The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12

itC WVrSihps ubS' h ptS o'"s time notorious Tulsa bootlegger. who was reported to have put George Machine Gun" Kelly in the hip. pocket and brief case boot logging business fin Tulsa.)
 No, of course was never mar ricd to him (Little Stevo). nevor lived in Tulsa. Just passed through there q few times.
 Second Husband Ended Own Life
 met George Kelly in San An- tonio about seven years ago. after my second husband, Charles Thornc, shot and killed himself.
 L. c. Fry of Asher. okla, was her first husband, divorced after a childhood marriage.)
 I've had bad luck with my hus- bahds.
 George and got pretty woll ac- duaintcd. We had met at tho home Of q couple we, both knew In San Antonio. Then he left. didn't hear anything of him for a long time.
 Then my friend in San Antonio got q letter from him from LeaV-
 
 sent up for whiskcy, in Tulsa. That whlskey, don't you think? They had abeut 15 counts against him.
 Anyway, Kelly found out from homo in Fort Worth. was sick and ln the hospital at tho time. George wrote to mo. When ho t. tAiA faA Minneapolis and asked mo to come there.
 "Ihat Was n Swell Wedding"
 went, and we got married. Gee. that was q swell wedding!
 It was in n big church and they had lots Of flowers and everything. About hundred of kolly's friends were there. race track gamblers and such. They all treated mo fine. Naturally. l didn't know who they were or what business they were in. ....... ,,.,.,
 That was three years ago Sept 24. We always celebrated on our wedding anniversary. Last year we had big time at the FrolIcs, Chicago night club. It wasn't so much of a celebration this year. it camo just before they arrested us ia Memphis, when was ready 10 give up. anyway.
 Wo lived in Minneapolis quito q while. Thon wo lived in Chicago and q lot of tho time 1 was with Polly and my daddy tJ. b. Brooks) at my homo in Fort Worth. Long. Lonesome Hours Recalled
 wouldn't go through 1t again. not for any man. Tho longest and most lonesome hours of my life were spent in apartments in ChI. cago. waiting for Kelly 10 come home.
 I'd sit at homo and read. and then go for walk in the park. Sometimes he'd be gone for two or thrco days, sometimes for q, week or two. ] don't know why I'm not q rnvlng maniac.
 When ho'd come back. I'd beg with him 10 settle down. wanted to buy farm. just any place Of our own. near town.
 He'd say, "Weli. prccious-he liked to caii mo precious--we1l do that" But he never got around 10 it.
 He never would own up to doing except gambling. He al- ways told mo that's how hc got his money.
 When I'd accuse him of some. thing just to try and find out what ned been doing. he would say:
 Now. baby. let's not talk about hat. You take care of your af- 'airs and I'll take care of mine md we'll get along swell" Bunch" Forced to Respect Her
 If'I insisted on asking questions. ned get tough. Pipe down." ,e'd say, Didn't I tell you to pipe
 Kelly never did admit to me that 10 was doing anything wrong. He thought too much of me, l believe. He really respected me.
 When a bunch of us would be sitting around table having a few drinks, and somebody would swear, he'd jump up and tell the fellow 10 watch what he was saying, that was his wife, and they had to respect me. They did, too.
 Once you get in with crowd like that, you never can get out. l know one girl right now who wants to leave her husband, but she's afraid to. She knows too much.
 Silence to Death Was Code
 They'd kill you in a minute. And they let you know 1t in no uncer- ain terms. Nobody talks. They die first. That's their code.
 Still. they're pretty square shoot CTS, They might get their money but they're not so bad. Kelly made me do everything did.
 Kelly never would tell me who his friends were or what they had ione when he introduced them to me. He just introduced them as friends.
 I didn't think much of it. be- rause I've seen Kelly gamble a lot. He's plenty lucky with the horses. ] never could win anything. but he could make fair living at it.
 Yes. I've known Harvey Bailey (given . life sentence in the Ur-