The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-05-02
STAR WITNESS FOR
STATE IN BIXBY
CASE IN CUSTODY
Young Woman Tells Detec.
tives Attorney for Million
aire Gave Her Money
for Going Away
CONSUL FROM. ITALY
ACCUSED BY GIRL
Declares She Incurred En-
nifty of Accused Man by
Rejecting Proposal

Miss Kitty Phillips. 20years old, who
Is wanted to testify before the Los An
geles grand jury as the star witness
against George II. Bixby. millionaire
of Long Beach. accused Of assisting
In Turing young girls TO question: BILE
resorts. was arrested yesterday at
Fifth and Market streets on tele-
graphic advices from the south.
With Miss Phillips was Flora Walsh.
who has been living with the much
wanted witness for 10 days at the
Chester apartments. 245 Leavenworth
street. Miss Walsh has been known
here under the name of Marie For
rester. Detectives G. Ii. Richards and
Nj. V. Burke. who arrested the two
girls while they were on a shopping
expedition. said that Miss Phillips
would be taken to Los Angeles TODAY.
MISS WALSH RELEAsED
Ten minutes after Miss Phillins had
been arrested, Detective j. e. Eryen
or Los Angeles arrived, told the notice
to hold Miss Phillips and to release
Miss Walsh. Miss Walsh. although
not wanted, told Erven she would
ieave on the steamer Yale for Los
Angeles this afternoon.
Later in the evening on advices from
Los Angeles, Miss Walsh was again
taken into custody and is being held in
Jail with her companion.
Miss Phillips declared thar sbe
eeived 500 from Attorney censtantini
hiccardi. also italian consul to leave
Los Angeles for parts unkns vn. Ric-
cardi was the girls alto \ yhen
she was arrested On vagra9icy cnarge
and told her to- Aples guilty. She
pleaded guilty an6ss4as ] Is dered ont 81
town
SHE TOLD ON BIxBY
MISS Walsh and myself" declared
MISS Phillips. left Los Angeles before
the present scandal was well under
way l was the person who started
'he investigation. / supplied the facts
ABOUT Bixby to the police and I was
not wanted by the police or any one
else when 1 left the city. We have
been in San Francisco for 10 days. and
during that time / have constantly
Kept In communication with Chief of
Police Sebastian of the south. made
no effort to keep my address a secret"
Miss Phillips said she was not guilty
on the charge of vagrancy placed
against her and that Bixby angry be-
cause she would not consent to his
immoral proposals, prosecuted her from
office in Los Angeles.
'Riccardi is not my friend now" said
Miss Phillips. He gave me 500 to get
out of town and / think he was work
ing for Bixby. He was always a friend
of mind and never charged me a cent
for fees Detective Lloyd was hired to
persecute me and watched me for two
weeks before / was taken to the police
station.
The night before I was arrested on
the vagrancy charge / was attacked
near my home at s73 West Sixth street
by some rough fellow. He grabbed me
by the throat, but / broke away /
think they attempted to kidnap me-"
Throughout the questioning by the
police Miss Phillips intimated she knew
more than she was willing to tell. She
alluded several times to the Jonquil, a
lodging house, and to the proprietress,
whose name she did not remember.
Miss Walsh said Miss Phillips knew of
much information she was unwilling
to tell until she talked before the grand
jury.
Miss Phillips said she was a moving
picture actress and at times wrote
scenarios for the film companies in the
south.
II never knew" declared Miss Phil
lips, that Bixny, the millionaire, and
the black pearl were the same man
until I read OF it in the newspapers.
He paid me marked attention and about
three months ago I found out he was
a married man. ] broke off with him
and we had scene in his Office. He
said something improper to me and I
slapped him in the face. As I closed
the door ] heard him mutter: I'll fol-
low you until you're in your grave
Since that time, in his sarcastic way,
he has tried to renew the friendship.
I have not told half of what 1 know
about Bixby and will wait until go
before the grand jury.
WILL BE STAR WITNESS
Detective Erven. who will take Miss
Phillips back to Los Angeles today.
said that he believed Miss Phillips
would be the star witness before the
grand jury.
While Miss Phillips claims to have
been In communication with the south
ern police since arriving in San Fran
cisco, Detectives Richards and Burke of
the local department had hard time
locating her. When she was arrested
with Miss Walsh in Market street she
was in the act Of buying a Los Angeles
newspaper
Detective Erven was notified last
night by Chief Sebastian to leave at
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