The Lake County times., 1922-12-06
DID SLAYER
ESCAPE BY
AE:ROPLANE?
Clara Phillips Still at Large
But Officials Predict
Her Capture
BIZ WILLIAM G, cAYcE

lsTAFF coRREs7 7oNDENT !. N. sERVIcEl
Los ANGELES. Calf. Dec. 6. -
Hunted BY every officer OF the law
IN southern California and federal
authorities along The Mexican bor-
der. Cara Phillips convicted ham
mer' murder sss of Alberta Mead
ows. who escaped from the county
jail YESTERDAY morning by saving
through ID bars Of her cell was
sti1l the Tiger woman" today at
the end of - hours search after her
getawa.
The aossl lbility that Mrs Phil
lips flight from Los Angale TO
some point across the border might
have baen nswde in an airplane
was not Icing overlooked by the
authorities Sheriff Trage7 said
that while he had no evidence to
cause sneh a belief. the possibility
existed she might have flown
from the city. 1t was expected a
check would be made OF the various
ayiag fiel6s % ascertain If any
plane IS missing or made a myster-
ious trip.
Although working without a sin
gle clew Sheriff ". I. Traeger and
ais deputies went at their task OF
finding Mrs Philips with renew ID
vigcr today and confident that she
would be found before nightfall.
armour =. Phillips. for whose
love Mrs. Philips is said to have
bea Ten Mrs. Meadows TO death has
been found hut failed to throw any
iigh On the sudden disapp -arance
81 his wife After Phillips ex-
pianat.on Of his whereabouts on
Mon az night and Tuesday until
he was Und In the office OF Bert
Herrir gton. Airs. Phillips attorney
he was rel ased and not held for
furth investigation.
I-nd Sheriff Eugene Biscanuz,
acting on tip that Mrs. Phillips
may be aboard fast motor boat
heading for Ensenada. a lower Cal
iforn'a port. left Tiaiuana early to-
days that point to make a search
for the escaped prisoner. Deputy
Sheriff Nolan was left in charg,
Of border patrol at Tiajuan.
PegEy Caffee, soar witness for
trial was reported to have been To-
Gated by a local newspaper
She was quoted as telling their
representative that early Tuesday
morning she had dream in which
she saw Clara Phillips escaping.
After learning Of the escape she
was said to have expressed belief
that some one was moving in her
room.
Officers we're checking on a re-
port today Armour L. Phillips had
been seen at Z a. VI. Tuesday
morning his previous story was to
the effect he had ben sleeping.
IT was learned today that the
two persons being sought In con-
nection with Mrs. Phillips escape
are prominent figures in the Los
Angeles under world and that one
Of them as a trusty In the county
Jail ccrversed with Mrs. Phillips on
a number O.. occasions. He is re-
ported to have told other prisoners
that when he got out he would aid
her II possible.
This man it is believed. held long
conversations Monday afternoon
with Mrs Phillips and 1T is be-
lieved vas trying to arrange re-
fuge for her across the Mexican
border
Il also was believed today Clara
used a jail telephone to plan her
escape. She IS declared to have ac-
cess to a direct line to an outside
exchange from the jail and to nave
held long cow 1rsation Monday
afternoon AS this telephone was
not connected with the Jail ex-
change. there was no check on the
conversation.