Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Phil “Little Phil” Alguin was arrested for killing Detective Sargent John Fitzgerald in June 1921, found evading police in Mexico. Alguin had a long history of petty crimes and had been in and out of jail for most of his life. He was escorted to the U.S. by Federal Agent Les Manning and a Mexican officer on the S.S. Freeport Sulphur No. 6. He was arrested and taken to Brazoria County Jail in Angleton, Texas. Four months later, in June 1923, he was moved to Folsom State Prison to serve a life sentence. This photograph appears with the article, “Romance Is Shattered: Alguin Wedding Bells Silenced,” Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 1923: I1 A group of five men. From left to right, Sheriff Johnson, Deputy Sheriff Neville, Phillip Alguin, and Marshall Elkins. Man partially obscured by Alguin is unidentified. Text from newspaper caption: Much-Hunted Criminal Taken at Last. Above, “Little Phil” Alguin as he looked when he was landed at Freeport, Tex from a ship from Vera Cruz; below, left to right, Sheriff Johnson of Brazoria County, Texas, Deputy Sheriff Neville of Freeport, Alguin himself and Marshall Elkins of Freeport. Text from negative sleeve: Alguin, Phil Murder Case “Little Phil”
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b&w nitrate negative
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uclamss_1429_11095 ark:/21198/zz002h92c0
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Mexican American criminals Police murders--California--Los Angeles Alguin, Phil, b. 1894 or 95 Elkins, Marshall
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