a high-class brothel named the Everleigh Club, which did good business until closed down in 1911. In November 1905, a rival madam maliciously accused the sisters of the murder of Marshall Field, Jr., son of department store founder Marshall Field. When the brothel was closed by the city authorities in 1911 Ada was 47 and Minna 45. They then retired with over $1 million to the West Side, Chicago, but were driven out by disapproving neighbors. After traveling around Europe, they changed their name to Lester and settled in New York City. Minna Everleigh died in 1948. After Minna's death, Ada Everleigh sold most of her personal belongings and moved to Virginia. Ada Everleigh died in 1960 at the age of 93. Scarlet Sisters Everleigh In 2014, a play based on the sisters' life, titled Scarlet Sisters Everleigh, was produced in Chicago. Notes References . . . . . 19th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American businesspeople 19th-century American businesswomen 20th-century American businesswomen American brothel owners and madams Sister duos People from Greene County, Virginia