Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-03-19 | Page 1 | New Clue Found in Murder That Shook Filmdom

NE CLUE FOUND fOUN IN MURDER THAT filMDOM District Attorney Keyes es in East Working on Lead Leadin in Tayl Taylor r Slaying Case OFFICERS SILENT ON LATEST ANGLE Disappearance of Taylors Taylor's Servant Abandoned as I Link in Noted Tragedy I II I LOS ANGELES GELES March 19 A AA AP APA A A new clue In the William Desmond Desmond Desmond Des Des- mond Taylor murder has been un un- un- un Taylor a a. wIdel widely known film di director director dl- dl rector was killed in his home here herein in February 1922 1122 The slaying rocked filmdom After Atter two weeks of denials the district attorneys attorney's office admitted yesterday that the presence of ot District District District Dis Dis- Attorney Asa Keyes In in the East had a direct connection with the case However nothing was forthcoming ing from officials as as to the angle upon which which the investigation has been renewed Buron Fitts chief deputy said Other than to say that I have been working on a new angle of the Taylor murder case I am unable to give s-ive out any Information at present t. One possible clue in the killing was discarded discarded- several days dars ago at Hartford Conn It was thought that a man who ho committed committed suicide near four tour years ears ago might have been Edward Sa Sands ds as asa asa asa a description of ot the two tallied closely Investigation revealed that the suicide was not Sands Sands was Taylors Taylor's servant He disappeared following the slaying and although a countrywide search was made he was never found