Paragould soliphone., 1922-02-15
PROSECUTOR CRILLS FOUR
 MURDER CASE
Witnesses Are Reported to
 Have Involved Man High in Hollywood Circles Taylor Had Been "BIed."

Los Angeles, Feb 14.-Foul ''mystery"e witnesses two men an( ! two women-wcre led to the districj attorneys soffice yesterday to tel what they knew that might toucl on the murder of William Desmond Taylor.
 1 These four people, it is said. told District Attorney Thomas Lee Wool wine story that involves d man nigh in Hollywood, and woman one of the women whose names have been most mentioned in the case The motive, it is declared. was jealousy.
 ReDutations that have been built up for years and the expenditures of much money will wither i'll a night when the story becomes pub lie, say those who know. The man ill the case has not been linked with the murder until yesterday afternoon. One of the women witnesses waa attractiyely gowned, the other, it is reported, is a housekeeper employed by wealthy family. One of the men was distinguished in appear ance, well-dressed. The other ap- peared n be an actor, out of work
 Woolwine would not reveal the names of any of the four, would not discuss what they said. He talked first to the richly dressed couple, then to the others. Most of the afternoon was taken up with them
 Big Director Mentioned.
 It was reported that the petite film beauty who made a statement to the district attorney the other night would he questioned again in the light of new evidence; and that a big director, once her sweetheart, but not the new man in the case" would also be called in to give tip the secrets he can give.
 This man, who has been ill for a time, has not yet been questioned, or if he has been, no word of the fact has come to the public He has been shielded from interviewers He has been protected in his self-in- flicted isolation. It is positively known he can give information con corning Taylor and his infatuation for woman of the films.
 Before the witnesses came to his office, Woolwine had been going over the letter written to Taylor by Mabel Normand and others, let ters that seemed to show a connec- ton between the dead man and the rings Of bootleggers and narcotic smugglers, letters that seemed to indicate Taylor had supplied whis- key and drugs for several frail lilies of the screen.
 Taylor Had Been "Bled."
 He also looked over the dead mans check book; found that a cer- tain dramatic critic in Los Angeles had received $200 a week, that others were receiving lesser sums that certain actresses had found Taylor generous.
 Wo0lwine also planned to question all those who accepted these sums; he was particularly curious abcut the critic. Did he know something about Taylor. that he should be sc lavishly paid? Was that $2oO a week buying the critics silence in the matter of stupid pictures, or oi other things?
 "Blood suckers said Public Ad- Iministra5or Bryson yesterday. "werc bleeding Taylor poor Blacllmail ? Maybe. Maybe he gots tired of it and defied them. Who knows?" The authorities still are seeking YGrious persons. smaller fry, who may or may not be able to tell who killed the mysterious director
 Among them are; Edward F Sands, the former valet; l.. D. (Red) Daley, he of the blood-stained cap and the knack of eluding detectives who surrounded his house. members of a nasty love cult, bootleggar dope peddler. two scenario writers husband. and wife, the man 2 former writer and said to be mem Der of the narcotic ring.
 Shadowy prominent actors and actresses, producers and directors figure in the "clews," but only two of them have been questioned thus far Miss Normand and Mary Miles Mniter.
 Woolwine smiles and says: 'We are up against a stone wall We have no evidence against anyone. '
 Everybody and every theory is being eliminated d"--the word has become "trite" with its misuse in the Taylor case-except the pro. ducers and the directors, who have not yet been questioned, who have not yet been approached.
 Miss Minter Defends Taylor. Miss Minter gave out a statement