed her in the clear"
and that she had offered to be the
first one to help in tracing down
the murder of her friend.
! Miss Normand appeared at the
district attorneys office following
pre-arrangement for night SOS
sion In order that the large crowd
OF morbid>curiosity seekers about the
hall of records might be avoided.
After having been reported seriously
i'll all day, physicians worked with
| the dClTtSS lOI l"o h'ui D. - was
said. preparing her for the ordeal.
Her Chauffeur Questioned, Too.
Shortly before the questioning Of
! Miss Normand was terminated. her
chauffeur, William DAVIS, was taken
| into one of the district attorneys pri-
| vate Offices where his statement of
what transpired on the night Of the
| murder was taken. Later he was
taken before District Attorney Wool
VINE and questioned again in the
presence Of Mss Normand.
Among the witnesses who were in
terrogated late yesterday in con-
terrogated late yesterday in con-
nurse who declared she saw n
mysterious man wearing a cap and
muffler watching Miss Normand
and Taylor as they stood in front Of
the Taylor home the night Of the
murder.
Detectives kept a close tab during
| the night on streets where 1t was
believed the man might live. He
was not seen.
In addition to the letters of Mabel
Normand received at his office, Dis.
| triCt Attorney Woolwine is reported
to have possession of some letters
written by Mary Miles Minter to
the slain director.
Ex.Chief Takes Trail.
Charles A. Jones, retired Chief Of
| Police and at one time an investi-
gator for Woolwine, has been in
' conference with the District Attor-
ney for the last two days, and II
! is believed today that he may be
/ handling some important phase of
the investigation.
/ The police today were hopeful of
/ getting some definite trace of the re-
volver with which Taylor was slain.
They were still investigating a re-
port that II was picked up near the
scene of the murder.
II is the belief of newspaper report.
trs that n prominent motion picture
producer may be one Of the next per.
sons summoned to appear for ques-
tiOning regarding his knowledge of
+ Taylor and his associates. Other
widely known film stars also are
scheduled to appear before the inVes-
! tisatOrs.
! In the belief that the murdered
man left a will, all banks of Los An
geles and suburbs today were asked
to make a search of their safety de.
post box records in an attempt TO
find the missing document.
Word has been received from The
daughter of the slain man that she
has ev .dence that a will was left. II
was not found in the safety deposit
box, which contained a number of
other private papers and stocks and
bonds.
Private Sleuth at Work.
It is known that private investi-
gators are working on number of
remote but interesting clues in con-
nection with the case. These clues
include the possibility that the so
luton of the film directors murder
may be found through some sordid
underworld channel.
While Il is an admitted fact that
Taylor was not addicted to the use
Of drugs himself, II Is also known
that some Of the motion picture col
0ay, friends Of the murdered man,
were.
Taylor attended several dope"
parties in Hollywood recently for the
purpose of gaining atmosphere"
Several investigators hold to the
underworld may have had some con-
nection with the murder.
All the information these inves-
tigators can obtain of what are
known in the vernacular of the po-
lice as snow" parties. or affairs
where cocaine or other narcotics are
said to have been passed, will be
carefully sifted.
Think Assassin Hidden.
The ASSASSIN of Taylor lay hidden
in his bungalow here while the mark
ed victim spent his last living hour
with Mabel Normand, according to
the belief Of District Attorney Wool
wine. This opinion was reached last
night after q remarkable rehearsal
in Taylor's den, scene of the actual
crime.
Grave-faced and worn by his cease
less questioning of screen celebrities.
the district attorney suddenly made
secret trip in his motor car to the
death bungalow" Only the houses
owner, Il. c. Jerrerun, and Armand
Fischer, the prosecutors chauffeur,
accompanied him.
1t was Jesserun who was among
the first to reach the body after il
was found. Jesserun, the prosecu.
tor. and the cheuffeur went silently
into the curtained scene Of tragedy
to revivify il.
They found everything as It was
when the assassin killed TAYLOR.