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Ship called Freeport Sulphur No. 6, carrying killer Phil Alguin entering Brazos River, Freeport, Texas, 1923

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Title: Ship called Freeport Sulphur No. 6, carrying killer Phil Alguin entering Brazos River, Freeport, Texas, 1923
Date Created and/or Issued: February 9, 1923
1923-09-02
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Phil (Little Phil) Alguin shot and killed police detective John J. Fitzgerald in June, 1921, then fled to Mexico, prompting an extended. He was captured in Freeport, Texas in 1923 and imprisoned at San Quentin for life.
Handwritten on negative: #7
Text from negative sleeve: Alguin, Phil. (Capture) Murder case.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3690_G049
ark:/21198/z1nh0hdj
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Ships
Fugitives from justice
Alguin, Phil, b. 1895
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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