South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-22
TAYLOR'S DEATH IS
LIKE ELWELL CASE
Noted Writer Finds Both Men
Had Women Admirers
Blame Assassin = Fury.

NEW YORK. Feb. 21-It IS easy
for the enemy ~ a man who lives
secretly 20 murder him unseen
Ir mysterious manner two men
who ate the secret bread ~ pleasure
and drank sweet stolen waters have
died bv the fury Of assassns stan
Unknown
Tho career Of William Desmond
Tor. slain movie director. fin life
- death paralleled that OF "J.m
Eweil. so strangely shot down in
l.s New York home two years ago.
Zach lived alone. and alone each
was attacked From both Taylor
and EuveI ln their last moments
someone fled
Nen who shun daylight are apt 90
make themselves tempting targets
Tor marksmeu iu the dark
Taylors leave-taklug Of Ife was
just as mysterious az his iuexpl.ca-
hla departure ia 1908 from his wife
and child and just as unaccountable
az his later change OF name. for the
dead man was known originally as
william Cunningham Deaue-Tauuer.
Who Was slayer?
Who could have arranged Taylor g
ceudcstlue rendezvous with death p
Suspicion goes over the list OF
possibilities. There IS. for instance,
Edward p. Sands the dead mans
valet. who robbed his master and
whom. one of the feminine stars
SAYS Taylor vowed 90 Kin ut sight
And there are the men who are in-
terested 200 the women Taylor knew
VIII one Of the brilliant stars of
that E.amorous world. whose little
sums are Cooper-HewItts. shoot
dlWu t1 earth and be obliterated ir
the tragedy
Like his prototype ElweI. Taylor
- accorded by the opposite sex
- cared for none constantly JIM
fact. 10 BIS said he was Indifferent o.
love. Interesting. travelled we'll
read. brilliant talker and "a discreet
,Cnfdarf Taylor held the friendship
of many women Whether or not
his relations with them We're senti-
mental cannot be determined 1T this
time
But why did he disappear fin 1905
from "a beautiful wife and daughter
from host Of friends and a gay So
claI circIe2
Rover BY Nature.
Rover by nature. william Deane.
Tanner came TO New York from
Dublin In the late nineties. Movie.
were unheard of then. and TN,
young Irishman did not dream O,
the magic lantern which would ere
ate a life of splendor FOR him and
for thousands or others
He was interested I'm antiques anC
objects of art. He entered into tha
business near Thirtieth street anC
Fifth avenue at "a period when thi.
ueighhorhood held many small
shops with fascinating wares wheI
the Holland House was fourishin,
and fine old homes and old fash
toned apartment houses had mo-
been superseded by business.
"Floradora' was then in her frs
fling Among the pretty girls OF tina.
nrst cast was Ethel May Harrison
They met and married I'm 1901. -
- Clubs. racetrack. theaters and gay
@rties drew this restless individual
who because of his addiction 20 a iif,
OF pleasure did not cause seriou.
worry 20 his family when he disap.
peared i'm 1908 for what his friends
thought would be a short time.
Waved GoOd-by tn Wife.
at the Vanderbilt Cup race tina
year Taylor waved good-by TO hi
wife. later sent 20 their apartment
ir the Colonial Hotel FOR his clothe
but remained uuhelrd from until TIA,
movies began to- flash faces aroun,
the world. I'm this way his friend