Arizona republican., 1922-02-03

ment last night, shortly after which
a shot was heard. The servant re-
turned about 8 o'clock this morning
and found Taylor lying dead on the
floor of his living room, shot through
the back. A pile of checks lay on an
open desk in the living room.
The servant said both front and
rear doors of the apartment were
locked when he arrived. The front
door opens upon court even with
the street level, from which any one
could have entered the apartment il
IL were locked with little chance OF
being observed. The door has
spring lock.
TAYLOR was director in chief of the
Famous Players-Lasky studios IN
Hollywood and was internationally
known as a motion picture man. lie
was born in Malloss, County Cork
ireland, in 1877, and served in the
British army during the world war.
For several months it had been
rumored but never confirmed that
Miss Normand was engaged to marry
Taylor.
Believe Crime of Man
The detectives expressed the BELIEF
the director was slain by a man,
basing their theory on statements
made by Mrs. Douglas MacLean, wife
of a film actor, and her maid that
they had seen a stranger about the
Taylor apartments both before and
after neighbors heard a shot
1t was thought possible the slayer
obtained entrance to the Tayior
apartments while the director was
accompanying Miss Normand to her
automobile.
The description of the stranger
man large of stature. wearing rough
dark clothes, a cap and a mufter-
is entirely different from that OF
former servant of Taylor, who was
said to have been suspected by the
director of having committed recens
robberies at his apartments.
The police further advanced the
theory that Taylor had been slain ny
a man who was Jealous of him ana
elaborated this TO include seVeral
possibilities.
ering the possibility that Taylor was
shot by the discarded suitor of some
woman with whom he had peen
friendly; by former servant ne hao
caused to be arrested for an alleged
crime and who was said to nave
threatened his life; by burglar who
was surprised when Taylor returned
from escorting Miss Normand to her
car. OF. possibly by a woman who for
some unknown reason had become
enraged at him.
Miss Normand stated toniTht
"there had been no affair of the
heart whatever" between her ana
Taylor.
Scouts Love Story
His friendship for me was that OF
an older man for girl who liked the
outdoor sports he liked, and who was
eager to CLEAN a little enlightenment
from the vast storehouse OF knoWl-
edpe he possessed"
when / went to Mr.. Taylor's home
Wednesday evening 1t was in re-
sponse to a telephone call he had
made to mine.
'I had my chauffeur drive me to
Mr.. Taylors home. bought peanuts
and some magazine and newspapers
and ate the peanuts on the way.
When I got out of my automobile
told my chauffeur to clean the car.
"Then went up the steps. heard
Mr.. TAYLOR talking to somebody over
the pNone, underneath the stairs, and
| hesitated about going in unti ne
had finished Then ! entered. he
had been talking to a woman VINO
had charge of the income tax busl-
ness for many of the picture folk,
including myself.
'He came in and said, Gee, am
glad to see you
'It was about five minutes after
7 when / arrived at his house, we
talked about books. l am studying
French and as he spoke French Ilu-
emily he was of great assistance
to me.
'T looked around the drawing room
and told him / thought he had
changed his house furnishings. He
said: You haven't been here for so
long YOU forget ! hadn't been TO
his house before for two months. he
said: The phonograph is the oniy
thing new"
"4is servant, Henry, came in and !
said to Mr.. Taylor Have you had
your dinner?' He said, Yes, have
you had yours?
"'You had yours?' I said NO. but
I'm tired, and I'm going home now.
/ have a studio call for o'clock TO-
morrow
"He went with me to my car lie
expressed surprise at some of the
magazines in the car and some were
light, | suppose, and he gave me one
of Freud's books to read.
Promised to Phone
"ae said he would phone me later
in the evening to see how | liked IL.
but he did not. That was the last
ever heard his voice. When Edna
Purviance told me this morning he
was dead, l felt sure 1t was all some
horrible mistake.
'T had known him for six or seven
years. He was uniformly kind TO
every one"
News of the death of Taylor stirred
the motion picture colony here, and a
group of directors and others promi-
nent in the industry met tonight TO
consider offering a reward for the
arrest and conviction of his slayer.
Some of the efforts of the police
tonight were directed to search for
the person who some time before
Taylor's death wrote him note en-
closing pawn tickets for jewelry sto-
lent from his home. The note waa
apparently written in Sacramento,
Calf, December IT, 1921. 1t read:
Sorry to inconvenience, even tenn
porarily. Also observe the lesson OF
the forced sale of assets.
"A merry Christmas and happy
and prosperous New Year.
"(Signed) ALIAS JIMMY ""
Mrs. Marjorie Berger, said to be
an income tax expert, told the police,
they stated, that Taylor had told her
he had been receiving mysterious
telephone calls
Mysterious Calls
"Why don't you get somebody to
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