Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-02-06
DEAD FILM MANS
PAPERS CHECKED
IN CLUE SEARCH
Officers Still Baffled In Trying To
Solve Movie Colony
Murder

LOS ANGELES. Feb. G,--Efforts
of officials to solve the motion pic
ture puzzle of the Staying of William
Desmond Taylor, director, brought
the officers early today to "cut back
to the beginning g-rechecking of the
dead mans papers in the hope of OBJ
tanning better clue than any yet
evolved.
Jealousy, police and private detec-
tives reported today, has directed
search for a prominent young man
Of New York, formerly engaged to
one ofMhe beautiful stars of film
dom, in connection with the shoot
ing of Taylor,
A big figure in the screen world
and actor whose rise to movie fame
has been phenomenal, but whose
name the police are jealousy guard
ing, is now linked among the posi-
bilities of solution. 1t is known that
he had paid marked attention to an
actress who has been one of Tay-
lor's most intimate friends. lie ans
wers the description Of the man whom
Mrs Douglas MacLean, a neighbor
of the slain man, saw running from
Taylor's apartment Shortly after the
shooting is believed to have taken
place.
Later developments show that the
man himself hassRppeared before the
police and voluntarily given an ac-
count of his own movements on the
night of the murder. He has also
been called upon to explain tele-
phone conversation he held with the
murdered director two days before
the tragedy.
The actress mentioned in this con-
nection processes complete ignorance
both of motive and of the facts in
the crime.
Old Model Pistol.
The bullet that ended Taylor's life
mas been examined. Il is an old-type
bullet, and could have been used only
IN an old model revolver. The police
are now searching every arms shop
IN the city to discover the purchaser
OF such weapon
The police as well are checking the
history of "Dapper Dom Collins,
mead of an eastern gang of blackmail-
erS and criminals, who is known to
nave worked" in the movie colony
nor some months past. While there
IS thus far no absolutely direct evil
oence to connect Collins with the
cllme, the easterner's method of
working and the fact, according to
.ne police, that "they wouldn't put
u past him." has brought his name
nl'o the tragedy. Collins came here
VIrectly after his flight from New
nork following a near tragedy in a
DfohX apartment resulting, it is be-
"eyed, from blackmail scheme.
Investigation into the past history
ol Taylor has revealed picturesque
anu somewhat romantic career.
AS William Deane-Tanner - his
Lightful name Taylor worked as
no'ei clerk, faborer and mine book
hseper in various parts of the coun-
.Iy' Under his right name he became
captain in the Canadian expedition
wy wy forces and fought through the
World War.
Married Chorus Girl.
-, Ghaer his right name, too, he mar
,iea a. Ethel May Harrison, a member
u One original Floradora chorus. But
too 4o disappeared suddenly in October,
gus without apparent reason, and
,,': Ever again took up his residence
n NUN his wife and daughter, Ethel
naisy tanner, who is now on her
way to the coast. As a strange CO.
nnoiaenee, his brother, Dennis
peane-I Tanner, also disappeared from