New-York tribune., 1922-02-07
(NissNor,,,a,1d
Denies TAYLOR
" as Fiance
Police Center Efforts ON
Locating Letters of Ac-
tress Taken From Run-
galcw of Slain Director
Srcc'al Dispatch to Tho 1'rfbyn~

LOS ANGELES. Feb. s Mabel Nor
mand's fugitive Dear Baby, letters to
William 0. 1avlor, murdered screen
director. tonight arc being sought
Win Tar greater energy than the miss
ing New ork man who IS THOUGHT tn
have intimate knowledge Of the killinr
jealousy as motive for the crime ,s
seen in the Disappearance of this man.
IS we'll as the letters.
Tho little comcdicnne's nersona,
correspondence with Taylor is shown
now to nave been sought by at least
one other man almost immediately be
tore the shooting in the directors bun
galow. The letters, the police declare.
should reveal the reason why this mar
was so ANXIOUS to get possession O.
then, and, as well, answer several per
ilhent questions that have puzzled the
ihVestlgators since the finding Of Tay-
lor's BODY last Thursday morning.
MISS Nornand entered into the IN
Vestlgatlon to-day 10 announce that
she did not know where the letters
were, that she had nothing to conceal
as Tar SIS she was concerned. and that
She would bend every energy toward
hnding them and turning them over TO
the police.
Sands Still a Fugitive
Moreover, she consented to the first
intimate discussion of her affairs with
Taylor. tracing her acquaintance with
the art connoisieur-directo tor soldier Of
fortune from the time she first met
MN several years ago to the fatal
night when. just half an hour before
he was shot down from behind, she
chatted with him in his study.
Charles Eyton, Western head Of the
alton, passed most of the Afternoon
cioseted with Captain David l., Adam
Of the Los Angeles detactive bureau
The subject OF their discu sion had tc
do with the missing letters.
Edward F. Sands Taylor's missing
secretary valet. still is fugitive Al
though thousands of clews as to his
whereabouts have been received. none
has led to anything.
Captain Adams tonight is seeking
to obtain facts that will more intell-
gently connect with the case the man
who is credited with spirtirg the Nor
mand letters from Tayiors home the
morning after he was slain. That he
body else to do so, is looked upon as
strongly supporting the theory that
jealousy prompted the killing of the
director.
Who but a jealous suitor, asks the
Investigators, would have been sufi-
ciently interested to seek the letters
more than a week .efore Taylor's
death and then to risk possible impli-
cation III the case by appearing at his
home imnediatciv after his shooting
and taking the missives away?
''Film Man" Questioned
Reports that this man is director
were neither denied nor affirmed by
the detective chief tonight. 1t was
admitted, however, that film man"
was closely questioned concerning his
interest in the letters and asked to
produce them. At -nts hour to-
night he had not offered any informa-
tion that would lead TO the finding Of
the cOrresp spondence.
Miss Normand was wrapped in one of
those vampish kimonos that was seen
in recent film production this after
noon when The Tribune correspondent
attempted to obtain from her some
inkling of the contents OF her letters.
Her eyes, minus the magic Of the make
up box, showed signs OF worry, and her
hair had not benefited by the treatment
of the experts who beautfy I'm stars
before they make their appearance be-
fore the camera
"Positively Mr.. Taylor and | we're
not engaged to be married, and neither
of us thought Of such a thing she
said in voice that carried conviction.
But, in the event that others might
have mistaken your intimate Friendship p
for Mr.. Taylor for something more Sc
rious. do you know who might have
Continued on paue tour