Title supplied by cataloger. Hazel Glab (nee Belford), whose escapades in the late 1920s through the mid-1930s was the stuff that newspaper headlines were made of, has once again resurfaced in court. She was accused of soliciting Jo Ann Thomas, 27, for the purpose of prostitution. Police stated that Thomas worked at Mrs. Glab's home for a period of two weeks and earned $500 from men brought there by Glab. She testified that she split her earnings fifty-fifty with Glab, who in turn, pleaded not guilty to the pandering charge. Years ago Hazel Glab was sent to Tehachapi Women's Prison in 1936 under a second-degree murder conviction. The state charged she shot and killed John I. Glab, a wealthy retired Chicago Druggist, in front of his Van Nuys estate just four months after their marriage. Prior to her incarceration, she was convicted of forging a will in an effort to get the $400,000 estate of wealthy fiance´ and realty owner, Albert Cheney, who died under mysterious circumstances. She was paroled November 29, 1941, and on July 4, 1946 married Alfred M. Bridge, 61, a Hollywood character actor. They separated in 1953. Photograph article dated April 23, 1958 reads, "Hazel Glab, Former Flapper Gungirl Faces Pandering Charge, Accused of Offering 27-Year-Old Woman for Prostitution."
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