Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-02-27 | Page 1 | Police Center Search upon Ed. F. Sands

POUCKENffl) SEARCH UPON ED. F. SANDS Woman Tells How She Received Re-ceived Telegram So Soon After Murder LOS ANGELES Feb 27. rrac-tically rrac-tically all other leads to a solution of tho murder of William Desmond Taylor, film director here, have failed, fail-ed, the police declared today as they prepared to concentrate further efforts ef-forts upon a search for Edward F. Sands. Taylor's missing former but-ler-secritary. It was planned to assemble new data on SanclH and to compile a up"- ..Inl hnllMln fnr r i u f r I K , , I I n (.- nmil. tie;!iv every peace officer In the United Stales. The police frankly state they believe Sands can supply .'. 1 U w to Taylor s murder. Police Sergeant Jack Stelzrelde was F-aid to have gone to San Francisco to search for a woman to whom telegrams tele-grams bearing on the Taylor case were reported to have been sfnt from here the night of the murder and tho next day. Rl,s MUt Tri.j.'iKA M xkw fork 1 5! - m George A Freeman Shipping Point. I Stamford Conn., explained why It I was t hut Miis .Marlon Graham of Hollywood Hol-lywood sent her a telegram announcing announc-ing the death of winiam Desmond Taylor ontly two hours after the motion mo-tion picture director's body was diy-cbvered diy-cbvered with a bullet wound through the heart, She ald that both she and Miss Graham had Known Taylor here In the days when he was known as Tan-I ner and when his daughter. ICthel Daisy, was about one year old Mrs. Freeman said. "When Miss Graham sent me that 'l-Ki.in. from I .on Angeles. It wis for the express purpose of having nie I notify Taylor's daughter E!hl Dais) Deane-Tanner, before she would read m 1 he newspapers the account of her father's murder. That was her only motive. Nol ni. 10 OON EA1 "perhaps Miss Graham, by the rcti- 1 . , n. y)ie maintained when question-) ed by the authorities conveyed the Idea that she had something to conceal. con-ceal. As a matter of fact she had nothltiK to hide; but she took the stand that if thero was anything th-jj authorities desired to know about Ml'. Taylor's private Mr., thev could be , 1, li;-bi, ne, l 1 1 1 r , 1 niii his fc,r- mar wife Mrs Roblni "Although the telegram she sent me was limed 10:0 p-ss than three hours after hbj body was found. I firmly believe the statement she has made to the authorities oui there that she learned of the murder through the newspapers."