Evening star., 1927-11-27
REMUS DEFENSE
PLEADS INSANITY
Two Acquaintance Tell
Court of Strange Actions
When Wife Was Named.
BY the Associated Press.

bE the Associated Prrss-
CINCINNATI, Ohio. November o6
insanity today became the theme of
George Remus murder trial when the
State rested its case and the defense
plunged into the attempt to establish
In the minds Of the two women and
10 men of the jury the defend
ant was temporarily unbalanced men
tally when he ran down and shot to
death his estranged wife. his beau
tiful 1mogene" in Eden Park here
seven weeks ago.
For a solid week the prosecution had
emphasized a theme Of coldblooded
murder. a staying as the result of
four-cornered plot in which Remus
acted out his part of eXecutioner
Two Laymen Testify.
half left of the court session when
It got its chance to strike the first
blow in behalf of Remus.
1t Immediately Whirled into its ma
ior theme. 1t called two men. who had
been in intimate contact with RemuS
in recent months. Both lay witnesses.
with no knowledge of the medical de-
scription of insanity, they asserted the
bold belief that Remus was insane.
First came Leo a. Burke. lawyer.
For six months he said he had advised
Remus as legal counsel. Eemus went
off on wild tangent repeatedly al
the mention of the names OF Mrs.
Remus and Franklin l.. Dodge. ir.. of
Lansing. Mich, former Department
of Justice agent. Then appeared A.
Lee Beatty. former assistant Federal
district attorney and eX-legislatOr for
Ohio.
Makes Alienation Charge.
Remus' raving attempt 10 indicate
that Government agents had entered
into a conspiracy with the "Egans
rats" gang of st. Louis, Mo, to eN-
terminate him was another thing Bea.
ty said Influenced him to the opinion
Remus was insane. Beatty said Re
mus had accused Dodge as one of the
conspirators. RemuS holds that
Dodge is his arch enemy. At the
door of the former Government sleuth
Remus has placed the blame for what
he claims was an unbalanced mental
fly for two years which reached
maniacal insanity when he encoun-
tered Mrs. Remus ell route to the dl-
vorce court. Remus alleges that
Dodge first obtained his conviction for
violating the prohibition law and
then stole his VIE.
The prosecution ended its case today |
with an apology which at the same
time was intended as an extraction of
at least one of the fangs of the de- |
fense's rebuttal. 1t presented VIII |
liam Hulbershorn, a business man. |
He, it was, the State explained, who |
drove Remus from the scene of the |
slaying to the Pennsylvania Railroad |
station. where RemuS took a taXicab |
to a police station.
Previously the State had bent its |
efforts toward proving that one or
the alleged conspirators whisked |
Remus away from the death scene.
Directed Verdict Asked.
Immediately upon conclusion of the
States direct case, Elston made the
usual gesture of moving for directed
verdict of acquittal. but Judge Chester
r. Shook directed the trial to proceed.
The defense effort TO prove insanity
was undertaken in the face of handl-
rap of knowledge that the three
a lienists appointed by the court upon
,greement of both sides had reported
their belief that Remus was sane
Not only sane now as he sits in court
but sane that pretty Indian Summer
when he held his wife close
10 MIN anu nISu a juno "-~A N |
through four vital organs.
The report was accepted over
strenuous objection of the defense:
mon it. however. Judge Shook said
Iiepended whether Remus should be
nermitted to act as his own chief OF
staff.
Record Is Cited.
F,lston maintained once in eXamin-
ing his first witness, that at no time
had he gone on record as to Remus
nresent mental condition. He assert.
cd to Judge Shook in the course OF
an argument that he had held temus
had been insane for two years PRIOR
10 the killing, was insane when ne
shot his wife, and that at some
time" thereafter he recovered com
pletely. A
Burke testified he formedsfis opin-
ion of Remus' mental alteration after
several conferences concerning busi
ness matters.
when mention was made of Mrs
Remus and Dodge. Remus would be-
come much worked up" testified
Burke. ..He would strike his body,
raise his hands above his head and
his face would become distorted
E;lston, after adjournment. said that
at least two weeks. possibly more.
would he required for the defense's
case. Remus might be expected to
he on the witness stand for a week