Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-05-31
HAMMER WOMAN IS, READY
TO BEGIN FIGHT FOR LIBERTY

prosecution. She declared herself
the victim of virtual 'frame-up,"
and in stating that she would prove
her innocence added that she had
enough evidence to send to Jail GER
tain people who conspired to convict
her. This evidence, she added, she
would not disclose until she had con-
suited her counsel in Los Angeles,
nor would she name any of the al
legged conspirators. SShe was asked
if the evidence implicated men or
women.
II do not care to answer that
question" she replied.
The girl refused to discuss the de-
tails of her escape, even when asked
il she had slid down a rope from
the prison or had come down hand
over hand" Her interrogators could
obtain little from her that had not
been brought out before, for she was
careful in her replies and time and
again refused, to reply.
She said she remained in conceal
ment in the outskirts of Los Angeles
five weeks after her escape and that
during that time she went into the
business district on numerous occa-
sions, disguised only by pair of
shell-rimmed spectacles.. She refused
to reply when asked how long it
was after her escape before she ven
tured upon the streets.
Carson Aids in Escape
During her ten days stay at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony j.
Hackelmuller $500 Sycamore street,
in this city, she went shopping, Wis
tied theaters, cafes and points Of in
terest i'll and about New Orleans
without fear. Mrs. Phillips posed as
Mrs. Jesse Carsen here and Mr..
Hackelmuller, prominent real estate
operator, had no idea of her identity
when he rented her an apartment,
she said. She added that Carsen,
now in Jail in Honduras and sus-
pected of having engaged in a revo-
lutionary plot, was in New Orleans
at the same time.
Carsen assisted her in her escape,
saving the bars of the cell after
climbing over the roof of the jail
to gain access to the window, but
that was as much as she would tell
about the break-away.
Mrs. Phillips declared she was not
in communication with her husband
all the time after she had made
her escape and left the impression
that he knew nothing concerning it.
Her sister, Miss Eta May Jackson,
Joined her in Mexico City and went
with Carsen and Mrs. Phillips to
Honduras. She returned today and
when Mrs. Phillips was taken to the
prison accompanied her.
When Mrs. Phillips left Los
Angeles she went to st. Louis and
came here from the Missouri city.
She had set Vera Cruz as her goal
and upon reaching there after the
short stay here while waiting for a
steamer, she and CarSen went to
Mexico City. There, she said, Car
sen, because of his drinking and
other escapades, began to attract at
tention to them and they decided to
move further south, finally landing
in Honduras.
Mrs. Philips waived extradition to
the United States and exhibited a.
carbon copy of the waiver witnessed
by the American consul in Puerto
CorteZ The Honduran supreme
court had issued a decree ordering
her release but she refused to take
advantage of it, saying she had de-
termined to return to California to
prove her innocence.
Mrs. Phillips and her guard will
leave tomorrow at noon aboard the
Southern Pacific's Sunset limited
and will arrive in Los Angeles Sat
urday night.
MRS. PHILLIPS MAY GO
DIRECT TO PENITENTIARY
LOS ANGELES, Cal, May %
Mrs. Clara Phillips may be taken
to San Quentin this week to begin
serving her sentence for the MUIR
der of Mrs. Alberta Meadows, &C.
cording to plans of the sheriff's and
district attorneys offices. If a
court order of commitment can be
obtained she will remain in Los
angeles only between trains after
irving from New Orleans.
Death Threat for M p