The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-02-07
SERVICES
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against him; in fact, that it could
not be, as Taylor, the complaining
witness. was dead.
Another angle of the case involved
the long and gruelling" examination,
as the detectives described it, of a
well known motion pictures actress at
her home here. They declined to
name her, but admitted she was one
of number who have indicated init
mate friendship with Taylor
Taylor Buried
While these developments were in
progress and the police were sitting
the constantly arriving tips on the
case from various sources, prepare
tons were being made for the funeral
of the dead director this afternoon.
! This also was not overlooked by the
| police, for not only were ten uni
! formed men detailed to keep order in
| the great crowd expected to gather
about St Pauls Episcopal pro-Cathed-
! raj at o'clock this afternoon, but a
number of plain cloth men also were
assigned to funeral duty in the hope
| that even there they might obtain q
! clew to the murder.
| Taylor's body, clad in the uniform
| of captain in the British army, has
| been view by thousands of friends and
others in the undertaking establish
ment where it lies awaiting today 5
rites.
| Few Film Notable Present
! Men, women and children have gone
there to see it, the film notable being
| in the minority, it is reported. But
/ the shop girl and the working man
have made up in number for the alb
sence of screen actors,
But flowers have come from many
motion picture sources, includirS
Mary Miles Minter, film actress, who
sent a huge boQuet of black prince
roses. Miss Minter took a last look
at her friend Friday afternoon. Mabel
Normand, another actress, was one OF
the last to see Taylor alive, viewed
his body for the last time at the in.
quest Saturday.
i While the funeral is in progress
every motion picture studio in Los
Angeles will be closed.
AS the capacity of the pTo-cathedra
is limited half of the seats will be sci
: aside for members of the film colony
! and the other half for the public II
general. 1t is believed there will be
MANY times as many outside as in
side the building.
Honorary PalIbearers.
: Eight active pail bearers from the
members of the motion picture direc
: tors association and eight hOnorar!
! ones from the British overseas clul
have been named. In addition Their,
will be a firing squad of Canadian ex
service men who will fire a salute
t over the casket at the cemetery.
The Very Rev William Mccormack
e dean of St. Paul's will read, the buria
, service.
. The body will be taken to Holly
wood cemetery and placed in vaul
, until relatives determine upon fina
: disposition.
Taylor is survived not only by
daughter in New York, Miss Ethe
: Daisy Tanner, 10, but also a son Ret
hen Davis Taylor, IS, in TeXarkana
Tex. according to f. H. Mcdowell
{ editor of Screenland, in an interview
\ the Los Angeles Examiner is publish
| ing today.
Young Taylor is said to be the so
2 of the dead man and a woman othe
{ than any mentioned heretofore, as
: former wife of the director.
The mystery of where Taylor passe
l. the time between and o'clock las
wednesday afternoon approximate
. two hours before he was slain, pr,
viously unexplained was solved her
= today.
: Police detectives learned he ha