The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-05
GIRL SEEKING
TIGER WOMAN"
Hopes TO Exchange Her for
Relatives in jail
Copyright 1919. b unit.a Prsssb

Copyright, 1914, 10 unifsd Pressb
FL PAso. Tex. Feb. 5.-Cathorinc
uribe, French beauty and former
broadway chorus girl is leading tho
hunt beyond the Rio orande for
Clara Phillips. escaped hammer muir
dsrcss.
She desires the apprehension OF the
Tiger Women 40 she may be deport
cd 10 American soil In exchange for
tho uribe brothers. held In Los
Angeles jail for investigation FOL.
lowing arrest on a chnrgo OF Automo-
bile stealing.
The Tribe brothers arc Herbert.
husband Of Catherine. and HIS broth.
er. Fernando. With Catherine, they
were arrested last NOVEMBER Cath
erino put up ball In the form OF .
$4,000 diamond necklace. and do
parted for MEXICO 20 bring Abou. the
capture Of Felipe AiEuin. fugitive
from Los Angeles murder charge. In
exchange for her husband and his
hro.as9.
When tho AiEuln negotiations
failed temporarily, Catherine got
trace OF Mrs. Phillips and determined
20 have her seized instead Of AlFuin.
The story Of how this former stage
beauty searched thru the state OF
chihuahua. in communication with
ruraies and other government forces
on tho tran. first OF an international
Desperate and later OF the Tiger
Woman. makes one OF the colorful
chapters In border history.
To-day sho Ia s,iii on tho trail OF
Clara Phillips. cooperating with the
Mexican national confidential ser.
vice to seize the fugitive who slip
ped away from JusrcE when the
trap was sprung.
Tho chapter opened when q. r.
Hahn. noted criminal lawyer, went
10 Police Chief Oaks az Los An.
Eeles and advised him that Gather.
Inc had boaAtsd sne could '1and"
Alguin. who had killed Detective
Sergeant Fitzgerald. She was i'm,
mediately turned loose on furnish.
Ing $4,000 bail In diamonds.
Going 10 Mexico. Ahs enlisted the
aid OF Or. J. n. uribe. her tnther.
ln.law. sanitary inspector Of JuhrcE.
known ~ tho little car" She
also communicated with Governor
Ehriauez Of chIhuahua. and with
her husbands uncle. a justice or
tho Mexican supreme court. Thus
negotiations were put under way
for return TO tho states Of Alguin
but the Desperate learned OF IL and
alipped away
subsequently he was captured
and last week waA ordered deportod
from McxicoJ
Catherine Tribe. after Aiguln'a
temporary escape. made IL tripn be
tween Chihuahua CITY and Mexico
City, trying to pick up the trail.
Early IN January shs learned that
Clara Phillips. the hammer slayer =
who made her getaway from the
Los Angeles Jail after being convict.
cd OF numbering Alberta Meadows.
was hiding In Mexico.
Catherine Immediately shifted her
energies In tho direction Of thia
woman. Thru DR.. Tribe. confiden.
tial circulars wero sent to tho ru.
rnles and service agents. asking for
word OF her whereabouts on Jan.
uary is, Catherine. then In chlhua
hua City, obtained word that the
Phillips woman was In Juarex in
company with agents OF drug
ring. DR.. Uribs obtained from III
Paso police necessary aid to make
Identification OF Clara complete.
The beautiful dancer then FASTENED
20 Mexico City TO arrange for the
slayer's deportation. but while nhs
was there. the Juarcz underworld
learned OF tho plot. Clara siuded the
guards OF DIR. TRIBE and escaped into
the Interior. going 70 chihuahua City.
She Ii supposed TO be guided by one
Jack Miller. n cousin by marriage.
VIVA AttF fhAH iAfbAAf1 win
her escape from the Los Angeles
prison.
However. the "scurvy KID" who
WAS one OF her bodyguard in Juarez.
has remained behind. Interviewed in
a bar in the Gallo Diabio. he said.
''Clara Phillips in safe because too
many people on both sides OF tho line
arc mixed UP in the dope traffic.
They'll never take her back TO Los
Angeles any more than they viii
take mo across the line. They're
growing rich Off the dope traffic, and
they know which side their breads
buttered on There's some officials
In Los Angeles that would certainly
hate 10 SEQ Clara come back"