From day one, the police ruled out robbery as a motive. Here’s why.
In William Desmond Taylor’s pockets, investigators found a wallet containing $78 (the equivalent of $1,300 today) a silver cigarette case, a Waltham pocket watch, a penknife, a locket bearing a photograph of actress Mabel Normand, plus a two-carat diamond ring on Taylor’s finger.
Hannah Howe 