Police File Documents
(courtesy of Sidney D. Kirkpatrick)
Excerpts of Witness Statements 1922-1936
[PDF file]
Statement of Miss Mary Miles Minter,
February 7, 1922
[PDF file]
Memorandum Re. James Kirkwood
and Mary Miles Minter
[PDF file] Taylor’s
Birth and Death Certificates
William Desmond Taylor’s Birth Certificate
(as William Cunningham Deane Tanner)
[PDF file]
William Desmond Taylor’s Death Certificate
[PDF file] Coroner’s Inquest
Copies of Inquest File
[PDF file]
Coroner’s Record:
Page 1, Page 2
Retyped inquest transcript Miscellaneous
1920 Census for Alvarado Court Apartments
[PDF file]
[Note: This file is very large and should be downloaded
rather than viewed in a web browser. When viewed,
zoom in to see the individual entries.]
Documents pertaining to Taylor’s burial and vault
Margaret Gibson’s Death Certificate Edward Sands
The Daily Bulletin, L.A.P.D.,
February 7, 1922
1915 Court Martial Proceedings
of Edward Snyder
[PDF file]
(portions were transcribed in Taylorology 25)
[Note: This file is very large and should be downloaded
rather than viewed in a web browser.]
Draft registration of Edward Snyder The Shelby Family
Libel Suit
filed by Charlotte Shelby in 1935,
containing Leslie Henry testimony extracts
[PDF file]
(portions were transcribed in Taylorology 5)
Birth Certificate of Mary Miles Minter
(some data, including the name, is probably incorrect,
see “What was the Real Name of Mary Miles Minter?”
in Taylorology 22)
Birth Registry for Caddo Parish, Louisiana, April 1902:
left side, right side
(the entry for Mary Miles Minter is underlined,
see Taylorology 22)
Death Certificate of Margaret Shelby
Death Certificate of Charlotte Shelby
1923 passport application of Mary Miles Minter:
Part 1, Part 2
1923 passport application of Charlotte Shelby:
Part 1, Part 2
Depositions of Charlotte Shelby
given in a 1930s lawsuit against a brokerage firm
[PDF file]
(portions were transcribed in Taylorology 35)
[Note: This file is very large and should be downloaded
rather than viewed in a web browser.]
Depositions of Margaret Shelby Fillmore
given in a 1930s lawsuit against a brokerage firm
[PDF file]
(portions were transcribed in Taylorology 69)
1933 Testimony of Leslie Henry
in his criminal trial for forgery and grand theft:
Part 1, Part 2
[PDF files]
(portions were transcribed in Taylorology 35)
1933 Testimony of Eva Adeline Berber
in Leslie Henry’s criminal trial for forgery and grand theft
[PDF file]
(portions were transcribed in Taylorology 41) Documents from the FBI file regarding the 1923 blackmail of
John L. Bushnell
(courtesy of William J. Mann)
[Note: Some files are large and should be downloaded
rather than viewed in a web browser. Most handwritten
notes and markings were not on the original files.]
Statement to investigators by Margaret Gibson
on November 2, 1923 regarding the Lasher extortion arrest.
Grand Jury Testimony by Don Osborn
pertaining to his association with Patricia Palmer.
Letters from George Lasher and official report
of his questioning by agents.
Questioning of actors Leonard Clapham
(Tom London) and Leo Maloney.
Questioning of George Weh, Jay Overstreet,
and Jim Dallas.
Reports on Margaret Gibson’s bank account,
arrest, dismissal of complaint.
Report by agent E. J. Connelley, July 16, 1923.
Reports by: agents Jacob Spolanski, July 18, 1923;
E.J. Connelley, July 20, 1923; C.R. Davis, July 27, 1923; Owen E. Meehan, August 11, 1923.
Report by agent E.J. Connelley, October 25, 1923.
Report by agent E.J. Connelley, November 2, 1923.
Reports by: agents E.J. Connelley, January 2, 1924;
L.E. Bates, January 28, 1924; E.J. Connelley,
March 11, 1924; Bernard Kahn, March 20, 1924;
Owen E. Meehan, March 14, 1924. Responses to Inquiries
L.A. Police Department says
“it seems those records disappeared”
L.A. County Sheriff’s Office says
“all of our investigative files for that era
have been purged”
L.A. District Attorney’s Office says
“we have been unable to locate any files from
those investigations of long ago”
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