Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-02-06
MISSING BUTLER
SOUGHT IN THE
TAYLOR MURDER
Police Believe Edward F..
Sands Can Throw Some
Light on the Staying of.
Los Angeles Man.


Los Angeles, Feb. 5.-The search
for Edward +. Sands, missing but
Ter cf William D. Taylor, motion
picture director who was myster-
iously slain last Wednesday night,
continued to be the most important
element of their investigation of
Taylor's death, police said today.
Checking of the various angles
Of the case among members of the
motion picture colony and other
friends and acquaintances Of Tay-
lor almost invariably resulted in
some development in which Sands
name was mentioned, according to
detectives. Explanations of this
situation are regarded as vital to
the case in its present stlge.
The police say they had had sew
eral clues to Sands whereabouts,
but this far these had resulted in
disappointments.
Henry Peazey, valet Of Taylor,
who found his employers body.
came to police headquarters again
today and was questioned by de-
tectives for a half hour. 1t Is un-
derstood he was asked for more
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arrangement of Taylor's furniture
and other belongings in the apart
ments where he was shot. Detec-
.tives would not state whether
Peazey's examination had thrown
'any light on the case.
Two other men, whose names
were not divulged, also were ques-
toned at police headquarters, but
under what circumstances was not
disclosed One of these men de-
parted with detectives who said
they We're going to check up en- an
angle of the case that previously
had been under investigation, but
they declined to be more specific.
The whereabouts of letters which
Miss Mabel Normand, motion pio-
ture actress, said she had written
TAYLOR and which she said were
missing from his apartments, con-
tinued TO be a matter of speculation
today. 1t is believed that these
letters and other papers could have
been removed after Taylors body
was found last Thursday morning,
some time during the period when
the house was unguarded while 1t
was believed he had died of natural
causes. Miss Normand first called
attention to the absence of the let
ters, which she said she had seen
lin the apartments a few days be-
fore the murder. She said she
knew of no reason why any one
should want them, and that she
would be willing to have published
anything they contained.
Absent on Mission.
Al Manning, head of the crimi'
nal Investigation department of the
sheriffs office, and several depp
| ties were absent most of the day
on a mission connected with the
staying. Upon his return Mannins
said there had been certain devel-
opments he could not disclose al
that time. His investigation today
he added, did not relate in any way
| to Sands.
Revenge, prompted by jealousy
remained apparently the most
probable motive for the alleged
crime, investigators of the various
departments generally agreed. The
possibility that the slayer was a
/ frustrated blackmailer also was
being considered. There was de-
clared further to be a remote
chance that he was n burglar who
! fled after the shooting without at
tempting to remove any yaluables
Captain of Detectives David p
Adams, who Is directing the police
Investigation, said everything in
the case indicated that the slayer
was a man.
whether the fact that Taylor
had changed his name from that
Of William Cunningham Deane-
Tanner, by which he was known in
New York four years ago. had any
bearing upon the case had not
been determined today, according
to the police. This circumstance
seemed to have no bearing upon
the principal angles of the mys-
terry which have been under inves-
tigation, it was stated.
Letters Disappear.
Investigators expressed them
selves at loss to account for the
disappearance of Miss Normand's
letters. They declared, however
that they did not believe the let
ters themselves would throw any
light on the case. The "main is
sue" so far, one investigator said
was the whereabouts of the miss
ing valet, Sands, for a few days be-
fore the shooting.
Questioning of film actors and
others who had known Taylor re.
| suited in no important develop
ments today, 1t was declared.