, 1923-02-04
STRIVE TO TAKE
CLARA PHILLIPS
CONTINUED on Page -Four,

" = AAAANA
viewed at Juarez.
DR.. Tribe is one OF the most re-
spected and esteemed citizens of
Juafez. n man of high education who
is known as a deadly foe of the crImi-
hal element which centers in the bor.
DER city. He is actively engaged in n
war on drug smuggling. and is con-
sldered the best Informed man in tho
city in underworld affairs. holdinr a
czar+ike position as sanitary irsnoc.
Tor n also rs head OF the Liberated
hospital, where many Grim
mails go for treatment.
have nothing to gain by this ="
Or. Tribe declared. THE freedom NJ
my boys is already promised by Chief
OF Police Oaks of Los angeles irnro.
dlately that Phil Alguin is canture,7
l act IN the Clara matter in addition
only 10 show that I will keen nv v.o,,I
well. "oo'"+he as
t"o weeks ago when I first kncW,
mat Clara Phillips, who is an unGn.
slFaoie American. a suspected Jr,,g
addict and a member OF a drug ~
mere was hiding in Juarez. I nror3,
ised that should my boys. wbo ara
suIity or no crime, be given a r7ir
zeal l would aid in the efforts to a.
port her, and also AlglIin.
Now you have AlEuin in chains
en- route for Galveston by bont yo,,
Will also have your Clara Phillips,
Inc woman can not escape mo
MY Iriends throughout the state o+
and further into NIexJco
are aiding me. II she leaves Chihu,.
hua City she leaves only under con.
STINT surveillance. That this woman
- cara Phillips and that she ia on.
gagged in drug traffic which reaches
INTO Los Angeles Itself I know.
II was never quite possible for mo
," Feach her during her days in
Juafez' She was surrounded by aq
strong a gang of criminals as has
ever gathered here.
know. through my friends -bst
she was the guest for n time NJ :,
prominent citizen here in whose nrj.
Fate home it would be impossible N
selze her. Then she disappeared into
the underworld. There she couI1
nave stayed with her criminals about
her. Tor an indefinite time.
But she made her mistake v,ar
she iled TO Chihuahua City. She can
not escape now. I have her.
l VIII send proper officers. mind
you not reward seekers or agents for
newspapers which offer rewards for
news 10 her when tho Americans
snow me I have not been fooled"
II 10 common knowledge hero that
inc tribe brothers. Herbert and Fer.
Hando. arrested in possession Of a
stolen a which they were charged
win taking for n JOY ride, were NO.
ing heId merely for purposes Of one
o. The unique international trndez
when have been going on for a long
NIme' usually without much publicity,
mo two boys have been in Hail for
.HFee months. Despite the fact thai
oy "a" n complaint must be filed
"Ilhih rive Days AID the prisoner ar
n they are still held in the -itv
JaL, nookd FOR investigation"
Ihey have been content to remain
IN jail this time. confident that DR..
Tribe their father. and their uncle
Il mexican supreme court fudge,
o finally arrange some scheme
erty. ''
They could have forced either the
ming OF a complaint or dismissal on
~ hours notice by asking a writ Of
habeas corpus. This they declined TO
do. not wishing to take 4 chance on
going to court.
Chief Oaks purpose in not filing a
complaint was 10 enable him to turn
mem Dose marking the Jail blotter
SIMPLY dismissed by order Of tho
chief when Phil Algu!n was put
over in exchange for them.
The boys last Monday received ,
| leffRr from Yhaf. F
he had Clara uner surveillance and
mat he would either succeed in put,
ting her or Phil AlguIn across the
line this week.
Clara made n temporary getaway,
hut President Obregon this week
ordered AlGuin. who, since two IN.
successful attempts to ~''strnnp ,rpm
him across the border has been be,d
a prisoner by the Mexican fedora
government, deported. AlguIn ia now
aboard an American tanker, unJor
guard Of two Mexican officers, bound
for Galveston.
Chief Oaks. last October, in co,,,
pany with several soldiers Of FortIIra
tried to avenge the police depart.
ment for the death Of one of its mem.
bers by applying the law of the Rio
Grande" to Little Phil,
h was put under ether by Il sup
posed physician, in reality a soldier
OF fortune. hopeful o. the reward, and
placed in an ambulance. Chief onka
was also in the car. When the am.
bulance cared tho international
bridge. bound for Ell Paso, Little
Phil" came to and began 10 yell. The
car was stopped. and Oaks and his
companions beaten and nearly mobbed
by Pills outraged underworld friends
Again Chief Oaks tried 10 bring
him OVER through negotiating with
DR.. Tribe. Chief Oaks arrived at The
border several days too late. and PHI
was returned to the interior. Tbo
story eventually leaked out ana The
federal government took a hand and
~inCarcerated A1guIn.