Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-04
TAYLOR TWICE MARRIED
BORE ANOTHER NAME;
SUSPICION ON ACTRESS
Mystery Remains I'm
solved as Inquest Be-
gins With Stars AS
Witnesses

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4-Thc true
name Of The motion picture director
who was known as William Desmond
Taylor and who was found slain in
his apartment Tuesday morning, was
William Deane Tanner, according to
a story the Los Angeles Times pub
lished this morning. This statement,
together with one that Taylor had
been twice married, was said by the
Times to have been obtained at Mon
rovia, near Los Angeles, from wo-
man known as Mrs. Ada Deane Tan
ner, who described herself as ''the
deserted wife" of Taylor's brother.
The mystery surrounding the
shooting of Taylor remained unsolv-
ed today. The police working on the
case claimed they possessed some
clues and that suspicion directed
chiefly to a young motion picture ac-
tress ,ard through her % another
film director, both Of whom were un-
named,
The Kings and queens Of shadow
land pera TO app u an all-st&"
cast in cab little L, dertaking par
lor today to tell wiz icy know of
the death Of Taylor they were sub
poenaed to appear and relate the
curious chain of dramatic incidents
that preceded the finding of Taylor
dead on the floor of his drawing
room, a bullet near the heart.
Fun Queen Is Center
And again, the perverse fates have
ruled that a name almost synony-
nous with laughter and light-hearted
comedy is to be the center of a grim
drama.
1t was Roscoe Arbuckle--he of a
million laughs-4who was the center
of the last Hollywood drama in real
life.
This time it is Mabel Normand,
whose fun prociivities have been one
of the nations best screen laughs
and who few years ago played with
Arbuckle in side-splitting Keystone
comedies. 1t was she who last saw
Taylor alive, 1t was she who bid him
goodbye as he re-entered his hand.
some residence to meet, it is believed
by police, the assailant who shot hin
down.
Although hers will be the most
vital role, there will also be in the
sordid inquest scene. Edna Purviance
leading lady for Charlie Chaplin, anc
another comedienne, Mary Miles Min
ter, close friend of the dead man
Douglas MacLean, D popular player
of light roles; Mrs. MacLean, who saw
a man run from the Taylor home
Charles Eyeton, production manages
Of the studios where the director
ruled Henry Peavey, scared col
ored servant of the victim, and vii
liam Davis, Miss Normand's chauf
feur.
Real Tears This Time.
! There will be no reed for the gly
cerine bottle for the actresses ar
shedding real teals ii telling Of thei
/ affection and regard for the man
of mystery" director, whose pictur
esque career as a Klondike golt
hunter, soldier and leader in tn
| pioturc worldy ehave vthrewn 'aroun,
him more romance than he could eve
cram into orc of his screen thrillers
An effort will be made at the in
| quest to ;nravel the c'oek Of mys
| terry that has to this time made it I'm
possible for the best detectives t.
make headway in the case.
The robbery theory has not beel
| dismissed, although Taylor's persol
was not robbed. A. careful check o
his property is being made, for it i
believed that an ultra clever THE
! might have Intentionally. oyerlooket
| this to throw scent off the real mo
| tive-to get away with the large sun
of stocks and bonds Taylor is be
lieved to have kept in the house.
| Attention is also being concfn
4 trated ON the possibility of the nlur
derer being ajcalous lover of one o
| the dead mans many women friends
or perhaps, woman herself
=
/ 1t is reported at police headquar
] ters that search is being made fora
| young New York broker, the frienl
| Of a prominent actress, who is know
to have arrived here and who has dis
appeared The police have quietl
spread net for him. 1t is hinte
that mis- identity may be revealed a
| the inquest.
| The possibility of woman bein
the motive of the murder is decrie