The Resume

(September 14, 1884-May 14, 1965)
Lived in Chicago, Illinois
Charged with killing Walter Law (March 1924)
Acquitted of the charge (June 1924)
Inspiration for 'Velma Kelly' in the musical and film 'Chicago'

Why she might be annoying:

Her married younger lover, Walter Law, was discovered shot to death in her car with a bottle of gin and a gun (March 12, 1924).
When the police tracked her down, bloody clothes were found in her apartment.
She claimed to have no memory of what happened because she was too drunk.
Reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins made the crime a media sensation, which may have led to the 'not guilty' verdict.
She was divorced.
She remarried her second husband after the trial.
She was convicted of drunk driving (1926).

Why she might not be annoying:

She was described as the 'most stylish' prisoner on Murderess Row.
She was acquitted by an all-male jury.
She admitted, 'Gin and guns; either one is bad enough, but together they get you in a dickens of mess, don't they.'

Credit: Black Chic

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• BC/Black Chic's Profiles [Series 02]
• I am from Chicago
• I Died in 1965 (Ranked: 80)
• I Inspired a Musical
• I Remarried the Same Person [I Do! I Don't! I Changed My Mind!]
• Profiles 17001-17250 (Ranked: 17065)
• Someone Won an Oscar Portraying Me
• Subjects of 'Drunk History'
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 19650514)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 7 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 90.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 91.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 30 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 28 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 24 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 60 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 107 Votes: 64.49% Annoying