Prison Matron Nettie Yaw and Sheriff Traeger escort murder suspect Clara Phillips to court, Los Angeles, 1922

Item Overview

Title

Prison Matron Nettie Yaw and Sheriff Traeger escort murder suspect Clara Phillips to court, Los Angeles, 1922

Date Created

July 18, 1922

Date

1922-07-18

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

This photograph appears with the article, "APPEARS BORED WHEN CHARGED: Mrs. Phillips Will Enter Plea Tomorrow; Indictment Leaves Suspect Unconcerned; Family and Friends Attend Meadows Funeral She Smiles With Sheriff at Court Hearing Undaunted by Her Fight for Life," Los Angeles Times, 19 July 1922: II2
Clara Phillips was tried and convicted of murdering Alberta Meadows, a 19-year-old widow who Phillips believed was having an affair with her husband.
Prison matron Nettie Yaw (left) and Los Angeles County Sheriff William Traeger escort murder suspect Clara Phillips to court.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Going Back To Jail Cell: At left, Deputy Sheriff Nettie Yaw; at right, Clara Phillips leaving the Courthouse for the County Jail
Text from negative sleeve, Philips (sic), Clara

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Yaw, Nettie, 1872-1943
Phillips, Clara, 1894-1969
Traeger, William Isham, 1880-1935

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Homicides--California--Los Angeles
Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles