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BY the Associated Press.

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/ Los ANGELES. Calf, February g..
Jealousy. police ard private detec-
tivesr reported today, has directed
search for a prominent young New
York man, formerly engaged to one
Of the beautiful stars of filmdom in
connection with the shooting last
Wednesday night OF William Des-
mond Taylor.
Ihis suspect was reported today to
have checked out of a hotel here on
the day of the murder and left the
city the following afternoon. He is
believed by Investigators to have
headed fo- San Diego and possibly
crossed the border into Mexico. His
name is will held by the police.
The actress to whom the suspect
was at one time engaged, according
to investigators. was a close friend
Of the slain director and in this
friendship. Investigators say. they see
a possible motive of Jealousy, which
would lead to the murder.
NightEown i'm Case.
Letters written by Mabel Normand
to Taylor, reported missing following
the murder. and evidence concerning
the presence for six months, at least,
of a woman's pink silk nightgown
in the Taylor bachelor apartment to-
day added interest to the case.
Investigators were reluctant to dis
cuss the woman's nightgown. Henry
Peavy, Taylor's negro houseman, told
of its presence in the house until the
night of the murder. Where 1t is
now is police mystery They will
not discuss 1t, but reports are that it
disappeared with the lelters.
The early hours today found deputy
sheriffs. municipal detectives and of
f1cials of the motion picture COM
pany by which Taylor was employed
gathered in the dead directors apart
ment, again sorting over his letters
something, overlooked before, that
might set them straight upon the
trail Of his slayer.
This comparative setback followed
a day and night of unusual activities
in search for a solution to the enigma.
Several Jailed.
an unnamed motion picture actor had
been taken to the county Jail for
questioning as suspect. and that
h-s connection with the cass AS con-
sidered so unprecedented he had been
hustled from the motion picture '.loty
where he was at work with such
speed that he had not the time to re-
move the makeup from his face, At
the same time two other motion pic
ture employees, one Camera man,
also were taken to Jail as possible
4: These actions resulted from q. report
that. the actors automobile, q dis
ttintfvely constructed and painted
machine, had been seen near the Tay-
,lor apartments the night Of the
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i The actor was questioned for two
hours and then. still unable, it was
stat ed, to tell definitely where he was
at the time Taylor was killed, was
hurried to the dead mans apartment
for a re-enactment of the crime as
the officers had reconstructed 1t. -.
But residents of the same bungalow
court, who previously had given state
ments that they had seen a man
skulking about the Taylor home the
night. he was killed. were unable to
identify the actor as that man. He
was released, but with INSTRUCTIONS to
keep in touch with the officers. The
men taken as possible material wit
nesses also were given their freedom
again. -
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