1916: Charles Mellon

Charles Mellon

Image of Charles Mellon, sitting in a courtroom in Chicago, Illinois. Text on the image reads, ‘Detective Charles Mellon in Matter Case.’ Mellon was the alleged illicit lover of Mrs. Anna Matters, who was on trial for buying a baby in order to make a claim on her late husband’s estate.

Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society.

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