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Show : MYSTERY SEOi IN AUTO II FOOL OF BLOOD Puzzle for Cincinnati Police Has Los Angeles Connection CRIME INDICATIONS Abandoned Car Owned By Bricklayer Traveling To New York CINCINNATI. Dec. 15 Police au-, thorlties of this city had visions be-' Tore them today of the escape from .the Ios Angeles county jail 10 davs ago of Mrs. Clara Phillips, convicted "hammer murderess." following the finding of an abandoned, mud splattered splat-tered touring automobile in which was a pool of blood, near Lincoln park Thursday night There wero no ll-' ' cenee tags on tho ear, but In the. I pocket of tho machine was found a certificate of registration, under the California regulations Issued to "Walter "Wal-ter Phillips, lloO Wall stroet, Los, Anseles." u TRAVELS FAR. There also was a motor vehicle operators' op-erators' license number 126,092 Issued September 21. L921, to Walter Phll- lips, fUS South Kohler street, Los. Angeles. 'I ho car horf . ry midrncc of hav-; Tnjr traveled f'ir and" und-r the rear seat was a trowel, hatchet and ham-, mer on which were drops of blood. The discovery of the car caused tbe police to suspect that some occupant, of It had been ehot or stabbed and then thrown Into Lincoln Park lake. Wltb this ln mind the offlceis obtaii -ed hooked poles and searched the bottom bot-tom of the lake. The search was fruitless. fruit-less. Detective Chief Emlttet ICerigan. who took charge of the Investigation, today advanced a theory that the car might have been driven from near New Castle. Ind., by the slayers of William G Shaffer and his wife last Tuesday. ON Y Y TO GOTH M LOS ANGELES. Cel., Dec. 15. Walter Wal-ter Phillips, brick layer, loft hero jseveral months ago with his Wife, j planning to travel by automobile to, New York, working his waj at his1 trade enroute. He was the owner of the automobile found in Cincinnati! Thursday night, according to records! her.- and neighbors to the Wall street, bungalow whero the Phillips former! Ued REWARD OFFTvRKD, LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15. A reward !of $230 for the re-capture of Mrs .Clara Phillips, "hammer murderess' I w ho escaped from tho Los Angeles county Jail Decemtw-r has been offered of-fered by Sheriff William 1 Traeger. uu |