Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, "APPEARS BORED WHEN CHARGED: Mrs. Phillips Will Enter Plea Tomorrow; Indictment Leaves Suspect Unconcerned; Family and Friends Attend Meadows Funeral She Smiles With Sheriff at Court Hearing Undaunted by Her Fight for Life," Los Angeles Times, 19 July 1922: II2 Clara Phillips was tried and convicted of murdering Alberta Meadows, a 19-year-old widow who Phillips believed was having an affair with her husband. Prison matron Nettie Yaw (left) and Los Angeles County Sheriff William Traeger escort murder suspect Clara Phillips to court. Text from newspaper caption: Going Back To Jail Cell: At left, Deputy Sheriff Nettie Yaw; at right, Clara Phillips leaving the Courthouse for the County Jail Text from negative sleeve, Philips (sic), Clara
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11249 ark:/21198/zz002h981q
Subject
Homicides--California--Los Angeles Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles Yaw, Nettie, 1872-1943 Phillips, Clara, 1894-1969 Traeger, William Isham, 1880-1935
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