The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-06
BROUGHT TO JAIL
FOR QUESTIONING
REGARDING CASE
AIN Were Located i'm a Motion
Picture Studio in the Holly
wood District.
DISCHARGED EMPLOYE
SUSPECTED OF CRIME
Had Showed Up on the job
Drunk One Time and Was
Promptly Canned.
(sy The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 5.--A motion
picture actor and a cameranan Were
brought to the Los Angeles county Jail
here tonight for questioning as to their
possible knowledge of clues to the
murder OF William Desmond Taylor,
film director.
The makeup was still on the actor s
face when he arrived at the Jail. indi-
eating, officers stated. that the deputy
sherffs who had brought him in, A, l..
Manning, chief criminal deputy, and
Harvey Bell, were In great haste to
learn his story.
The men were located at motion
picture studio in the Hollywood dis
trict OF Los Angeles, it was stated.
After they had been questioned sep
arately for tw hours the officers start
cd back TO Hollywood with the actor.
The trip back to Hollywood, IL was
announced, was to give the actor an
opportunity to make good his declara-
ton to the deputies that IL they would
escort him there he could account for
his movements last "Wednesday night
the night Taylor was slain.
At that time the cameraman was
ystiIl In jail
VI Another angle was the story told by
an associate of the dead director that
"a former employe had Been heard to
exclaim. when he heard OF the slay-
Ing: "Brl Taylor got only what he
deserved"
The investigation showed, the police
said that this man had been employed
by the Famous Piayers-Laslxy concern,
.IeSv. Ia In,
pacity.
One day he was drunk when he went
on duty. Taylor ordered him removed
from tho place. The next day the man
returned only to find an order from
TAYLOR that no should not be admitted.
The police said they had begun a
search for him.
Search for a drug peddler, upon
whose trail the police said they were
getting warmer" and the absence of
silken night dress. said by Henry
Peavey, colored houseman, to be miss
ing from the apartments of William d.
Taylor, slain film director, were the
outstanding developments here tonight
OF the search for his slayer.
The police were reticent as to the
details concerning their search for the
peddler, who was believed to have
sought patrons for his contraband
drugs among the employees of motion
picture studios, but they intimated
their belief no had attempted to make
delivery through Taylor to an ac-
tress who found it difficult TO make
her purchases in person.
The exact Importance OF tho miss
ing night dress, which was pink, was
not made plain. Peavey, however. was
hrm In the declaration that 1t had a
regular place in Taylor's apartments
and equally firm in his assertions that
since his employer was slain, he had
been unable to find it,
After the announcement of the
search for the drug peddler deputy
sheriffs left for an unnamed destina-
tion ON what they termed "the most
definite clue thus far discovered in the
Taylor murder mystery"
They said they were going TO inter-
view "a certain party" and possibly
make an arrest. This was the first
active participation OF the sheriff's
forces in the case.
The search for Edward f. Sands,
missing butler of William d. Taylor.
motion picture director. who was mys-
teriously murdered last Wednesday
night. continued today.
Checking OF the various angles Of
the case among members of the motion
picture colony and other frierds and
acquaintance OF Taylor almost invari-
ably led to some mention of Sands
name. according 10 detectives.
Police said they had had severa
clues TO Sands whereabouts. but that
these had resulted in disappointments.
Henry Peavey. valet of Taylor, who
found hts employers body. came to po-
lice headquarters again today and was
questioned by detectives for a half
hour 1t is understood he was asked
Tor more detailed information concern
ing the arrangement OF Taylor's furni-
ture and other belongings in the apart
ments.
Two other men, whose names were
not divulged, also were questioned at
police headquarters
one OF these men departed With de-
tsctives. who said merely they were
going TO check up on an angle Of the.
case that had been pre- giouslv jnyesti-
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