Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-06
CAPTURE OF CLARA PHILLIPS
IS ONLY MATTER OF DAYS,
MEXICAN LEADER DECLARES

lean secret service and several sol
diers Of fortune, Clara was spirited
away from her stronghold home by
powerful citizen of Juarez and
taken by her underworld friends to
Chihuahua City, where she is now
reported in hiding.
DR.. Tribe, called ''the most power
full influence in the state of Chihua-
hua," said:
Immediately after my boys are
assured of release and know the
word which has been pledged me
will be kept, I will tell represent
alive of District Attorney Woolwine
the street and house number in Chi
huahua City where Clara Phillips
may be found. 1t is then up to him
to act through President Obregon."
Is Foe of Criminals
DR.. Tribe is one of the most re-
spected and esteemed citizens OF
Juarez, a man Of high education,
who is known as a deadly foe of the
criminal element which centers in
the border city. He is actively en-
gagged in a war on drug addicts, and
drug smuggling and is considered
the best informed man in the city
in underworld affairs, holding a
czar-like position as sanitary. inspec-
tor and also as head of the "iber-
ated hospital where many wounded
criminals go for treatment.
Il have nothing to gain by this, y
DIR, Tribe declared. 1.-THE freedom OF
my boys is already promised by
Chief of Police Oaks, of, Los Angeles.
Immediately Phil Alguino is captur-
ed. I act in the Clara Phillips mat
ter in addition only to show that
will keep my word to District Attor-
ney Woolwine as well.
1.-Two weeks ago, when I first
knew that Clara Phillips, who is an
undesirable American, a suspected
drug addict and a member Of a drug
ring here, was hiding in Juarez, /
promised that should my boys, who
are guilty of no crime, be given a
fair deal, l would aid in the efforts
Ito deport her, and also Alguino.
CHOW you have Alguino in chains
en- route for Galveston by boat. You
will also have your Clara Phillips.
Positive of Identity
1.-THE woman cannot escape me.
My friends throughout that state OF
Chihuahua and further into Mexico
are aiding me. If she leaves Chi.
huahua City, she leaves only under
constant surveillance. That this
woman is Clara Phillips and that
she is engaged in dr'-~ trait g which
reaches into Los Angeles itself, l
know.
7 sit was never quite possible for
me to reach her during her days in
Juarez.| She was surrounded by as
strong a gang Of criminals as ever
gathered here.
II know, through my friends, that
she was the guest for a time of a
prominent citizen here in whose pri-
vate home it would be impossible to
seize her. Then she disappeared in
to the underworld. There she could
have stayed, with her criminals
about her, for an indefinite time.
But she made her mistake when
she fled to Chihuahua City. She can
not escape now. I have he"
Il will send proper, officers. mind
you, not reward seekers, or agents
for newspapers, which offer rewards
for news, to her when the Ameri-
cans show me have not been fool
ed"
Copyright, 1923, by United P-ess.)
COOPERATION PROMISED
BY MEXICAN OFFICIAL
MEXICO CITY, Feb 3.-"If Clara
Phillips is found to be living openly
in Chihuahua City, as it appears
she undoubtedly is, and boasting
that she cannot. be returned to the
United States, the Mexican govern
ment will act promptly" Under
Secretary of the Interior Valenzue-
los said tonight.
Speaking for Minister Gales, who
is out of town, Valenzuelos said that
his government would cooperate IN
every possible way with American
officials in bringing the Los Angeles