The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-26
GEO. REMUS
IS AGAIN
CONVICTED
G. ]. Simon Testifies In
Latest Prosecution OF
Lawyer

CINCINNATI. o., May 26.-George
E Remus, former Chicago attorney
and seven associates, sentenced last
week to federal penitentiary on
charges of conspiracy to violate the
Volstead act. were found guilty OF
maintaining a nuisance on the Dat
er farm, near Westwood, in the
United States district court 1t
was charged that large quantities
of liquor had changed hands illeg-
ally at the farm
Judge John W. Peck Immediately
passed sentences of various lengths
on the defendants. Remus getting
the maximum under the law. one
year in Jail and a fine OF $1,000 and
costs. The others received lesser
fail sentences and each was fined
$1,000.
AS a result OF the two convictions
Remus will serve three years ana
pay fines OF $1,000.
OFFERED MORGAN s5oo.OoO
AT the second trial. Bert Morgan
CH1eI OF the pIOhlOibAoA ANP0A etAA~
of Indiana. created e stir when he
named s500.O0o as the amount offer
ed by Glenn Herbes and John Cen
rum. as emissaries oe the Remus
organization, If he would approve
withdrawal OF whiskey from three
Indiana distilleries. including the
W. p. Squibb plant at Lawrence
burg.
This is the first time Morgan has
disclosed the amount OF the alleged
brfbe which is one of the charges in
the Indictment returned against
Remus and certain of his alleged
associates by the recent federal
grand Jury at indianapolis. While
Morgan testified concerning this al
legged bribe. he did not mention the
amount further than to say IL was
a substantial sum.
Detailing circumstances leading
UP TO the offer OF the alleged bribe,
Morgan said that he met Herbes and
Gehrum at an Indianapolis hotel,
and that after they had showed to
him a book in which they said
were the names of senators AND
congressman who played with the
Remus organization as well as
others high in Washington official
circles. and who had received
theirs" they suggested he ought to
get his" They then made to him
an offer TO pay him 100000 II he
would approve certain permits
which they said would be sent from
Washington for the withdrawal of
iouor from three distilleries.
They said the offer was made to
me because I was the only Stun
bling block to their plans in the
middle west" Director Morgan tes-
titled They said the offer came
direct from Remus. who was the
head OF the organization, and that
he was furnishing the money.
told them. when they asked what 1
would do about their offer. that
would not accept in a million
years They then told me they had
Investigated me and. that their in
vestigation had convinced them
that I could not be bribed."
ORDEREE PLANT CLOSED
In response to questions of the
government attorneys. Morgan said
that he ordered the Squibb distillery
to be closed following the arrest OF
a bootlegger in Indiana who had in
his possession whiskey which the
records of the distillery indicated
had been shipped two weeks before
TO. New York.
Dan Moore, federal prohibition
agent. Indianapolis, corroborated
the Testimony Of Morran with re-
spect to the bribe offer and circum-
stances leading up to the closing of
the Squibb plant at Lawrenceburg.
G. J. Simon. of the federal prohi-
bition department Of Indiana. told
OF his visit to the New York prohi-
bition agents office to investigate
supposed shipments of whiskey
from the squibb distillery. Law
renceburg. Ind, to several New
York drug firms.
Mr.. Simons declared he was un-
able to find either such firms in New
York or basic permits for them to
deal in liquor. He said he searched
the federal prohibition agents d.
rectory and also the city and teIe-
phone directories. but could not find
in transfer permits the firms men
toned. These supposed firms. Mr.,
Simon said. were listed as the I'm
perial Wholesale Drug Company"
Il. x. Drug Company" Alpine
Drug Company" and Excelsior
Drug Company" On cross -exami-
nation he said he did not know who
filed records in the New York Of