The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-11

turned to Woolwine. who stood TAX
ing notes nearby, and said:
THAT is how j found Taylor. This
Is the way the body lay. And here
is the desk at which he was seat
ed when he was shot"
Receptacle Of NOrmand Letters.
Jesserun nodded to a gesture by
Woolwine.
Yes, that Is the drawer where
Mabel NOrmand's letters lay. Here
is where the chair he used was
upset. And right there"-he placed
his hand under the chauffeur's
chest-"is where found the
wound. The bullet went in here
pointing TO spot on the chauffeur's
cOat-"and came out here"
But Woolwine was not yet salts
fled. From the notes his trained
mind had compiled during his in
tensive inquiry, he asked question
after question. In his cramped po-
sition. the chauffeur was forbidden
TO move.
Then Woolwine finished. He an
nounced at once that whoever shot
Taylor-man or woman-had been
hidden in the bungalow for many
minutes before Mabel Norman de-
parted.
During the interval when Taylor
departed to bid the beauty good
night, the assassin came from the
hiding place and. curtained near
Taylor, fired his-or her-zpistol.
On this theory, then, all the re-
sources Of the States hunt for the
murderer will be conferred. Either a
Jealousy -maddehed plOtter, who
threw stealth to the winds when
the moment came, or a cold, hired
killer, fired the shot.
And in either case, the bungalow
sheltered the assassin during the
memorable Norman interview.
Medium Finds TayIor's Spirit.
The claim was made In psychic
circles in Los Angeles this after.
noon that, after repeated efforts,
medium got in touch with the
spirit of Taylor on the other side"
and that the thought sent back
to earth through this means was
such as to discount the theory that
Taylor was murdered for reasons
Of revenge.
Friends of Taylor, ever since the
murder of the noted film dierctor,
have been seeking. through spirit
means, for some clew which might
lead to a solution of the staying
mystery.
The results which it Is claimed
were obtained did not come. these
psychics assert, through spirit
contact with Mr.. TAYLOR himself.
but came, they asserted, by way of
the psychic channels opened
through friends OF the dead direc-
tor who have passed on. Spirit
ualist believers claim that 1t will
be some time before conditions can
be met on the other side" which
with Taylor himself
Says Hate Was Motive.
A Los Angeles county detective,
noted for his remarkable work in
criminal cases, who has been In
vestigating the Taylor murder mys-
terry, said today:
Find the man who. above all
other men. hated Taylor, and you
will have the slayer"
Taylor, he said, was killed by an
dNtIlStI WIN STEW, hui W dNtIBt a
wrong against himself. but to avenge
real or fancied wrong against an
other. probably woman-more
probably young woman. The
avenger went to Taylor's home for
that purpose alone and did not leave
until he knew that the film director
was dead. according to the theory
Of the detective.
This detectives theory, however,
is ut variance with that Of the police
In regard to the actual Staying.
The police state that Taylor's
slayer hid Behind the door and fired
when Taylor entered the room, the
bullet entering the left arm and
emerging behind the right shoulder.
They say that when he was struck
by the bullet, Taylor fell in the posi-.
ton in which his body was found.