The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1922-02-10
Nice Working Many Clues in
Mouie Director Murder Case,
but Are No Nearer Solution
Dbel NOYm1nd to
Zee Authorities
jm Her Version

'foe ANGELES Feb. 10.

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ansfAat WdIsam Des-
r. slain film director.
- ~ safsty deposit box in
n - he one already open
10y o&icials. which may
now letters and other val
eanos n the murder. was
- district attorneys Office
npraiyss. rushed away in an
: - - locate the second safety
eeia ben and to bring its con-
= = iunEae3iately. The infor-
- eoaeesning the new box
gniahe3 by an intimate
= Taylor. whose name was
5 II Ds Questioned.
II ll6lnaad. World famous ac-
- 1hce Is better known to
- q ~novie" fans through
Npg1d tAAn the most widely
y p414fea1 pefsonages. is sched
Z - t4RuoG forward today in an
oND uoe4 important rolls than she
- Dk1otto occupied in the probe OF
- uVuoDry OF william Desmond
fnUolfo death.
- Normand, who so far as is
O94 u the last person to have seen
l0Yl1e alive, is expected to go before
og11 Attorney Woolwiue during the
- on1 tell him all she knows con.
co11lng Taylor
~ actress collapsed at the funeral
- Taylor on Tuesday and was in a
s(g1ow condition that night. it was
80 to1ay. She is now much i'm
uo0nd and while her friends say she
II I'll nervous. they told the Inter
qokonol News Service they believed
- coald undergo the ordeal OF a
- questioning by the investigator
- b noted for his rigid cross-exam
ionttcns.
e was said at the district attorne, :
ooce that Mary Miles Minter prob
ably would he interrogated by Wool
wtne 1t the conclusion OF Miss Nor
mand's statement
4 Hiss Minter has been in seclusiof
= her Hollywood home for severa
0ys, both she and her mother de
ctoi1g to meet any of the newspape
ia who have called there
District Attorney WOolwine th
moFAing issued denial that Mis-
Noenand had madc signed state
neat to the authorities in which sh
nAo admitted she went to the Tay!o
neme the night of the murder to ge
leeeefs and kilograms she had write
- the director.
At Miss Normand's home. two c
ner friends also denied that she ha
evef made such statement.
Wootwtne is in possession Of tn
4 UeeefS which had been reported a
u1ooing for several days. but whie
wSeo found in bcnt at the slain i
toctor's home when assistants OF III
s kooltc admit. ,.strato- were s,archin
9 ~ directors eife~t,
TIE district attorney said he ha
ekAmined the missives but failed
nd anything Of particular signitican,
vonttve To the mystery
Al uncontirmed rumor was in q
euhtion today to the eject that Ma
Aues Minter. another film star. VI
ves friendly with Taylor had he,
mterrogated by representatives OF t
S1strict attorney three days ago
oory Miles Minter cooperating.
John &. Mott. Miss Minter's p,
eal attorney. was quoted as deci
- 70 comment upon the runor tn
Ne star had been at Woolwines
-. but was reported TO have sal
tss Minter is cooperating in eve
wey possible with the officials
g ~ police headquarters il was
pcrted this morning that police
sesueators believe they have
D0Ftant clues in connection with /
scs0lver with which TAYLOR was sla
vas stated informa ton which ca
~ their hands Just before dawn
arued as very important
was declared the detes tives n
sesesOp leads as 4 result OF this
wrmAtion that will show where
.essise: was bought. and reveal
"sntity OF the purchaser
q tnls proves true the detecti'
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