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Show FILMESS TELLS OF LOVE FOR DIRECTOR waaaaaHoaaawam - Mary ; Mile Minter, ; In Statement Over Signature, Signa-ture, Denies She Was Formally Engaged - . , HOPED SOME DAY TO WED SLAIN MAN Girl Who Has Broke Wills Mother Describes Scene at Taylor's Apartment Before He Was Murdered 'LOS AKOELES. Au. II. Mary Mllee Mlntar. motion picture an-treaa, an-treaa, waa not formally ancaced 19 marry William , Desmond Taylor, film director, who waa shot to death In but aparUncnu here February Feb-ruary I, 1121, but hoped aom day they mla-ht marry, according to a alaned story from her, published In tba Loa Anteles Time today. . ."W were never nsaed In the ana that he had aaked ma to marry him and I had promised." tba story stated. 1 had always hoped that soma time w would be married. : I had planned In my own mind aevor with Mr. Taylor that a soon a I had made enoufh money ao that mother and slater could be assured of a comfortable Ineomo for the rest of their llvee that per-bapa per-bapa we would be married. But not enscl In the eenee of wear-Ins wear-Ins arins, or of telllns one'a frlende of an Intention to marry, or of tell-Ina tell-Ina my mother. Merry Ins Mr. Taylor waa Just my dream dream which, voiced to him, always met with the answer that it waa Impossible." Impos-sible." - In ber afery, Mies Minter aleo told of dlfferencee which heea arisen between her and her mother, Mra. Charlotte Bhelby, over an accounting ac-counting of the actress earatnee which, she Asserted, "must be settled set-tled by attorneys or rhe court. "t shall not set mother acsJa. aha afirmed, MOTHBH "tCOVIRINO, " Mr. Shelby Is reported con va lee-cent lee-cent from a recent major operation. Miss Winter's story told of bow Taylor put bis arm around her durlnc dur-lnc a motor ride In New Knsland on bar aeventeenth blrthdey; of how aha grew to admire him; of an allered affront aha said her mother offered the director; bow the girl apologised, only to hear Taylor tall her that "her mother waa light"; . how he was the first psraon to call her "Mlsa Winter" which Impressed ber, aa up to that tune ebe had been generally conaidered a little girl and everybody had called her "Mary"; of bow be finally told her not to write or phono him; bow aha euffered when aha beard he waa 111; how, while In Europe, aha learned of hia war record, which made ber proud, because he had never mentioned It ta ber; and bow finally, a few weeks before be waa killed aha railed at hla apartment apart-ment late at night. ' .- "I ran tha bell. her story continues. con-tinues. "All was silent. My heart stopped. Then I heard tha rattle of a newspaper, tha door opened and there he atood. "Why, Mary.' be said. It's quite lat, lea't It.' - Tee, It la nearly II o'clock.' 1 answered. "But I muet eee you.' And I pushed past him Inta the room. MABIL SHARKS HONORS. 1 noticed thing war changed, that th furniture waa moved, bat on tha wall there still bung my picture pic-ture two of them and on of Mabel Norma nd." Then, ehe stated, he told har ah hould not have gone there and aha replied ah had gon t tell him good -bye snd thrust Into hla head a note reeding: "Dear William Desmond Taylor! Thla 1 good-bye.- I want you to know that I will always love you. Mary Then, her story goes n, "He put hi arms about me and klased me. T love you, Mary, better than anything any-thing In thla world, better than God. '' a answered, she declared. During the same meeting, she added. Taylor clenched his hands ao tightly hia flager nails brought Mood through the akin. He wiped away the blood on a handkerchief. Later aha took that handkerchief and gave hers to- Taylor. "Ha kissed H end slowly walked back Into th bouse," aha wrote. ' (Continued oa page 4 HI akin was waxen. I leaned down and put my arms about htm, my cheek to his. Hla far waa cold, ao cold, but not cold like lee. "'Do you love me. Desmond? I said. He answered me. I could bear hla voire. " 1 love you. Mary: I shall love you always,' hs whispered. T kissed Mm and put a re4 roe" In his hand I had brought with me. The door opened. The undertaker was there. I went away." RIMTRESS (Continued frem P t ) ftr puttiDS her into Jir utom-bil utom-bil ' - rThat th lavat flm nw him aonV nho wnt otv HEARS Of MURDER. Hr Hory procd to tho mora-Intr mora-Intr nr mother took hr th aowft Taylor hail boon murdered. "Where wer you lael uirhtr eh aaked i wee ner. of eourae,' I eeJe. hardly rttsJn wbet ahe wee aey-lnt aey-lnt Then Mlea MJnter dreeeed. Her mother fteked where ahe wee loins. "Te him. of rouree. thai I not let you." 1 am oin to him ff I have to i throttle you to et peat," Miae Mln I tr atatod ehe told her mother, and the latter tpped aalde. But ehe , arrived a Tavlor'e apartmeme too late tho body had- boon removed to an undortaker'e eatabUahaiant. So ahe called on aftaa Normend who Mid ahe knew nothtna of the alar-nr. alar-nr. ezeept whet ehe bad been told, ibe-narrative added. The nest dey 1 went te the undertaker un-dertaker a. and they let me' ta all alne with him," ehe wro f t puUed bark the aheet and looked at him bat be waa nut the aajsa , |