Imperial Valley press., 1930-01-06
UNITED PRESS
GETS STORY OF
TAYLOR SLAYIM
Continued From Page One)

ucd to deliver dope to Taylor anu
Get his money for it. %
"Sands must have been about ~
! wears old in 1922. He was PREV!
rood sort of guy, for crook; ne
alwavs treated me square and al
wavs got my money on time.
"I met him about six months prev
ions to the murder on movie ioca
! tion in Santa Ana Canyon. | was
doing some electrical work for the
company. and he drove Taylor ou,
in Tavlor's ear. We got talking ana
became friends.
"Word was passed around in TINS
dope ring after a while that iay'os
had turned rat and was tipping Us
eff TO federal officials. / heard sew
eral conversations in which IT was
remarked that Taylor would De
buuped off if he didn't play square
At first | paid no attention, as {"
lot of that sort of talk was gong
around: but they kept repeating II
and prettv soon | got really inter
ested and began to think theE
meant business
Saw Two Actresses
"On the evening Of February !,
1922. Sands and l were out at Re-
dondo Beach on job and saw lay-
lor and -- (naming two motion
picture actresses having dinner IN Il
cafe.
ave went back to town and Sands
went up to his apartment for fe"
minutes. while ! waited outside. he
told me when he came down that he
had lust talked with Taylor on the
phone-at Taylor's home-and that
we were to deliver some 'hvpe to
the latter.
"Sands went and got big linz
CUISINE. which he said was Tayior's
and had been loaned to him. He
picked up his stuff at the pharmacy
ard drove out to .Alvarado street.
"This was about . O'Clock in the
morning. We parked the ear across
the street from Taylor's bungalow
court. Sands and l left 1t and
crossed Alvarado street.
"There was another limousine at
the opposite curb, with driver at
the wheel and the motor going. a
woman was coming down the short
steps from the entrance to the bung-
allow court. She was wrapped in q
fur coat-either black or dark brown
but l recognized her as - -.
"She passed Sands and me and
got into the limousine hurriedly, and
drove away.
"Sands told me to wait for him on
the sidewalk, while he went in with
the bundle. He came back almost
immediately and hurriedly crossed
the street to our car, motioning me
to step lively with him. AS we left
the curb | noticed man in the
bungalow court at the rear, adjoin-
ing TaylOr's home but directly fac
ing Alvarado street open the shutters
of window and look out. | read
in the papers afterward that this
was Douglas MacLean's home.
"When we were in the car, Sands
said to me: It's time to be going.
The old mans got his. He's stretch
ed out deader than mackerel.'
eve went downtown and separat'
ed. | went to Santa Ana and later
to San Pedro. / went back to Los
Angeles next Saturday evening to
find out what was going on, and
ran into Sands. l saw him the next
day, too. He was leaving for San
Pedro to take boat for Mexico. and
i 20 J.,
Cruz.
II exchanged several letters with |
him at Vera Cruz after that. He
kept telling me to keep my mouth
shut and never mention his name.
Sands Not Slayer
"Sands did not kill Taylor; Pm
sure OF that. / don't think he meant |
to run away when he started for
Mexico; | understand he was going |
down to arrange for more narcotic !
81 think Taylor was shot between
abou. ! 40 a. m, when Sands said |
he talked with him on the phone from
Sands apartment, and 2:30 a. IN.
when we beat it from Alvarado
street.
w did not travel with the gang
after that, and, having lost the guild
ing hand of Sands, got into several |
Jams and vas sent to Folsom. At
the penitentiary | told something Of
this to Buck Cook, sent up for that
Providence Jewelry and Loan job in
Los Angeles, and he squealed to a
prison official.
"Thomas Cannon of the prison
board then called for me, and asked
me what | knew about the Taylor
murder. made long statement to
him in the presence Of two other
men. II was taken down by a stem
ographer. | did not sign it.
"a week later l was paroled. I
didn't know what was going to hap.
pen. They told me that the news OF
my statement involving the dope
ring and the Taylor murder had
leaked out, and that my life wasn't
worth nickel in Folsom.
81 went to my fathers ranch in
rallfornia then, and it wasn't moro
than a month before some gangster
came up from Los Angeles and an.
nounced that he was going to get
me. | wasn't there at the time. He
came close to attacking my father,
who had to call the police for pro-
lection"
Henry Peavey, young negro who
was Taylor's valet following the dis
nissal of Sands was quoted Satur-
day in an exclusive United Press
1ispatch as to quarrel he said he
overheard between the famous di.
rector and person prominent in the