Albert Annan, husband to Buelah Annan , 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

"Already twice married and a mother by the age of twenty-four, neither marriage nor motherhood seemed to satisfy Beulah Annan [inspiration for Roxie Hart]. She met Harry Kalstedt [inspiration for Fred Casely]—a married man who had a six-year-old daughter—at work. Walks together quickly progressed to drinks at her apartment while her husband, Albert Annan [Inspiration for Amos Hart], was away working. The pair were intimate on at least three occasions, she would later admit. "

Maurine Dallas Watkins. Photo by Florence Vandamm, 1926. "Maurine Watkins was hired as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune in February 1924--without any previous professional journalism work to her credit. For the next eight months, Maurine covered a string of sensational crimes, headlined by four murder ases perpetrated by women. These women, brought together under the tabloid glare, form the basis for what has become 'Chicago.' "The first time Maurine Watkins name appeared o