Bisbee daily review., 1922-02-04
Page Three

night near the directors home. was
given out by the police.
He was FIVE feet nine or 90 inches
tall. between 90 and q years old.
weighed between l5G and lG5 ponds.
had dark hair and wore n dark suit.
and either light hat or cap. il was
agreed by al persons concerned.
Ia general way, it was stated by
the police, this description fits that
of Sands, the missing former butler
o! Taylor. although one of the oil SER
vice station men was unable to identi-
Z ~ photograph Of Sends as that OF
the man who, he said. had inquired
early "Wednesday evening where Tay-
lor's apartment was
The Los Angeles Examiner tomor-
row will print the statement that
Sands true name is Edward Fitz
Strathmore. and that federal officers
are searching for him to answer n
charge of deseI ton from the army.
Suspicious Incident
Neya Gerber. film actress, said to-
that Taylor. TO whom she once was
betrothed, had received letters before
the war from his mother in London.
and that it was her understanding"
that both his mother and his daugh-
ter had been killed in German air
raid on the British capital
Miss Gerber gave high praise 10 the
director. explaining tlrat their pro-
jected marriage had been abandoned
because they both believed it I'M
suitable"
What the police regarded as suspi-
cious circumstances concerning re-
cent events in Taylor's life were told
to them by many persons.
Theodore Kosloff. the dancer. told
of having BEEN ION location. in the
country with Taylor about two weeks
ago. They were walking together.
Suddenly. from behind clump OF
bushes, man sprang toward Taylor.
They faced each other for a moment,
eye to eye, and then the stranger
turned and walked away. Taylor Of
fered no explanation, Kosloff said.
Ted Taylor, the directors agent,
but not relative, told of a teleDhone
call his chief received last Monday.
The director hung up the telephone
abruptly, it was said, and when the
bell rang again two minutes later,
said: Don't answer
Mrs. Ida Garrow modiste, explain
ed she saw man acting peculiarly
rear the Taylor apartments the night
the director was shot, but shortly af-
ter $3.50 O'Clock, the time tentatively
fixed by the police as that of his
death.
Leaves $4,000 Estate
A. A. TOmlinson, an accountant.
was responsible partly for the declar-
alton that the real name OF the butler
Sands, was Strathmore.
Il recognized him from a picture
published in the Examiner" said
Tomlinson. HE was assigned to Co
lumbus Barracks, Ohio. during the
war. ! was head of the finance depart
ment and as Strathmore had been a
chief petty officer in the navy,
asked that he be transferred to nv
department. This was done He is
wanted for desertion. met him in
Los Angeles, July 4, 1920, and noti-
fled the police, but he escaped
"Strathmore gave me a number of
books. In one, l was able to make
out the name OF Sands" although an
effort had been made to erase it. In
his handwriting in one, is the entry:
C. o. Perry P. LeBerthon. 9S2 Fifty
Second Street, Brooklyn, n. ""
1t is believed the directors entire
estate. valued at approximately $780,
600. will go to the daughter. Part of
1T consists of mining and oil stock,
chiefly in properties in Texas and Ne
vada, valued at about 10000, as re-
vealed by search of the deposit box.
The box also contained jewelry be-
lieved to be worth about $500.
Petition for probate of the estate
was filed by the public administrator
in the superior court here today.