Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-02-10
Constable at CarIin, New, Or
dered to Arrest Murder
Suspect.
SLAIN DIRECTOR IS BURIED
Every Motion-Picture Studio in Los
Angeles Closed During Funeral
Woman Film Star Quizzed
by the Police.

LOS Angeles, CAL, FeD. "a tele-
graphic warrant, charging Edward F..
Sands, alias Edward Fritz Stratmore,
former butler to William Desmond
Taylor, with the murder of the film
director in his apartments here, was
issued by the Los Angeles police de-
partment and wired to Constable A..
b. Berning at Carlin, Nev., according,
to information received by Los An:
geles newspaper.
Another angle of the case involved
the "long and gruelling" examination,
as the detectives described it, of a,
well-known motion picture actress at
her home here. They declined to name.
her, out admitted sic was one of al
number who have indicated intimate
friendship with Mr.. Taylor.
While these developments were I'M
progress and the police were sitting
the constantly arriving "tips" on the
case from various cources, the funeralI
OF the dead director was held
Mr.. TaylOr's body, clad in the unil
form Of captain in the British army
was viewed by thousands Of friends
and others.
Flowers were sent from many mo-
ton picture sources, including Mary,
Miles Minter, film actress, who sent al
huge bouquet Of Black Prince rosesi
While the funeral was in progressa
every motion picture studio in Los
Angeles was closed.
fired salute over the casket at the
cemetery.
The Very Reverend William Mac
Cormack, dean of st. Pauls read the
burial service.
The body was taken to Hollywood
cemetery and placed in vault until
relatives determine upon final disposii
ton.
The directors daughter, Ethel Daisy
Deane-Tanner, is reported on the way
from New York.
Mr.. Taylor is survived not only by
the nineteen-year-old daughter in New
York, but also by son, Reuben Davis
Taylor, twenty-six years old, in Texar-
kama, Tex, according to F. 81. Nc
Dowell, editor of Screenland, in an
Interview published here.
Miss NOrmand made a number of
declarations ION her word Of honor
to newspaper interviewers.
"Were you ever in love with Mr..
Taylor?" they asked her.
"Not in the way one means when
he uses the expression in love- on
my word of honor, no." she said. Get
it straight. Our friendship was based
on comradeship and understanding"
ibid you know any woman who
might have been jealous of you-who
might nave loved Taylor?"
ION my word of honor, no."
"Or any man who might have been
Jealous of the place he occupied I'M
your esteem?"
"On my word of honor, no."
"It has been limited he gave drug
parties. Did you ever hear Of them?''
"Never in Gods word never, on my
word of honor"
After some other questions, she
said:
"And, oh, please say that I never
heard of that pink silk night robe they
say is missing from Mr.. Taylor's
apartments"
"But Henry Peavey, the negro
houseman, said"
"He ought to be ashamed of himself
for saying l asked him about other
girls going to Mr.. Taylor's house"
she exclaimed. II saved him his Job
once when Mr.. Taylor wanted to fire
him."
A second note dropped from one of
Taylor's books while police detectives
were making an examination of his ef-
fects, according to Los Angeles news
paper. 1t was on the butterfly mono
grammed stationery of Mary Miles
Minter 1t read as follows:
dearest:
II love vou--I love you-I love you.
Xxx Xxx xxx
MARY"
The last "X" was two inches In
height, followed by an exclamation
point an inch in height.
Mary Miles Minter did not deny
authorship of the letter, according to
the newspaper.
''I did love William Taylor" she
said. 81 loved him deeply and tender
ly, with all the admiration and respect
a girl gives to man with the poise
and culture of Mr.. Taylor"
Taylor and Miss Minter met at San
ia Barbara two years ago. He was
her director.> The latter went to New