Bisbee daily review., 1922-02-03
MOVIE DIRECTOR
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to have been suspected by the direc-
tor of having committed recent rob-
berries at his apartment.
The police further advanced the
theory that Taylor had been slain by
man who was jealous of him, and
elaborated this to include several pos
sibilities.
Denies Love Affair
The police were said to be consider
ing the possibility that Taylor was
shot by the discarded sutton of some
woman with whom he had been
friendly; by former servant he had
caused to be arrested for an alleged
crime, and who was said to have
threatened his life; by a burglar VINO
was surprised when Taylor returned
from escorting Miss Normand TO ner
car, or possibly by a woman who,
for some unknown reason, had become
enraged at him.
Miss Normand stated tonight there
had been no affair of the heart what
ever" between her and Taylor.
His friendship for me was that of
an older man for girl who liked the
outdoor sports he l.ed, and VINO was
eager to CLEAN a little enlightenment
from the vast storehouse of knowl-
edge he possessed"
When l went to Mr. Taylor's home
Wednesday evening, it was in re-
Spouse to a telephone call.
81 had my chauffeur drive me to
Mr.. Taylor's home. l bought peanuts
and some magazines and newspapers
and ate the peanuts on the way.
When | got out of my automobile, |
told my chauffeur to clean the car.
Then l went up the steps. | heard
Mr.. Taylor talking to somebody over
the phone, underneath the stairs,
and l hesitated about going in, until
he had finished. Then | entered. He
had been talking to woman who had
charge of the income tax business for
many of the picture folk, including
myself
Talked About Books
HE came in and said: GEE, | am
glad to see you
1T was about five minutes after
seven when | arrived at his house.
w talkd about books. l am studying
French and as he spoke French flu
emily, he was of great assistance to
me.
and told him | thought he had chang
ed his house furnishings. He said:
You haven't been her for so long you
forget | hadn't been to his house
before for two months He said:
The photograph is the only thing
new"
His servant, Henry, came in and
said to Mr.. Taylor: Have you had
your dinner?' He said: Yes, have
you had yours?'
Il said: No, but Pm tired, and
I'm going home now. | have a stu
dio call at 7 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing
Promised to Phone
He went with me to my car. He
expressed surprise at some of the
magazines in the car, and some were
light. | suppose, and he gave me one
of Feud's books to read.
He said he would phone me later
in the evening to see how | liked it.
but he did not. That was the last | |
ever heard his voice. When Edna
Purviance told me this morning he
was dead, | felt sure it was all some
horrible mistake.
Il had known him for six or seven
years. He was uniformly kind to
everyone"
News of the death of Taylor stirred |
the motion picture colony here. and
a group of directors and others prom |
inent in the industry met tonight to |
offering a reward for the |
arrest and conviction of his slayer.
Some of the efforts of the police to- |
night were directed to a search for |
the person who some time before |
Taylors death wrote him note en-
closing pawn tickets for jewelry stol- |
en- from his home.
Burglar Sends Note
The note was apparently written in |
Sacramento. Calf, December 81, |
1921. 1t read:
Sorry to inconvenience you, even !
Also observe the lesson
of the forced sale of assets
"A Merry Christmas and a Happy !
and Prosperous New Year"
(Signed) alias Jimmy V"
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.
why don't you get somebody to
watch?' Mrs. Berger said she asked
him.
''Oh. no. she said Taylor replied, J
but did not explain his aversion to
the procedure she had suggested
Peavey. Taylor's house man. told /
the police he discovered his employ !
er's body about 1880 o'clock this morn I
ing when he arrived for work as he I
did not remain in the Taylor house /
hold overnight
He opened the front door. re said. !
and saw the body lying on the floor of /
the living room. Tie feet were to- /
ward the door and a chair had been /
overturned over the legs. he stated. /
Peavey said he called to Taylor and I
then decided he was dead
Il ran from the house." Peavey
said, land the folks around there say
| made a commOtion. Then neighbors |
came running, and later they took the /
body away"
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