The Washington herald., 1922-07-15

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around with my husbandT Mrs.
Phillips cried.
Il haven't BEEN said Mrs. Mead
ows. There's been nothing wrong
between u.s.
That's a lie.' said Mrs. Phillips.
I know he bought the tires for your
automobile. and he gave you a
watch
Its not true. o. it isn't. 1t
isn't true Mrs. Meadows was be-
ginning to cry.
strikes Again and Again.
Mrs. Phillips had hidden the
hammer in her skirt. She took 1t
out quickly. and without any warn
ing. struck Mrs. Meadows over the
head. Mrs. Meadows tried to get
caught her and pulled her back
and hit her again with the ham
mer.
Mrs. Meadows cried to me for
help. 1 tried to get out of the
car, but Mrs. Phillips screamed that
she would kill me too. If 1 inter
fered and | was afrald.
Mrs. Meadows fought the besr
she could until she lost conscious
ness and fell. Then l became sick
and ran away as fast as l could.
1 turned around and looked back
after a while. l saw Mrs. Meadows
lying on the ground and Mrs. Phil
lips crouching above, striking with
the hammer.
II started running again, when
Mrs. Phillips overlook me. She had
jumped into Mrs. Meadows auto
mobile.
.I've Killed Your sweetie.,
"She made me get into the car.
She made me wipe the blood off
her face. She told me that II /
ever breathed a word she would
kill me too. We went Into Los
Angeles without another word.
II was afraid. But couldn't
keep it to myself. 1 had to tell
| it."
Mrs. Phillips went home to her
/ husband, according to the story he
| told the police. Her hair was dis
| hevelled. her clothing stained and
smeared She rushed up to him
shouting:
I've killed your sweetie. You'll
never see her again. I've killed
the woman you love the best.
killed her for you. She won't take
you away from me now"
She was like a little child who
had done something to be proud
Of" he said. II thought she was
out of her mind at first. but she
convinced me. And then the morn
ing papers came out with the story
of the murder.
20. Pm going to stand by her.
II ever a woman needed help, IL is
Clara Her neighbors and her
friends drove her to this, harping
on things that weren't true. They
made her insanely Jealous and
without cause. There wasn't a
thing between that poor dead girl
and myself"
Husband Loses Nerve.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips discussed
what was the best thing to do.
They decided Mrs. Phillips must get
away at once. She got into the
automobile she had taken from her
victim and scurried to Pomona. her
husband following in his own car.
Somewhere on the way to Po-
mona, Mrs. Phillips threw out of
the car the head of the hammer
that had slain her rival. Phillips
was taken out on the road with the
police to search for it.
|. The Meadows car was abandoned
in Pomona, and husband and wife
came back to Los Angeles. Mrs.
Phillips stopped in a hotel, register
ing under a false name, while her
husband went out and walked the
streets all night. He borrowed $50
from a friend, added some of his
own money to II. and bought her
ticket for Ell Paso.
When the train pulled out he lost
his nerve. Like Mrs. Caffee he felt
he would go mad If he didn't tell
somebody. He went at once to the
office of an attorney. and so the
sheriff was notified. Mrs. Phillips
gave the name of Mrs. Clara Nc
Guire in Tucson. but the name of
Clara Phillips was on the bottom
of a pasteboard box in her posses
sion.