Evening journal., 1922-02-10
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trothed to the owner Of the pink |
silk nishtie."
The third man who Is included in I
the list OF possible suspects was today !
described as an independent picture ]
/ producer" whose phenomenal rise !
within the five years has been one OF
the remarkable things OF the motion {
picture industry. II is said that he
was in love with the same actress
mentioned in connection with the
young man from the East" and TO
have been divorced recently by his
wife because OF inndelity.
Another motion picture executive
is referred to as Suspect Number A."
These last two men were among the
few powers OF the photoplay indus
b try who did not attend the Taylor
funeral.
The mysterious Miss X' Is not a
pointed reference to any one actress
among those OF Taylors acquaint-
ance. She is merely the police theory
that a jealous woman instigated the
Staying OF the director
District Attorney Thomas Lee
Woolwine today assumed leadership
81 OF the various agencies searching for
Taylors slayer All new evidence
81 unearthed will be placed at his dis
posal. New witnesses will be ex-
2 amined by him. Reports-whether
81 OF Taylor's past life heart affairs
: or difficulties with rivals or black
? mailers will be laid at Woowine's
. disposal
In this way authorities hope 70
2 forge ahead through conflicting
masses Of evidence and TO penetrate
the maze OF mystery thrown around
{ the killing Of the director until they
s emerge on the clear trail OF the
r guilty party.
From today. according to Wool
wine, the district attorneys Office
will conduct comprehensive sur
vey OF the entire case.
Beautiful actresses who have IN
sufficient testimony, Taylor's serv-
e ants. persons in the neighborhood
who saw a mufied man in cap on
r the night OF the murder all will be
h called up-subpoenaed by the forth
q coming grand fury. II necessary, to
d tell once more and more completely
!, everything they know which may
- have the slightest bearing on the
a mystery.
& Today. the District Attorney be-
e gan with Mabel Normand and MARY
4 Miles Minter. actresses whose name'
L have been mentioned most promin
= emily in the case. not because the,
are suspects, but because OF theh
friendship with Taylor. The Maoe
2 Normand letters to Taylor abou
" which much mystery remains. are II
n the possession OF the District At
~ torney's office. II they throw M
- light upon the murder they will no
- be made public. A report tina
l. Mabel Normand had admitted ina
"a It was for the purpose OF securin
4 these letters that she visited Iaylo
:, on the fatal Wednesday evening wa
p denied by Chief Deputy District Al
torney Doran who will play a prom
~ inent part in the investigation.
10 Many new facts are expected I
VI be brought to light. A late develop
20 ment was the positive assertion by
OF detective attached to the Distric
te Attorneys office that Taylor had
n woman visitor at his bungalow pre-
a. ceeding Mabel Normand by a mai
IN tor Of minutes. The woman lef
We the detective says brief time elaps
ed and Mabel Normand arrived.
Ell Investigation today was under wa
ms 10 determine whether or not this We
be man is the owner OF the dainty Mgr
OF gown considered the most importar
I'M clue yet unearthed.
ch The report that a revolver. po
es, sibly the one with which the erin
IS, was committed. had been picked U
'ut by milkman is still under invesug'
ton.
I'm Mack Sonnet movie magnate. va
Al today reported In bed, suffering fro
on a badly infamed throat. For
I'll time his whereabouts had been col
sidered a mystery.
on part OF the confusion which n
Ire hampered the hunt for Taylor's mu
m derer thus far has been due TO q
divergent interests OF the invesug
no tors. The motion picture interes
40 while Indignantly denying any desi
are N defeat the ends OF justice, natu
me auv have their own investigator
$50 Tangible clues have disappear
o from the Taylor residence In mystic
1n' ious fashion-some to reappei
other things which might seem clu
'"s have suddenly appeared. witho
VI having been missed. Handkerchi'
- without obvious initials have be
40, coming and going.
~. who had these letters?" II "
being asked by those who belle
Ia, they were planted. why did [
80 handkerchief with the - on 1t d
appear after IL was disclosed to [
investigators by accident?'
80 80 The belief increases in official C
- -, cles that professional quinn
oDs murdered Taylor at the instigati
Oh OF some man or woman so far u
.,io known. The manner in which
'he crime was committed without
ana trayal OF the slayer, with a precisi
oo- and cold bloodedness which lead
ohs first TO erroneous belief that Tay
ses had died a natural death with o
the single shot which found its vital "a
get. these and the complete abser
OF material clews TO the acti
slayer and his successful escape. ri
VA. clude according 10 some invests
tors any theory than that a hired (
'wn sassin did the killing.
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