Paragould soliphone., 1922-02-17
BIG MOVIE
 MAN UNDER
 SUSPICION
Investigation of Taylor Mur- der Said to Be Moving Toward a Crisis-Jeal- ousy Only Motive.

| Los Angeles, Feb. 15.--Miss Mabel 1 Normand, screen star and devoted l friend of William Desmond Taylor, ]! still is linked to the investigation l in the Taylor murder.
 l . It had been reported that Mabel attorneys office the Blessed Baby" letters she had written to Taylor, l that she was freed from the case, that she had been eliminated" to use Los Angeles police word. Not so District Attorney Thomas Lee Woolwine issued the following statement:
 q know the press has carried a story to the effect that the letters of Miss Mabel Normand have been returned to her, when, as a matter of fact, such letters still are in my possession
 The statement says that ''these letters are not in any manner sig nificant of anything in relation to the Taylor murder, and there is ab- solutely nothing in them that throws any light on the case
 It was learned late yesterday too, that Mack Sennett, he of the fleshy bathing beauties, one of Ma bells oldest and most ardent friends, has been questioned about the Fay Tor case.
 MT. Woolwine, chum of the fa- nous comedian, refused to talk about this matter, would not admit and would not deny that he had discuss ed the thing with Sennett. Sennett his been i'll for some time, so inter- viewers and others were told. He has not been bothered. Plenty of servants have seen to that.
 The investigation set in motion a few days ago proves that Taylor was slain because of his love for one of the women mentioned in the case, moves slowly-but certainly 1t is intimated-toward a crisis that will shake all movieland.
 
 ton, it is only fair to state, is not Mack Sennett.
 The new angle is believed by some of the authorities to be the only one worth following Every thing else is bunk, they say.
 Saw Woman Flee From Scene. A bOotlegger yesterday told To- cal reporter that on the night of February 1 he was about to deliver . some liquor to the Taylor home. As he turned the corner, walking | into some bushes, he heard a shot and saw woman leave the house. He left the spot hurriedly. His au- tomobile clock showed it was ex- actly three minutes of eight a few minutes after Miss Normand had said goodbye to Taylor. Mabel had. gone to the house that night to get her letters. Taylor had lied to her and had kept them The bootlegger repeated the yarn to the district attorney, it is said, but he made one trifling little change. He told MT. Woolwine it was not he who saw the woman, it was one of his men.
 None of the authorities believe a woman fired the shot. but they ad- init it is possible a woman was present at the time. The bootleg ger will be questioned again. His story is being filled" so to speak. There have been 549 different the ories, more or less, given the in vestigators to date. But every in coming mail adds to the total.
 One came in from San Francisco late yesterday afternoon on bitter ly overworked wire. A retired sea captain, walking along the tracks meets couple of tramps, and learns that Sands-the missing valet of Taylor-has hired them to slay his master. The captain had not waited until Sands arrived. HeI wasn't taking any chances.