Evening star., 1927-11-16
REMUS REQUESTS
DEPORTATION DATA
Court Refuses to Order Sec
retary of Labor to Pro-
duCe Records.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI. November 16.-Re-
sumption of George Remus murder
trial was delayed today because Judge
Chester X. Shook had to pass upon
several minor cases and swear new
special venire of 80 men and women.
1t was a dark rainy day in contrast
with the beautiful weather of the first
two DAYS of the trial, but another
great crowd of murder trial fans
thronged the Hamilton County Court
house corridors in a scramble for the
10 seats in the courtroom. The long
line of men and women stood for hours
in damp clothing after their trip
through a pouring rain.
Remus came into court in a new
gray suit. one of the 10 hanging in
racks in his cell-office in the county
Jail.
Scans Veniremen.
He scanned the new veniremen as
they lined up around the courtroom
for administration of a mass oath. the
first step toward eligibility for posi-
hle selection TO determine whether
Remus. as he cainsA was insane when
he shot and killed his estranged sec
ond wife, lmogene Holmes Remus,
here last October S.
OF the new venire OF so only 30 an
swered their names in court today.
| That gave 46 names to. he considered,
! however, since Is were left OF the orig
| inai venire of 70, of which 81 re-
| sponded.
The special venire was reduced tn
| 20 when several mcthers of small
/ children and other members were ex-
| cused.
Asks For Records.
1t was II o'clock before the trial
! got under way. Remus arose and read
a long motion asking Judge Shook to
subpoena J. ]. Davis, Secretary Of
| Labor to produce all records relating
| to the deportation case against the
Germanborn Remus.
THE evidence will show that the
deportation case was instituted by the
| deceased Mrs. Remus and Franklin
l.. Dodge. jr.. and the records are Of
! paramount Importance in presenting
the defense of this defendant Remus
said.
Charles p. Taft, %. county prosecu.
tor, opposed the motion. A request
might be made of Secretary Davis. he
said. but the court lacked jurisdiction
! to demand.
MeelnS tne OppOSlLlOH, hefluS
arose and roared into a flight OF in
tense oratory. Again, as YESTERDAY.
| his great voice reverberated through
the courtroom. Right hand in the
pocket of his coat, Remus gestured
with his left, and twice smacked his
left into his right as his voice rose
to the high point of his demand.
Order Is Refused.
eff the court please, in view of what
has just been said, it is apparent that t
the only purpose Of the filing of this
motion was to permit Mr.. Remus to
make the speech he just has made. ]"
remarked Prosecutor Taft. Il ask
the court to rule"
| Judge Shook refused to issue the
order upon Secretary Davis and re-
buked Remus for presenting the mo-
ton. The judge told Remus not to
take up the time of the trial with any
more such motions.
Remus then demanded that Judge
Shook direct the prosecutor to inform
the defense of the whereabouts of
Dodge and some others. Judge Shook
declined to act.
The State exercised the first of its
| four peremptory challenges when it
excused George Cannon, taxicab
chauffeur, seated late yesterday as
tentative juror No. 10.
The forty-second on the venire, Mrs.
| Katherine Schwartz, wife of u farmer
and mother of six children, was called
She was excused because of her need
at home.