New York, 1940: Madeline Webb is eating lunch in the Hotel Woodrow’s restaurant when Susie Reich approaches and asks if she can join her. Mrs. Reich goes on to relate a fabulous tale about a Polish prince in search of an American bride. Madeline recorded this memory in 1977.

Madeline Webb on June 19, 1942, the day a judge sentenced her to life in prison for the murder of Susie Reich. Her lover, Eddie Shonbrun, and a third defendant got the death penalty.