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Notorious Utah brothel owner’s interview eludes historians

(Weber State University Special Collections, via AP) This 1948 police booking photo courtesy of Weber State University, Special Collections, shows Rossette Davie, also known as Rose Davie. Weber State University scholars are trying to unlock a mystery after discovering a nearly 70-year-old transcript of an interview with the notorious madam. She ran the Rose Rooms brothel with her husband, Bill Davie, in the 1940s and 1950s. The 1951 transcription is written in a decades-old shorthand style that few people use today. Weber State University historians are asking for help from anyone who might be able to read the dictation.