Chicago 50 - No. 5 - Albert Annan (Amos Hart)

Albert Annan, husband to Buelah Anan, worked as mechanic at an auto garage. They were married in 1920 in Cook County. He worked long hours to earn $60 a week. They shared a small apartment in the 800 block of East Forty-Sixth Street, in today's Bronzeville neighborhood.

Top Right to Left: Albert Anan, Buelah Annan, lawyer William Stewart. Bottom: Albert Annan testifies.

While Albert was at work, Buelah was having an affair with her co-worker Harry Kalstedt. One evening he received a phone call from Buelah who said she had shot a man. He rushed home to discover Harry dead in their bedroom.

"When questioned on the stand, Albert Annan [Amos Hart] acknowledged the gun belonged to him and recalled finding the body of a man he did not know. The night of the Incident Annan told police, 'I've been a sucker, that's all! Simply a meal ticket. I've worked, 10, 12, 14 hours a day and took home every cent of my money. We'd bought our furniture for the little apartment on time and it was all paid off but a hundred dollars. I thought she was happy. I didn't know.'"

"Albert Annan immediately returned to work, gathering what money he could to pay for his wife's defense. 'Tell her I'll stick--that's all--that I'll stick,' he told reporters."

Three months after Buelah was found not-guilty and released from jail, Albert divorced her.

--He Had It Coming: Four Murerous Women and the Reporter Who Immortalized Their Stories by Kori Rumore and Marianne Mather