Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-02-07

Fitz Strathmore, formely butler for
Taylor. can be found, the complaint
against him charging grand larceny
now in the hands of thesspaiieet~ will
be dropped, it was announced by Cap
tain of Detectives David Adams
Sands is believed to hold the key
to the solution of the murder of the
director, the police state, and they are
centering their efforts upon locating
him. Captain Adams stated that as
the complaining witness, Taylor, now
was dead, the grand larceny case could
not be taken to court without him
Therefore. he added if Sands could
clear himself from all connection with
Taylor's death, no other charge would
be placed against him.
Affects Other Clues
IF we can locate Sands said Cap
tain Adams. "and he can prove to our
satisfaction where he was on Wednes-
day night last. between Z and o'clock
can prove he was not in Los Angeles
or that he was in Los Angeles and not
near the Taylor apartment, then we
shall know that other clues, now in our
hand, are probably of value
Adams said that information in his
possession led him to believe that re
gardess of where Sands might have
been last Wednesday night, he was not
in Los Angeles at present. He de-
clared none of the persons who had
stated Sands was in the city shortly
before the murder had said they had
talked with him.
Several women with whom Sands
was said to have been friendly have
been interviewed by the police and all
are reported to have said they had
neither seen nor heard from him for
months
All hotels where Sands is known to
visited but no recent trace has been
found of him. A number Of men said
to have been friendly with him have
been questioned but all said they knew
nothing of his recent movements.
Six Men Questioned
An unidentified party of men was
driven to the vicinity of the Taylor
apartment the night he was murdered,
according TO story told to the police by
taxicab driver.
What else the chauffeur told the
police the latter did not make public,
but it was known that in the search
for the slayer of the motion picture
director the detectives questioned six
men Monday.
These include Charles Eyton, gen
eraI manager of the Famous Players
/ N 1y,r Nv 1ryh,n1, NO. lrr had
been employed and Henry Peavey, ne
gro house servant Of the dead director.
The questioning Of the four unnamed
men, who included the chauffeur. was
in furtherance of the search for Sands.
The chauffeur's suspicious were said
to have been aroused after reading of
the murder and he communicated his
knowledge to the police He and a
companion were in secret conference
with the police several hours and dur
ing that period took hurried auto
mobile ride with detectives.
Two Of the four men were said to
have entered into the investigation for
the first time Monday.
Other Letters Missing
Later in the day officers declared
letters known to have been in Taylor's
possession shortly before his death, in
addition to those said to have been
written by Mabel Normand, film nc
tress, and sought by her in vain at his
apartment after his body was found,
were missing.
No one questioned by the police SO
far has admitted any knowledge of
their whereabouts.
Miss Normand, through a represen-
tative, announced she had planned to
have her telephone number changed
to avoid ]" the continual stream of !.
callss reaching her recently.