Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-09

to have been murdered Miss Normand,
Miss Minter, Miss Windsor and Miss
Gerber, all at various times were said to
have figured in Taylor's supposed TO-
mances.
The district attorneys office, it was
learned, did not in any way connect
these persons, however, with the In
vestigatiOn Of the alleged Glove cult"
Miss Normand's letters and kilograms
were found during the night when detec-
tiyes searched the bungalow in which
Taylor was killed.
himsy, lace handkerchief initiated
NJ NJ NJ. was found in the same search.
The letters and the handkerchief were
turned over to the chief deputy district
attorney. w. c. Doran, by Detectives
Adams. Cashin, Cline, Cato and Murphy,
who found them.
The substance Of Mabels letters was
not made public.
1t was learned also n series of tele
grams were exchanged in 1919 when Miss
Normand was filming THE Slim Princess"
ut Culver City, Cal, and Taylor was d.
recting Mary Miles Minter il Ann Of
the Green Cables in New England.
Anothe theory on which certain OF
the investigators proceeded was Taylor
was shot. in the back by a woman he
was embracing and who had her arms
around him. This woman, they say,
burned with a fierce hatred for Taylor
who had scorned her love.
The colored valet Of the murdered d.
rector. Henry Peavey. has not told all
he could, sheriffs believe, and he has
been subjected to a more severe grilling.
With the police declaring they are
blocked at every turn, action in the
which
plumbed to their depths the secret Pas-
sions Of the motion picture world, has
slowed Down to snairs pace.
Due either to interference or to the
natural slenderness of the trail left by
the slayer, Developments in the search
had been retarded until they registered
like a film projected at one-seventh It's
normal speed.
CASE DRAGS
PAINFULLY.
! Each detail Of the search or the woman
hunt as It may prove TO be, dragged out
in nafufuI obviousness until the case
was robbed of the interest aroused by
the swift action and startling develop
ments Of the opening days-the throw
back" as they call It In FINLAND TO the
drama Of the dead mans past and the
passionate story of love Of two prominent
ctresses for Taylor
! Police. detectives and the district at
| torney's office each followed their tor
turous trails; the first believing a woman
did OF inspired the deed; the second
group in a widespread man hunt FOR
former valet Sands; District Attorney
Woolwine leading a probe into macnlna-
lions Of certain interests to defend the
ends Of justice.
! Jealous rage, despicable blackmah or
/ deliberate suppression Of evidence the
I trails crossed and recrossed.
! But if the action Of the drama Itself
I had slowed down, the frantic scurFying
Of Hollywood to cover had reached Its
height. The pitiless searchlight Of pub
lie interest blazing this time with indig-
nant disapproval, was sweeping the
haunts and homes and heart onatrs OF
the world heroes and heroines OF the
screen. The moving picture world, saved
by q hafrbreadth, when Virginia Rappe
met her death and Fatty Arbuckle went
on trial. was this time under a more
severe fire. The intrigues Of FINLAND,
! the scandals, the drug parties, the hides
cribable orgies, which certain film folks
thought their perfect right" and their
own affair." suddenly became things to
be hidden and denied.
DOMESTIC TIES
ARE RENEWED.
Husbands and wives who had faunted
their marital differences and inhdelities
before their fellow stars and permitted
I a curious world to catch an occasional
/ shocked glimpse, were crying "wolf" and
rushing back to the fold.
/ Husbands and wives were seen drinking
together in public restaurants for the
first time in months; film actresses, who
had taken their 81 dos" lightly, were
keeping the home fires burning-with
their own husbands.
/ It was one thing for husband and wife
( to be unfaithful and have their own world
/ know Of it. But when the wife, who
/ drew down thousands each week for por-
traying innocent girls so wildly that
mothers Of the United States recommend
ed her to their daughters. a good ex-
ample is found with her secret amours