<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-april-3-what-happened-on-this-day/2cb6b69c-42e7-4cf2-9e7f-4fdfd27e8cbf" rel="" target="" title="Beulah Annan"><span>Beulah Annan</span></a><span> shot her lover Harry Kalsted on </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/today-in-history" rel="" target="" title="April 3, 1924"><span>April 3, 1924</span></a><span>, triggering one of the most high-profile murder trials in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/chicago" rel="" target="" title="Chicago"><span>Chicago</span></a><span> history.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Annan was grilled by police over the death, in which she admitted to shooting Kalsted.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She said the pair had got into a heated argument before both of them rushed to grab the gun.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/today-in-history-april-1-what-happened-on-this-day-ronald-wayne-apple/0630abf2-5deb-43ca-ac0a-9cd5665c3748"><strong><span>Ron made the worst deal in business history for $800</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She got her hands on the revolver first.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Frightened that her neighbours had heard the gunshot, she put on a jazz record.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She eventually called her husband, who called the police when he got home.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" 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would-be kidnapper 'not bloody likely'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The case resulted in an acquittal.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Annan's husband stayed by her side during her trial, before breaking up afterwards.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Her next marriage lasted just three months.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She died four years later of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/tuberculosis-childcare-scare-sydney-east/7916804f-02c9-4ed9-a651-684be2a1831e" rel="" target="" title="tuberculosis"><span>tuberculosis</span></a><span>, aged 28.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The case inspired a play, then a 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