Title supplied by cataloger. In 1922, Clara Phillips, a former chorus girl, learned the identity of her husband's mistress, Alberta Meadows. Fueled by jealousy and rage, Phillips went on to purchase a claw hammer, then sought out Meadows and assaulted her in the company of her friend Peggy Caffee. The animal-like attack against Meadows, who was left disemboweled and with a severally mauled face, earned Phillips the name "Tiger Woman." Phillips was found guilty and sentenced to ten years in prison for the crime of passion. She escaped from the Los Angeles County prison in 1922 and was found in Honduras in 1923. She was an inmate at San Quentin from 1923 until 1932 when the original California Institution for Women in Tehachapi was built. She was released on parole in 1935. Chief of Detectives Herman Cline (left) sits with witness Peggy Caffee and Chief of Police Louis D. Oaks during the trial against Clara Phillips, who murdered her husband's mistress.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;25 x 25 cm. on board 29 x 29 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department Trials (Murder)--California--Los Angeles Witnesses--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles Detectives--California--Los Angeles Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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