In the murder investigation of William Desmond Taylor, the LAPD think the butler did it (well, the former butler who Taylor accused of stealing valuables including a car when he was out of town), but they can’t find him. A bunch of actors are subpoenaed to appear at the inquest, including Mary Miles Minter, Mabel Normand, and next-door neighbor Edna Purviance.
New Jersey state enforcement of Prohibition ends after the NJ Supreme Court rules the state’s dry law unconstitutional and releases many prisoners. This leaves enforcement in NJ to 20 federal dry agents, and the feds don’t plan to increase that number. My favorite phrase in the article: “New Jersey is in for a ‘wetting’”.
A meeting between Northern Ireland Prime Minister Sir James Craig and Michael Collins ends in recriminations over possible adjustments to the border between north & south Ireland.
The Massachusetts Legislature defeats a measure to legalize the playing of checkers and chess on Sunday (between the hours of 2 and 6).
New York Sacrilege of the Day -100:
Fatty Arbuckle’s second murder trial ends in a mistrial. Where the first one deadlocked at 10-2 for acquittal, this one deadlocked at 10-2 for conviction. His lawyers’ strategy of declining to make a final argument, which they thought would indicate how weak they found the prosecution case (and preempt a prosecution rebuttal, for which they figured the DA was saving all his best stuff), actually convinced the jury that they were throwing up their hands.
Headline of the Day -100:
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