Show MABEL NORMAND NOW ABSOLVED After Three Y Years cars Ac- Ac Actress Actress Ac Actress tress Cleared In Taylor I Murder urd r Case CaseBY BT BY LEE OVER X Special Correspondent of ot The Standard Examiner rd Copyright 1936 l 1 By Dy The Consoli dated Press Pren Association LOS ANGELES Calif March Ten 27 T n day days ago a o wh when n a Los Angeles etea co county nty prosecutor on a trip east cast cut announced that he h had found new nw clue clues In the th William Dumond Taylor Talor murder case case n mystery murder O of more ore than three years year standing thre na- na nationally na nationally known luminaries of oC the motion picture world resigned to be dragged again Into the th limelight of ot undesirable publicity SImultaneously all Hol 1101 Hollywood lywood which means mean most of C the prominent In the th cinema uni- uni universe verse shrugged Its shoulders and andi i good od more heavens heavens more ot of that that tuft stuff Today fody one on ot of the th three film who whose names nemes have been so 0 and unfavorably unfavorably ably bandied About In connection with the th 1 of or the movie dl di director rector has been completely ex- ex exonerated ex exonerated of ot any connection with Tailors Tailor's death The Th oth r two are ardently hoping ho that they are areto areto anto to quickly get the th same me am official ll and all Hollywood Is that the th truth Is corn com corning III ing out at last Hollywood never has haa ha liked biked the stigma tle-ma that tile the th Taylor aylor murder 11 has cut cast c t upon It It Some Som of ot the m stigma however hOever has his already been removed Mabel Normand one on or of orthe the three thre movie persona person CI eer er er Ince alne sine Taylor wa a alain elain lain Ilu ha just been cleared ot of nil all with the th murder by the Joa Lo Ln Ancel ngel district attorney tt n office i- i iW Now W H ir grand rind i jury Is t to launch bunch an investigation on of ot of the Whole Taylor murder Including It Is I said III an Investigation of or its lis and investigators and It Is out of this new official grand jury that Hollywood expects the th final truth about the th highly mI ous ous murder case ClUe t to come Most of those who work In and around motion pictures piCture In Holly Holly- Hollywood Hollywood wood have Jave lone bong had and had and still their have their own theories about who murdered William Taylor faylor The theory which Is ac- ac ac espied most mOlt generally Is I that there has hai never nevor been a single Ingle tIe tIe- ele element ment of ot either or mys- mys try try mys-try to the th movie directors director death death- death that he was killed In revenge by bya bya crazed drus-crazed a 1 man whom he be had caused to be b a fugitive from jus- jus jus justice Lice tice Furthermore according to this theory there ther Was as never any mystery twenty tour to the murder twenty twenty- tour four hours after It happened Just what Is going coins to come corn out ot of the th grand jury Investigation of the Taylor cue case ess however Is problematical despite Hollywood Some censure may be forthcoming for certain Los An- An coles An-coles coun county y officials lol who wha have participated l In the th investigation lg or of the case cas from the lh outset Meanwhile Miss Normand clear clear- cleared cleared ed ot or any ny and nd all suspicion lor br's death by the lh Los Angeles district attorneys attorney's office offic Is being likened 10 lo the th worm that turned By turning and defying the same sante tam district attorneys attorney office offic who only Q a few days day dllY previously pre had linked her name with with Ith a 1 new investigation of the murder case she Is credit credit- credited ed J with starting the grand crand jury Jur to investigating and In the same sam process winning for ber herSelf elf com corn complete complete exoneration Since Taylors Taylor's Taylor murder Miss 1158 Normand hl has been practically out ot of pictures On two occasions when picture producers were ere con con con- aldering gIving her another chance chan n new w IV of ot the Taylor case were started and her efforts to come beck boick b ck were quick Quick- Quickly quickly quickly ly killed Two weeks week ago aro ro Miss 1183 Normand ormand returned to Los Lo from the th east cast ast and announced that Hal Roach famous comedy pro pro- producer producer pro producer ducer was going e to give five her a chance Almost simultaneously announcement was wa wn made that another Taylor Talor c case ee investIgation was under way Miss Mis Normand had been placed under surveillance surveillance lance it was officially stated I and she cb was to be and questioned once one again The Roach come coma back contract threatened to go so the th same am way as a lIs Miss Nor Nor- Normand Normand mands mand's mand other efforts effort to re reestablish lish herself hers lt In pictures picture That Is 1 until she eho decided to fight back This Is ts persecution Instead of prosecution Miss Ml Normand an- an announced an announced I defy dery d fy the th district at- at attorney at attorney torney or au body else Is to Involve me Ins In the th Taylor murder ease can They have bave not a single bit of 01 evidence my nante with the case cas except that I 1 w was wa the first to find Mr Taylors Taylor's dead body They have hav never had any evidence justifyIng such belief bellet Jam I J ant am ni innocent and from now on Im I'm going coin l to fight back I 1 am tired of ot being the th goat cot for a bunch of ot politician polItIcians Tb Th The district attorney know knows who murdered Taylor and he has ha known ever eer since shies right rl ht after the th murder hap hap- happened happened There Ther Isn't even any mys mys- mystery mys- mys mystery mystery tery to the th case cue Within twenty four hour hours arter Normand ormand stated her lier den deft the district attorneys attorn y office offic gave xav ave her ber bera hera hera a complete completo clean bill of or health Now the th rand grind rand jury h has ha taken a hand and forecasts are ar that all li lithe the mystery of the th cue case ca will III have been solved the th corn com cornIng corn Ing week tl ii I out on 00 I |