Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-06
OF TESTIMONY so FAR
TAKEN in TRIAL CAUSES LONG
DELAY; NO WITNESSES CALLED
MANYCLUESARE
BEINCRUND DOWN
IN MURDER
Prominent New Yorker and
Woman Friend Sought in
Taylor Mystery.

woman FRIEND Sought IN
Taylor Mystery.
Los Angeles. Feb. 6.-The little
green-eyed monster. jealousy. police
and private detectives say, has direct
ed a search for a prominent New
Yorker. formerly engaged to one of
the beautiful stars Of filmdom in con-
nection with the mystery murder last
Wednesday night OF William Des-
mond Taylor. noted motion picture di-
rector. known in New, York prior to
1908 as William Cunningham Deane-
Tanner. art connoisseur.
Ihis mystery suspect was reported
today to have checked out of a hotel
here on the. day the murder was COM
mitted and left the city. the following
afternoon. He is believed by investi-
gators to have headed. for San Diego
and possibly crossed the border into
Ice. y
Ooee Friend OF Taylor.
The actress to whom this suspect
was at one time engaged. according to
investigators. was a close friend of
the slain director. and in this friend
ship. investigators say. they see a pos
sible motive of Jealousy which would
lead to the murder.
For sustained interest and thrilling
denouenent after denouement. after
the case continues to project itself
farther and farther above. any movie
mystery which ,the genius Of the d.
rector ever. developed for the theater-
gaer. Letters written by$ Mabel Nor
H;and to Taylor. reported YAiaEnE fol-
lowing the murder. and evidence con-
cerning presence for six months at
teast Of .Moman's silk pink night
gown n the luxuriouaty aplosnteu
siderable interest; to the case
b !. /, /, investigators were reluctant to dis
cuas the heawor,at $ nightgown and bit
or, mystery attaches to It. : for Henry
Peavey. the negro houseman Of Tay-
lor told ,ofFit being in the house until
the night of the murder Where 1t is
now is a police mystery. They will
not discuss it. but reports are that it
disappeared with the letters.
I. The probe daily goes deeper and
deeper into the motion picture colony
here and the great list OF names Of
actresses and actors. az well as man
ayers and employees being questioned
by the, police begins to read like a
hst OF thohe present at a great movie
ball.
. ,SsUAV xA1A OtSf.
Los Angeles, Feb. efforts of the
peiice department and the sherifr's
ohice to solve the motion picture
puzzle Of the Staying Of William Des-
mond Taylor, director, brought the
oHicers early today to q "cutback' to
the besinning-a rechecking of the
dead mans papers in the hope of
obtaining better clue than any yet
evolved.
Sort Over Documents.
me early hours today found deputy
sheriHs. detectives and officials of the
motion picture company by which
Taylor was employed Eathered in the
dead directors apartment, again sort
ing over his letters and documents.
seeking something that might put
them straight upon the trail of his
slayer.
Actor is Taken.
Sunday night the word went forth
that an unnamed motion picture
actor had been taken to the county
Jail for Questioning as a suspect" and
tnat ms connection with the case was
considered so important that he had
been hustled from the motion picture
lot where he was at work. with
such speed that he had not the time
to remove the makeup from his face
At the same time two other motion
picture employees. one a camera man.
also were taken to Jail as possible
material witnesses.
These actions resulted from a re-
port that, the actors automobile.
distinctiyely constructed and painted
machine, had been seen near the Tay-
lor apartments the day OF the murder.
The actor was questioned for two
hours and then still unable, it was
stated to tell definitely where he was
at the time Taylor was killed. was
hurried to the dead mans apartment
officers ad-reconstructed it.
Not Idcntiflcd MS Stranger.
But residents of the same bungalow
statements that they had seen man
skulking about the Taylor home the
night he was killed were unable to
identify the actor as that man. He
was released but with instructions to
keep in touch with the officers. The
men taken as possible material wit
nesses also were given their freedom.
Seek Drug Pcxldler.
Close upon the heels OF these decla-
rations came the report that the police
were searching for a drug peddler,
who 1t was hinted. had sought through
Taylor to make delivery OF drugs to
make her purchases direct. The in
ittals Of the actress connected with
this phase OF the caae were said to be
the same as those on the night robe.
reported missing from the Taylor
apartments.
Buftalo, N. z. Feb. s.--vMrs. Johr
Ketcham,, aunt OF Mrs. Ada Deane-
the belief that William Dsmond
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