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Show FORMER POLICE HEAD IS FUTAUY STRICKEfi William (i. Phillips. Chief 30 Years Ago, Drops Dead at Los Angeles. Special to The Tribune. LOS ANGELES, March 1. fWlUlain G. Phillips, former chief of police of Salt Iakc, dropped dead ;U II o clock tonight In the bathroom of hl room at the Now Broadway hotel. Phillips arrived here this morning with his daughter, Mrs C IT Wright, coming for the benefit of his health. He was 71 years of age. "William G. Phillips thirty years ago was chief of police of Salt Lake City. He resided With his family al BIB Third avenue, ave-nue, had been in poor health for several months and had, in company with his daughter, sought a temporary residence In California in the hope of regaining strength They arrived In Los Angeles only Wednesday morning. The advices from Lfa Angeles give no details, it only being known that the end came suddenly from heart failure. Phillips served several years as chief of police In the years when the People b party had control of tho city, When the Liberal administration came into power he took a position ;ls watchman at the Z, C M. r a position that he lias held for many years and resigned only temporarily tem-porarily In the expectation of regaining his health. The body will he brought hither for funeral and Interment. |