Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-22

lhihtt at Atlanta. Tor each of his
thirteen convicted partners VIII az
company their leader t. III. Federal
r"n'tcntiary. Every man had his APP
pointed plac" aud function III tie
combination. rh" chief ma!nStays or
itemus received salaries ot $4,000 .
year. iefrum aud IIcrh.s acted now
and 'hSu ~ tn" capacity Of "nS-rs''
Of 'mp"rtHn, officials. Wissman was
superintendent ~ transportation.
No'h handed most Of the money.
i'nck' Rrady. "a tough customer from
IN" Kentucky mountains, was re-
Sr"nSih'" f"r m" strong arm require
in"n's Of 'h" organization. Kemus
himself a StoCky follow of rough
and tumhl" Nrh,inr qualities - .nid
on ~ i"aSt ON" occasion 10 hay" '..
pulsed singh" handed gang -
h"h'lrIs"r bandits Attempting 10 raid
on" ~ his caravans All and sun
"rE IN E"mus' organization looked
ur"n nam ~ the hlS huss
Trucks In Armed suIa,iron
Tn" combines principal scene oc
operations was Death Valloy Farm
q ram-hhckl" complex Of buildings
ana grounds nesting uuobtrusitriy
among tho hills jus, ouisiI" u, GIN
''nna't o'h"r Isolated ani lonely
ihrm places ia OHIO we're utiliz"d as
N'muS d"p"ts. and. like TIA. Death
/ valley "s'Hhl! -hmcut, wcr, r.irod-
"i"d 10 fa"ilitat" the storage. robot
( ''inr aud 'r"c,ihca,iou" or large
7 quantities ~ liquor.
From Rrinus- dls,lllcrirs
| Ia Onto, Indiana and K.utucAy. whole
caravans "f k"mus auto truck. would
regularly arrive a, Death Nuil.,
/ Ram. with cases or barrels ~ lrrin-
/ which had either been withdrawn nv
/ hrmus-controlicd drug concerns mr.
smugsled out ~ bond Every limo
rarg" l-r distilIcry NJ "a ware
mouse for fS,Gus depot. the trucks
would he conveyed by au,omohilrs
IN 'front.' and rear, Hllcd wi,h armed
nchchWrn ~ The R.Inus o..gautza
ton. y" detail conducive 10 safe
transport was omitted Along IN.
routes R"muS scouts would he STA
toned 20 give warning OF imp"nL-
.nr danger
district Attorney pickcrson dc.
Scrih"d s'mus' vigilance nrrnn!za
non AZ "a near army" u had ur-
der" from tn" nis boss to shout when
ever necessary one az th,. -nniuurs
s"iz"d Il, Death valley Farm was
nick'd with three rptches -,radi-
ii"nal symbol that j, had struck It's
marx ON at Inst u trio ~ occasions
W hrh whi>k"N cHrgDcs reached ,E.r
i"rn d"put-, they would y. stored in
iaaiu"krd harms aud guarded h,
squads ~ from Two 10 six armed
m"n day aud night. until huotlcr-
gers called in "amoUnagcd trucks or
cars 10 cart stun away TO dis,nu,
+ destinations
/ Government witnesses tcs,irrd
mat h""tlcEccrs used 20 arrive ct,
i'"hth Valley Farm In cars win
/ Licenses indicating they had com"
from as FAR az Nebraska. Sew York
( ar Missouri. and even California
/ cars from Illinois, Indiana. Ohio
ana Kentucky wer" common Re
/ mus t"n,aclcs stretched to the four
/ quarters II the Union
Enormous InIcit Withdrawals.
Z one of the specific transrr,ssi.,s
/ disclosed At the trial, as showing
the magnitude Of Rcmus' iIIIri, dn,1-
inES. WAS the withdrawal from IN.
Snhihh distlllery al I.awrcuccburp
Ind. of $1,000 gallons % WHISKY
/ WITHIN three months or ,ha,
B amount. At least 1900 gallons yer.
Inverted from r"nsiIneeS who had
"S'"hsihly ordered them. Remus in
vented u chain Of fake consign..y
for the purpose Of these particular
transactions. usually Fictitious whole
sale drug houses in New York and
Pennsylvania
/ Instead Of being shipped to such
| destinations. the liquor found tic
way to Death Valley Farm or other
! kemus depots. where I; would be
| dispensed I" bootleggcr customers.
! among the paraphernalia ra!ded at
| Death Valley Farm were Quantities
/ Of formulate and rectifyinx appara-
tus. II was apparently part Of Re
mus swlndling operations to con-
/ vert genuine stufr-say 1000 gallons
| into 5000 or 1000 gallons by dilut-
/ ing II with external substances such
ms distilled water. grain alcohol and
oil that would put bead" on his
near-whisky. Resultant profits were
| correspondinRly fabulous Fart. Of
, Rcmus' stock In trade was thai, he
deal, in good stuff" and he com
manded commensurately high prices.
| The operations OF Remus were IL;
rectly dependent throughout on a
Wholesale. interlockinR system OF
forgery, bribery and perjury. and
ruthless recourse was had To ali
three OF those un!awfui practices on
one occasion. long h"for" his appre-
hension, hemus was found in pos
session of patches Of forged permits
for withdrawal OF spirits from bond
The thousands OF Original pack
ages" which he sold to hootI.rpers
III hottie or case lots. left his dis
'rlputlhs depots under convincing
labels and persuasive reven,,p
stamps scores Of lannon's old brands
cam" INTO his possession through
purchase OF disiiii"rics and he was
mus enabled. virtually without limit
l" PAIN OFF synthetic spirits under
seductive gu!ses. By October. 1921
Heinus blatant conduct and fragrant
violations of the liquor laws had
become such common sossip I'm Gin
cinnati and throughout Ohio and
NenturkN that they clamored insist
| emily for suppression.
As distinguished Cincinnati cdi-
tor has put il, "Remus virtually
stood up in Fountain square and
dared the United States government
to take him"
II was fortunate for the cause Of
law enforcement that tho Federal
district attorneys office was in com
mRnd OF men like Morrow and Dick
erson. They decided. with tho active
cooperation and support of the De-
partment of Justice and the prohibi
| tIOn Enforcement A1ithor{tIes n,