Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Prison matron Elizabeth Bartoo (left) sits next to Clara Phillips at her arraignment on murder charges. Armour Phillips, Clara's husband, sits to her right. A different photograph of Armour and Clara Phillips, taken on the same occasion appears with the article, “JAILED WOMAN BATTLED WITH GIRL OF CHORUS: Clara Phillips in Terrific Fight; Meets Husband in Jail and Offers Kisses, No Tears Husband and Wife Meet Behind Bars FOUGHT WITH CHORUS GIRL,” Los Angeles Times, 18 July 1922: I1. Clara Phillips was accused and convicted of killing Alberta Meadows, 19, on July 12, 1922 by attacking her with a hammer. Philips believed Meadows was having an affair with Philips' husband. She was sent to San Quentin Prison, and paroled in 1935. Text from negative sleeve, Philips (sic), Clara
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image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11252 ark:/21198/zz002h9848
Subject
Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles Homicides--California--Los Angeles Bartoo, Elizabeth A., 1873-1956 Phillips, Clara, 1894-1969 Phillips, A. L. (Armour L.), 1893-1972
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