Evening star., 1924-05-16
SMITH PROTECTION
COST HIM $3.50, 900,
REMUS TESTIFIES

| nEUiOO iC0IITIcS
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! vict, but the case would go up on
! appeal and be reversed"
| Did Jess Smith say to you that
| he could get you out even if the ap-
| pelate court sustained the convic-
| tions""
Yes That was at the Washing
paid him $4,000 or 100000"
Remus was directed to give the
whole understanding.
He said that a manumittus would
issue" Remus said. that a commu-
tation would be arranged"
| Assured of Protection.
Did he say this arrangement was
| with the Attorney General?" asked
| Chairman Brookhart.
He said that the general-the At
| torney General-Said there would be
no putting away of Remus and his
| men"
He was pressed to gve details of
II told Smith that not one of the
| defendants in the RemuS cases had
! taken the stand" Remus went on.
Il was sure several of them would
the stand. He said the court of ap-
peals would undoubtedly reverse the
| decision. Mr.. Zoline was there and
he was my chief counsel.
| Assured of Pardon.
When the matter was taken to
the Supreme Court, by writ OF
certiorari. he said there would be a
| pardon issued"
Senator Jones asked IL Remus
| checks would identify payments 10
| Jess Smith.
Some of them have had pencil nota-
tons, the initials j. S. Remus re-
| piled.
who did Smith say would get the
| PARDON" asked Senator Wheeler
The general. He said that in his
| judgment a Communication would issue
| If the Supreme Court should affirm
| the conviction"
Remus agreed that his money pay
ments to Smith were not based on
| the merits of the case" but because
| Of Influence with the Attorney Cen
| eral."
Did you ask Jess Smith whether
he talked with the Attorney General
about youT asked Senator Jones.
Yes, once, in Washington. l asked
| him to talk to the Attorney General
| On our next meeting ne told me that
he had and that the general would
| take action"
"What did you pay Smith forr' per-
1
ITO keep me out Of the penitentiary
| to keep the boys QUITO use his
influence with the Attorney General
| | told him the conviction was there
| and asked him what he was going to
do about it. i asked him TO use his
influence to get Communication of SEN
| tence If the case went against US, and
he said he would"
| Dead Before Case Came Up.
When the case got into the Supreme
Court. Remus said, Jess Smith was
| dead" The Communication could not
be considered until the Supreme Court
had acted.
The money I paid him was all COW
cred by our contract. He was to render
| all possible assistance in the Depart
Inent of Justice, in and after with
drawals Of liquor on permit" Rernus
said. He told me the general would
do everything he could in the premises -
You never had any doubt of his in
| fiuence?" Chairman Brookhart asked.
There was none. from my viewpoint"
Senator Wheeler suggested that
Remus was afraid to tell all he
knew" because of fear of further
| prosecutions
1T wouldn't surprise me-" Remus
said. With matters in the situation
| they are, why wouldn't l be afraid
didn't want to testify. But when
with giving Remus special privileges
that's injustice. I've been prosecuted: ,
And you've been double-crossed? ?"
Senator Wheeler put in. :.
II don't know-the dead don't
speak" Remus replied.
| Remus, short, bald headed man,
dressed in a gray suit, gave his age
as forty-seven when he was called
to the stand. and said he was born in
Germany and educated at the Chicago
| taken a law course and hao prac-
| ticed law for nineteen years.
"Sojourning now at Atlanta peni-
| tentiary" he summed up.
He denied that he had any special
privileges at the prison, and said he'd
lost twenty-three pounds in the few
| months he has spent in the institu-
ton.
| Asked Absut Prison Dope.
What do you know about dope
down there?" Senator Wheeler asked.
I've been there three and half
months and haven't seen an ounce Of
any narcotic drug" Remus said
liquor business for four years at
| Cincinnati
Il owned seven distilleries prior
to that" he said. but they were all
seized, confiscated or scattered"
Ohio and Indiana. He got into liquor
business just after the Volstead act
was passed in 1919. he said.
II was as practising law Lss h in Chicago
distilleries after the law"
Senator Wheeler asked him to de-
scribe his plan Of operation.
| Il organized drug companies. whole
sale and retail, and sought permits to
he said. for sale through the drug
100000 for the distilleries. The
Fleishmann plant at Cincinnati, for
Il paid .Ie5. 900 for the Rugby dis
tillery. in Ohio, and s225, 900 for the
old Lexington Club. in Kentucky.
Medicinal Sales Farce.
"Of course. the liquor sales for
medicinal purposes is farce: There's
for medicine legitimately. I've never
had a drop of whisky in my life
The witness said he was introduced
to Smith in 1921, in New York City.
meeting n w Smiths fns 0GcIH asked s. Senator s9or
| Wheeler, the committee prosecutor.
| Diseased Permits.
From the viewpoint Of obtaining &
Withdrawals Of liquor from bonded
warehouses for my drug companies' u
Remus replied. .'it is my remembrance
| it was at the Commodore Hotel. We
discussed with him the permits for
Withdrawals for the Alps Drug Com
pany. the Central Drug Company OF
New York and others"
The demand for liquor was greater
| than the supply" Remus went on
E. NJ. Zoline, a law partner of Thomas
Fielder, was counSel for Remus and
brought Smith and the liquor man to-
gether. In conversations with Smith
he explained, "the third party would
gracefully withdraw.
The witness went rapidly over q
| series of meetings with Smith