Evening star., 1923-02-22
|DRY AGENTS Join
| REMINGTON PROBE
New Evidence Victim Was
Shot Dead in BootIeggers'
War Over Cut in Prices.
By the Associa ted Press.

By the Associa ted Press.
LOS ANGELES, Calf, February %
Federal prohibition agents today
the slayers of Earle Remington
electrical engineer, shot down in his
own door yard week ago tonight.
Their entry came after a declara-
tion by the police that the widow
Mrs. Virginia Lola Stone Remington
had told them the dead man was a
society" bootlegger, and after the
police had found. questioned and
temporarily released man who ad-
mitted having operated three stills
for the engineer.
The police also said they had
located a large quantity of LIQUOR
possession. but the chief interest OF
the federal officers was believed to
rest in the police statement that one
Of Remington's note books. contain
ing zoo names and records of sales
had come into their possession.
Liquor Sold to society Folk.
1t was said that although the
liquor in question was distilled by
an amateur It was sold to persons
Los Angeles.
The police questioned several men
whose names appeared In the Rem
ington note book and stated they OBJ
tanned admissions OF purchasing
liquor from the engineer
The officers took nearly 100 gallons
of bootleg whisky from the basement
of the Remington residence and de-
clared they had been told by the mar
who admitted having operated stilis
for the slain man that one OF them
with a capacity OF seventy-fve gal
Ions, had been installed first in the
basement of Remington's business OF
fee here and later moved to his rancf
near Chino, forty miles east of Los
Angeles.
Also Had Bonded Whisky.
According to the still operator
whose name was withheld. the last OF
the bootleg liquor in stock was made
last December.
Remington was said also to have
some bonded whisky in his posses.
sion, and an angle Of the investiga-
ton was an effort to learn whether
he had had any direct dealings with
rum runners operating out OF Cana
dian and Mexican ports.
Search for other persons believed
To have been connected with the IL.
licit liauor activities credited to Rem
ington led the detectives to revive
their earlier theory-once discarded
that he was victim Of a bootleggers
war, either because he cut the price
they said or because he bought 8
large quantity Of smuggled bonded
liquor and paid for 1t with CHECK
upon which payment could not b'
made.
Wife Tells Of Phone Quarrel.
Mrs Remington was said to have
told the police of frequent visits tt
their home by strange men, who made
bargains for the sale and purchase o
liquor with her husband. and OF how
his whisky making made the house
smell so strong of alcohol that she wa:
forced to give up social activities.
Earle had a terrible quarrel over the
telephone with somebody suppose {
man-two nights before the tragedy
she was quoted.
81 SO loathed his part in the liquor
traffic that I tried to avoid hearing
the conservation. but some OF II was
forced upon my ears. 1t was an arsu
ment over the price. ] heard Earle
threaten the persons with whom ht
was talking. and. no doubt. the Other
person threatened Earle.
while Earle and | started to drift
apart more than three years ago. the
last six months of our life together wa:
the hardest for me. 1t has been hor.
rible nightmare since he first made this
house the resting place of liquor"
Mrs. Remington was too Ill yesterday
to attend her husbands funeral.