, 1922-02-04
FILM STARS TESTIFY IN
MURDER CASE, AFFAIRS SFTED

iquire whether he had heard from my
husband
My husband. Dennis. was fou,
years younger than William. He.
Erieved greatly over Williams dizp-
.~pezranca II was four years later, In
August. 1919. that my huzhnnd dis-
appeared He took ne from our New
York borne to tho Adirondacks for my
health and returned 10 New York
Three weeks later I received = teie-
gram calling me hack. saying that he
disappeared
Tho brothers were devoted to each
other. 1 believe Dennis dis s9-ared
because his brother I'd 1 never knew
that Dennis received any information
from b brother since William disap-
peared To this day I have learned
nothing about my husband since he
.left our home
While tho slain director. William.
had refused to admit his identity to
his brothers wife, about nix years ago.
after her visit to him. he learned hat
she vac IN. and since that time sent
a monthly check to her.
LOS ANGEEES. Feb. 4@The true
name OF the motion picture director
who was known as William Desmond
Desmond Taylor, mi who was found
slain in his appointments here Tues
day morning. was William Deane I'm
ner. according to a story tho Los An
gelcs Times is publishes this morning.
That statement together with one
that Taylor had been twice
married. was said by the Times
to have been obtained in Monrovia.
about 20 miles from Los Angeles. from
a woman known as Mrs. Ada Deane-
Tanner. who Described herself as the
deserted wife, OF Taylor's brother.
The police declined 10 make public
the names OF the actress and director
said to b. involved in the latest dis
closures. for h reasons. Il was UNI
G~erstood. that the fornrsr was out OF
the city and II crfni;nally concern d
in the slayirs miEht thus be wa4Iled
and enabled to escape, and ais) for
the rcascn hat they I'D not wish TO
throw public suspicion upon either
stould further Investigation prove
them guiltless-
At last nights questioning, II was
said, Earl Tiffany. who was a chauf-
feur for Taylor until. he said, he told
Taylor he believed he would keep a
record of the trips on which he took
the director. was among those before
the police.
1t was stated Tiffany added q great
deal to the information already IN the
possession OF the detectives
Tiffany was said - have related In
detail. as he remembered the Incl
Gents many alleged facts concern ng
Taylor's friendship for Nsnry Miles
Minter. whom he formerly directed
for Mabel Normaad, another film &C
tress. and also for the latesr motion
Picture actress to be brought into the
case in last nights Developments.
Henry Fellows, Taylor's assistant d.
rector and brother to Howard Eel
lows. chaesfeur for the director at the
time Of his death, also was questioned
While he WIS closete wish the detec-
tives, his wife and sisterIn law waited
impatientiy for him.
Fellows was understood to have told
the officers he could remember few
details that might aid them. He was
chauffeur for Taylor once before, but
Is said to have declared he could not
recall the names Of some of tho per
sons about whom the detectives asked
information.
Tiffany and his wife. both Of whom
know Sands. OF "Strathmore' are said
to have told the police the ex-butler
probably would give them consider
able Information about Taylor's life
and friends.
According to Tiffany. Miss Minter
was a close friend of Taylor's. but a
change came about and when she
called at his apartments, Sands would
tell her Taylor was not at home, sven
when he was.
About this time. It was declared.
Mss Normand and Taylor often were
together and they were described as
closely associated when Tiffany was
discharged