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Show MOVIE QUEEN'S j LETTERS OPENED Mystery of Film Director's, Murder Still Seems Unsolved 1 1 on tinned From I'mr I 1 William Cunningham Deans-Tanner art connoisseur. in SCRIITTON ii 8 Mv The f.iiiowiiiB description of Edward F. Sands sought by the LOS Angeles police, as the most Important witness In connection "rlth tin murder last Wednesday night ot Wllllsro Desmond Taylor, noted motion picture director was Riven out by the police here to- day; ' Edward 1'. Sand-., menean. about J ve.lts old H.'UlM :, feet 7 Or inches Wslffht, rather heavy build, at one time i?r. pounds; recently lost weight and believed BOmethlnl between be-tween 175 nnd 1!5 pounds, but noticeably notice-ably stout or hSAV) build. Itound face, light complexion. Hair, brown, quite heavy and straight, not curlv or wavy Nol known to cut very lose, always rather bushy. HeaVj eyebrows, short nose. Peculiar looking look-ing mouth, when closed seems quits small I iiiallv well dri assd "Smokes cigarets ineeasanti G )! IMPRESSION "Fairly well educated, sufficient to appear as a scholar. Makes Impression' aa v. .11 groomed, possibly appearing a little like a foreigner, speech may pos-i mtUtm. I... mmiA I., hnve a slleht touch ofi English or !anadlan, "Fine penman, formerly a clerk or bookkeeper. Two felony warrants fare iBBUea In Loi Angeles against him. one on a charge of arand larceny and another on S charge of tnirglary. "Served 1" American navy and Is likely to use any name as police belli be-lli . thai he has usd several." Peace officers through the country are requested to seek Sands, police say, and his arrest should be has. d upon the felony warrants. si t DIB8 DAN4 CNG The mystorv of where William Desmond Des-mond Tavlor passed the time between and 6 o'clock last Wednesday afternoon, after-noon, approximately two hours before I,,. w;i. Hl.iln, previoush unexplained, was solved here today. Police detectives learned he had ,.ne to a dancing academy for a lesson. les-son. L ' He whs brushing up on some-of tne Old Steps," said a woman Instructed l l BE BON mlsSO William Desmond Taylor, film dl-r'M-tor, Ib survived not only by S daughter In New York. Miss EthSl Daisy Tanner, but SlSO by a son, Reuben Davis Taylor, 16, In Texark-ina, Texark-ina, T.x.i.-. rillnK to F. H. McDowell, Mc-Dowell, editor of Sereenland. In an Interview the Ios Angeles Kxamlner ll .iitillshiug. 1' la aull 1., I... !h. Null 1 HUH nijiui " -- " of the dead man ami a woman other than any mentioned heretofore as a former wife of the director. Detectives began a careful re-check re-check of the military career of Taylor to lexrn, If possible, whether he had made any enemies while he served In British force d wring the world war. Taylor rose from the ranks to a captaincy In the king's arinv. He was sergeant major ot a labor battalion 1 1 Windsor, N S.. later he was transferred trans-ferred as a lieutenant to a train earning ear-ning supplies from Dunkirk to the front in France. He rose to the command com-mand of that unit and was discharged discharg-ed as captain ot B company. Find battalion. Royal Fusiliers The police believe the dlrectoi h slayer was a man of extraordinary .-oolness. and think It possible that he may be an enemy Taylor made during the war ami who only recently recent-ly has been released from some mlli-tarv mlli-tarv prison. I I 111 iki M BD. A new theory' SS to the exact ma .-ner .-ner In v. hich Taylor was slain last Wednesday night was advanced. Detectives De-tectives said they were convinced that the director was standing with hit. hands abovs his head when a 38 calibre cali-bre pistol was pressed against nis side, about six Inches below the left armpit, and toward the hack. They based this theory on a careful care-ful examination today of tho clothing worn by the director at tho time he was killed The clothlnir about the hole made by the bullet was powder marked lit such a manner that tne officers said they believed tho weapon had been apulnst the garment when It was fired The holes in the coat nnd In the vest do hot correspond as to location whn the coat is adjusted normally. When the sleeves were raised the hole in the coat was brought up ,o the hole In the vest. The officers also stated this indicated indi-cated Taylor was not unaware of his danger when he was killed, as had been suggested previously when it vras Indicated he had been shot from the back. Detectives, ezpsrirnentsd in shooting shoot-ing at cloth from -. .irlous distances and announced the results as affirmative affirm-ative of their theory. 11 PR1 SS QUI I ION KD. A motion picture a. tress was subject sub-ject to what the police termod a "Ions and KruelliiiK' questioning at her home Monduy in an attempt to obtain : elew tn the liillnler ,f T.vlor The actress was said to bo widely known, but her name was withheld by tho police. Two detective sergeants ser-geants questioned her What they learned they kept to theniseives but they admitted the wore seeking to develop the previously previous-ly advanced theory that Taylor hail been slain by a Jealous rival for the affections of the actress. oo |