Harry Kalstedt Buelah Annan [Roxie] met Harry Kalstedt [Fred Casely] at Tennant's Modern Laundry where they both worked. "On April 3, 1924, Harry 'invited himself' over to Beulah and Albert’s south-side apartment (Albert was at work). He brought two quarts of wine with him, which he and Beulah proceeded to consume. In this less-than-sober condition, an argument arose. Beulah later told investigators, 'We drank all of it [the wine] and began to quarrel. I taunted Harry with t

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