The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-02-07
DIG
UP LOVE AFFAIRS
IN TAYLOR PROBE
Newspaper Reports Discovery Of
Passionate Epistle
ELEVEN ks FOR KISSES
Asserted Mary Miles Minter Has
Not Denied Authorship
Of Love Note

Los Angeles, Feb. 7 (By TIE AS
sociated Pressl-A scented note
dropped from one Of William Des.
mond Taylors books while detectives
were making an examination OF the
effects of the moving picture drec-
tor found murdered IN his apart.
ments, according to the Los Angeles
Exam ner.
The note which was written on the
private stationery Of Mary. Miles
Minter read Dearest, love you.
love you, ! love you. xxxxx
IxxxX Yours a.ways. Mary" The
last OF the II Ks is two inches aigh.
Miss Minter. is said by the Examin.
er not to have denied authorship of
the note.
Los Angeles Feb Z (By the Associ-
ated Press "A telegraphic warrant,
charging Edward f. Sands, alias Ed
ward Fitz Strathmore, former Burler
to William Desmond Taylor, with mur.
der OF the film director was issued by
the La Angeles police department
late last night and wired to the con
stable az Carlin, New. according to
/ information received this morning by
the Los Angeles Examiner.
Mr. Taylor loved Mabel Normand,
but do not believe she returned his
love to any great extent" Harry Pea.
vey, houseman OF Taylor, said yester-
day IN the inquiry, Il was in Mr.. Tay-
lor's house for almost six months and
know that Mr. Taylor was very much
in love with Miss Normand AT times
thought that he returned his love
ard tAen again It seemed to me that
she was tired Of him.
M? Taylor wrote q letter to Mss
NormaEd almoEt every day Of the
week. HIS driver would take notes to
( Miss Normands home by automobile
after breakfast in the mornings. He
sent flowers TO her three days a week.
Miss Normand was with Mr.. Tay-
/ lor the last time saw him alive My
mast1r asked me TO mix up some cock
tails. and did placed the liquor in
/ the shaker on tray with two glasses,
and Mr. Taylor and Miss Normand
were drinking when left for the even
/ ing They both sa d good night to me
ard left the houseN When next saw
+ Mr.. Taylor. the next morning. he was
/ dead on the hCCr Of his living room
So far numerous persons prominent
In the motion picture world have had
at least eight connection with the
affair IN this number may be listed
Mabel Nounand, who was the last per
son % visit Taylor before the shooting
He escorted her TO her automobile and
returned to the room where he met
| his death, according to the facts so
far establ shed
Another widely known movie star
whose name was brought into the case
was Mary Miles Minter, who had
bu mess and social acquaintance with
Taylor and who was one OF the first
to be advised Of his death
Then Charles Eyton, production
manager Of the Lagky studios. where
Taylor was employed. frequently was
named because he was one of the first
to arrive at the scene after Peavey
found the body, and because he was
quito active in the early investigation
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Mclean, also
known in the ocreen world told of hav-
ing seen man leave the Taylor house
at the hour of the shooting, and others,
some approach ng the magnitude of
stars and others from the lowly extra
ranks have touched the affair
I In al these Investigations, repeated
I recurrence of the name Of Sands final.
| ly led to the declaration Of Capt Adj
ans that Sands discovery was essen.
tial to further progress. Sands has
not been seen here since the shooting,
nor is there any definite proof that he
was seen here since the shooting, nor
is there any definite proof that he was
seen here Immediately preceding Il,
Officers said he might be concealing
himself because he feared to face a
grand larceny charge preferred against
him by Taylor and still pending. This
charge, they said, wa no longer seri-
GUS, because without the testimony of
Taylor conviction would be difficult,
but they admitted that Sands might
not real ae this condition.
The primary facts in connection
with Tayor's change Of name from his
former name Of William Cunningham
DeanoTanner, which was first devel-
oped by the voluntary statement Of
. his sister.inlaw who lives at Mon
royia, near here, also were being stud
led 1t was genera ly believed, how
ever that this was due only to Tay.
lor's desire to be frse from his for
mer relations, and to the ord nary Gus.
tom of the screen and stage stars and
workers, whereby they assume any
mamie that happens to appeal to them