Bisbee daily review., 1922-07-15
WAS SLAIN BY
 JEALOUS WIFE,
 SAYS WITNESS
Taken on Ride and Killed With Hammer by Roadside
 Eye-Witness Declares
WAS ALSO THREATENED
Woman, Held at Tucson, Still Maintains Her Identity
 Is Clara McGuyer

LOS ANGELES. July 14.-Develop-
 ments in the investigation of the death
 of Mrs. Alberta Meadows, whose nut.
 Hated body was found Wednesday eve
 ming beside a lonely road here. came
 rapidly today following the discovery
 of an eye witness to the staying.
 Details of the alleged attack on Mrs. Meadows by Mrs. Clara Phillips, wife of A. L. Phillips. an oil promoter, in which Mrs. Phillips was said to have beaten Mrs. Meadows over the head with hammer, were told today to the county grand jury by Mrs. Peggy Caf- fee
 An indictment charging murder was returned against Mrs. Phillips who is under arrest at Tucson. Arizona. Sher- if w. I. Traeger is on his way there to bring her back to Los Angeles.
 The story told by Mrs. Caffee. com menced with her relations with Mrs. Phillips, whom she said she had known for more than a year. Last Tuesday she went shopping with Mrs. Phillips who purchased hammer. She says she accepted Mrs. Phillips invitation to stay at her home that night, and that Mrs Phillips then told the al leged intimate relations between Phil lips and Mrs. Meadows.
 Mrs. Caffee said Mrs. Phillips asked her to go with her to see Mrs. Mead ows to which she consented They met Mrs. Meadows as she came from her work at a local bank Wednesday evening. Mrs. Phillips. Mrs. Caffee said. asked Mrs. Meadows to drive her to her sisters home and as they reached the lonely spot on the road, asked Mrs Meadows to stop the car and get out as she wanted to talk to her alone When the women reached the ground, Mrs. Phillips accused Mrs. Meadows of being intimate with her, husband, according to Mrs. Caffee. This Mrs. Meadows denied
 Then, Mrs. Caffee said, Mrs. Phillips commenced striking Mrs. Meadows on the head and shoulders with the ham mer. which she had been holding be- hind her back Mrs. Caffee said that she attempted to respond to Mrs. Meadows cries for help, but that Mrs. Phillips immediately turned upon her and threatened to kill her if she in- terfered. As Mrs Caffee retreated, she said, Mrs. Phillips again returned to Mrs. Meadows and renewed the att tack. Mortified and shocked by the scene, Mrs. Caffee said, she started down the road but soon was overtaken by Mrs. Phillips, who was driving Mrs. Meadows car. Mrs. Phillips, she said demanded that she get in the car. and as they proceeded toward the city, threatened her with death if she told what she had seen. When tIey reach ed the city, Mrs. Caffee said. she was put out of the car and Mrs. Phillips drove away.
 Mrs. Caffee is the wife of M. D. Caf- fee. an old worker She first told her en before the grand jury to repeat it. Mir. Phillips, who first told of the staying yesterday, and who since has been under guard, accompanied offic- CTS today to Pomona, where, according to his statement, he and his wife drove Mrs. Meadows car. after she had re- turned Wednesday evening and told him of the affair
 PhillipS showed considerable sur l prise. the officers said, when told of Mrs. Caffee's statement that she had accompanied his wife on the trip with Mrs. Meadows. He stated he did not know Mrs. Caffee, according to the officers.
 TUCSON, Ariz., July 14.-Still main | taining her calm, collected mein that | has characterized her demeanor since she was arrested here last night by 1 local police while aboard the east | bound Sunset Limited train, Clara McGuyer steadfastly denied that her | anne was Mrs. Clara Phillips, who was indicted today by the Los Angeles | county grand jury on a charge of hay ing murdered Mrs. Albertha Tremaine Meadows in the California city last Wednesday.
 Despite this stand, John L. Van Bus | kirk. local attorney, admitted today that he had been engaged by A. L.I Phillips of Los Angeles, to act as the vOman's counsel