A Shotgun Wedding
Eva and Suicide Bess shared an apartment, and police knew that if they tapped the women’s phone, maybe they could find out where Julia was hiding out. As it turns out, the police were right. They soon learned that Julia was engaged to marry a Chicago restauranteur named Charlie the Greek, and they planned to arrest the con woman at her own wedding.
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Before the happy couple had exchanged their vows, Julia was already in handcuffs. As she was being dragged away by the police, she yelled out, “The wedding’s all bust up!” Charlie stood at the altar, confused as to why the woman he was marrying after only ten days was being arrested. “I thought I knew her,” he said.