The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-02-11
TAYLOR CASE
IS BATTLING
OFFICIALS
Miss Normand's Exami-
nation Furnishes No
Clews

Los ANGELES, Feb ii.-Along
what lines the investigation into the
murder of William Desmond Taylor.
motion picture director. would PRO
cred today. was not divulgcd By
Thomas Lee Woolwine. district at
arney
he declined. to say whether his
program called for the summoning to
his Onice OF any persons believed to
DE In possession Of Information
pertinent to the probe or whether
today would be devoted to some other
angle Of the case. which he described
a. devoid of all workable cl.ws"
This followed closely dpog night
session nt his office. from shortly
aftrr o'clock until nearly midnight.
with more than three hours given to
q questioning Of Mabel Normaud.
Miss Nurmnud. according To Nj.
Muulwlnc. wu- unable 90 add any
thing iu the police dltu concerning
Edward T.. Sands, missing former
butler-secrotury TO Taylor but APP
uurcntly confirmed the district 1t
tnrncy'~ belief In the importance uf
locating him. for hv later said
sands i~ the man We must find
Miss Normand was the second
film actress uf prominence to respond
to summons from Mr Moulwino
the other being Mary Miles Mintcr
who was In the ofiiCial'S private office
answering questions. while the funeral
"f the director was IN progress last
Tuesday afternoon.
When Miss Normand arrived nj tho
district attorneys offices she was
accompanied hy her chauffeur WIN.
Davis. who drove her tO the Taylor
home the night the director was
Killed and who previously has stated
Taylor accompanied her to her auto
mobile when she departed.
Davis also was questioned briefly
hv Mr. Mooiwine and his chief deputy.
Before Miss Ncrmand went into
the private rooms with Mr. Woolwine
tho issued statement to the press
in which she stid she could mot ofer
any solution whatever OF the Taylor
tragedy and denied she was In love
with Taylor OF had quarr,led with
HIM
Il was believed that letters OF Miss
Normand tu Taylor for several days
reported missing but later found in
BE- boot ln closet In the Taylor home
w-r" considered during the district
attorney uueEtioninE ~ the actress
The report from Fresno, California
that the shUrin planned Co arrest TOE
day man believed To- bee sands in-
torested the district attorney and the
police.
-Four detectives were loo attendance
a. the district attorney ouiDe 90
dIncrent periods during the eNaminl
tiun Of Miss Normand and Davis were
reported to have started ON unnamed
missions early this morning
Whether an arrest made hN two
police detectives here last night viii
prove to be the only arrest here IN
connection with the Taylor murder
was to be determined by Investigation
today.
Waiter Thielo 20 years OF age, VINO
said he was born, IN Oakland ana has
been In Los Angeles FOR a year was
taken into custody shortly before mid
night and booked at the city jail on
charges OF carrying concealed
weapon and suspicion OF burglary
During examination OF Mabel Nor
mand by District Attorney Moolwinc.
four police detectives took into the
conference a cap reported to have
heen worn by Thiele at the time of
his arrest. indicating possible con
nection with the Taylor case.
The arrest was not discussed by
nny investigators of the Taylor case.
Captain OF Detectives David Adams
announced later that police inveStiga-
tion OF Thiele convinced him that
Thi.ls had no connection with nor
could he furnish any Information CON
cerning the Taylor ra-c. \ blood
stained cap found IN Thiclc's room,
the captain said. has no bearing on
the Taylor investigation.