Evening star., 1927-10-08
DODGE CHARGES DEATH PLOT
eays Rcmus Offered $4,000 to XIII
Him Within Year.

! LANSING. Mich, October OPD.-
!, George Remus today was termed a
s'coward and liar" by Franklin
/, Dodge, former Federal agent. who Re'
mus had charged sought to rob him
of his wealth and his wife.
1t was Dodge. according to stare
ments by Remus, for whom Mrs. he
mus turned informa mt, and for whom,
!. Remus has insisted, she plotted to
gain control of the Remus fortune,
made during Remus' career as king
of the Bootleggers' in Cincinnati.
. Remus now is held at Cincinnati
charged with having slain the wire
/. he said was on too friendly terms with
( the one-time prohibition agent.
Death Price Charged.
I. Dodge was found here at the home
!. of his father, Franklin L. Dodge, sr.,
prominent Michigan attorney.
'Remus was obsessed with the idea
that . had plotted with his wife to
send him to prison and then steal his
money" Dodge said. HE offered his
pals $4,000 to kill me.
IT learned of the plot through one
sof Remus' confederates, who tipped
me off because, he said, he consid.
fered me a square shooter That was
I less than a year ago, in Cleveland.
II dare not reveal the name of my
informant, because 1t would mean
death to him, but I will say he was
a Southern gambler and bootlegger
who had been close to Renus in the
liquor racket"
Husband Believed Slain.
ct knew, Of course, that Remus be.
iieved his wife was my informant in
developing the case which sent him to
prison for prohibition law violations
despite his boasted $2,500.000 a year
for protection. But the truth is that
I did not know Mrs. Remus until Jan:
uary, 1925, after her husband had
been sent to Atlanta. In fact, I first
saw her scrubbing out his cell there.
HE had been shouting from the
housetops that he trailed his wife and
me across the country and missed US
by a few minutes in Chicago the day
of thu Tunney- Dempsey fight. AS a
matter of fact, my father here and my
brother can testify that on that night
we all were in the home of a Mr.
Wakefield at Pelham, n. Y, listening
to broadcast of the fight.
: My real informant in the case
fagainst Remus was Mrs. Mary Hub
abard my star witness at the trial. Her
husband had been an employe of Re
mus on the Dater Farm in Death Val
ley SO called because to trespass
there, the stronghold of gigantic
.bootlegging business, was supposed to
mean death.
: HE died suddenly, and Mrs. Hub
;bard believed. and still believes, he
was murdered for knowing too much.
Says Wife Loyal
Gas far as I know. Mrs. Remus was
loyal to her husband and did every
thing she could to effect his release
tShe often wrote me, asking help In
sobtaining his release, and / conferred
with her attorneys as to what moves
Ito make in the fight.
I Mrs. Remus was a lady and to my
knowledge her only connection with
sbootlegging was a case in which her
husband was responsible for her in
:dictment, and which was dismissed
when it came to trial"
Dodge doubted stories OF Remus
sreputed fortune 81 millions made
Through sale of liquor
After he went to Atlanta we ex
anined his bank statements. They
tshowed he had netted probably
$50, coo, 900 from his operations. How
sever, at the time he went to prison
.he was broke. Mrs. Remus hat
smoney, but / don't know where She
igot it,