The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-10

q DOuDt tiAab WSAiteE De NnutA-
wood held in the Shawnee
county Jail here, was Edward
i. Sands, wanted in connection
with the murder OF William
Desmond Taylor, was express
ed at noon today by Under
Sheriff D. w. Carlson after
further Investigation. Under
wood maintained he knew both
TayIO rand Sands, but declared
he knew nothing of the mur-
der.
Topeka, Kan, Feb. 10-A man
held here, who was taken OF a
/ Santa F'e train Wednesday night.
answers the description of Edward
F. Sands, secretary-Yalet to Will
liam Desmond Taylor. murdered
motion picture director, under -Sher-
itf o. W. Carlson declared today.
Though the man gave the name OF
| Walter S. Underwood, the name
signed to a railway ticket in his
possession was Walter 5. Maddox
While admitting that he knew
Taylor and that he had been at his
house several times, Underwood
denied that he knew anything about
the murder.
Underwood was taken OF the
train here on receipt of a message
from La Jurta. that he was want
! ed at Los Angeles on an embeZzle-
ment charge made by the Union
Pacific Railways company The
man admitted he had been employ
ed by the company as cashier for
eight months.
May Be %Doubke7.
Underwood corresponds TO every
mark of Identification given in the.
description of Sands. even to slight
scars on his cheeks and another on
his left shoulder. according to the
under-sheriff The facial scars Tn
derwood asserted were caused by
mustard gas encountered in France
while with the Canadian army in
the late war. His left arm is deco
rated with a tattoo mark of an an
Choir with the initials ''W. u"
Word that Underwood. the man
arrested here. might be Sands, was
first received from Chicago late
Thursday afternoon when tho
Santa Fe train on which he had
been riding arrived in Chicago.
Passengers who had Travelled with
him declared that Underwood e1-
actIy resembled the pictures OF
Sands published in the Chicago
papers
Doesn't Deny He's Sands.
The man would neither affirm nor
deny identity as Sands.
at was a woman who did it
Underwood said when questioned
about the murder. L know moth
ing about it, but it was jealousy
that cause it
Yes, l know Taylor" he con
tinued. Il have been at his house
several times attending parties.
Then he described these parties
which he declared were wild ones"
at which liquor and drugs were
served to the guests. He said he
had seen both Mabel Normand and
Mary Miles Mtnter at Taylor's
house, but not at the same time.
Underwood maintained he lc't
Los Angeles shortly after Taylor
was supposed 20 have been killed.
He said he was under the influence
of liquor at the time he admitted
the charge of embezzIement, ac-
cording to the police.
Underwood had $500 when
searched. His statement that he
left $500 more in his berth was
confirmed by a message from Kan
sas City where it was reported
found.
Los Angeles Doubts.
Los Angeles, Calf, Feb IO.-W.
T Maddox, is the name of the own
er of an apartment house here in
which Walter S. Underwood, under
arrest in Topeka, kas.. uved for SIX
months of more. Maddex said tha.
during that period Underwood at no
time mentioned knowledge of Tay-
Tor or Sands, or any information
concerning motion picture produc-
tions or people connected there
with
Il do not believe Underwood is
Sands, or had any connection with
the murder Of William Taylor"
Maddox said. There were no ac-
tivities or interests of his that
could associate with the motion
picture people. He worked pune
tually, did not keep Irregular
hours, appeared to live an ordi-
dai regular IlIe anu sESL4tu ~
live within his earnings. He men
toned having relatives in New
York and Pennsylvania and having
served in the British navy"
Underwood is sought b. a bond
ing company on a charge OF mis-
apropriating funds from the Pacific
Electric railway. an interurban
system company here. by which he
was employed as q collector or au-
ditor. He left the apartments OF
Maddox January IS. and registered
at downtown hotel. He left the
hotel Sunday night without leaving
a forwarding address.
Police and deputy sheriffs have
announced that they do not assoCi-
ate him with the Taylor murder.