Catherine Kelly

…Well, you know what else used to be a crime? Women voting, huh? Right, ladies? But you know what, I'm glad you brought up crime, because women can do that too. People always talk about Machine Gun Kelly, one of the most notorious gangsters during Prohibition. But nobody's ever heard of his wife, Catherine Kelly.…

…She then used her love of gossip to build up George's reputation as a fearsome gangster with deadly aim. Catherine boasted about her man every chance she got. She talked him up at all the speakeasies, telling tales of his expert marksmanship. According to Catherine, her husband could shoot walnuts off fence posts at 30 feet.…

…That's thanks in no small part to Catherine. Though it's true gangsters already favored the machine gun for its sheer power, she was the one who put it in the hands of her husband, George Machine Gun Kelly. Purchased secondhand from a pawn shop in Fort Worth, Catherine gave George his first Tommy gun and urged him to practice it at her family's farm.…