The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-07
Court Forced to Call Recess
as Rum King and His
Daughter Sob.
TELL OF WIFE's PLOT
Surprise Witness Testifies
Woman Promised $4,000
to Kill Mate.
BY PAUL w. WHITE
United Press Staff Correspondent

COURTROOM, CINCINNATI, O.,
Dec. 7.-Testimony of a witness that
he had been promised $4,000 by
Mrs. Imogene Remus to kill George
Remus today sent the latter's
daughter into hysterical outburst
and caused Remus to weep uncon-
trolledly in the courtroom.
The witness was Harry TrueSdale,
of Hamilton, O., called, by the de-
fense in the trial of Remus on the
charge of numbering Mrs. Remus.
Truesdale testified of the alleged
plot and said he had informed
Remus of it the day before. the
former bootleg king became a
slayer.
Recess Is Granted
When the witness reached a point
in his testimony where he told of
having followed RemuS to earn
money set upon the 1atter's head,
the defendant and his daughter be-
gan to cry.
Remus held a handkerchief to
his eyes. Hi spowerful shoulders
shook with emotion. Romola's arms
were about her father.
Unconsciously deputy sheriffs
moved toward the weeping father
and daughter.
"Yourf honor, could you grant a
recess?" Remus sobbed.
Judge Chester r. Shook excused
the jury.
After the ten men ard two women
had filed out, Remus arose un-
steadily.
Apologies to Court
'sYour honor, 4 apologize to. the.
court" he said.
He repeated the remark, as
though it was with difficulty he was
retaining mastery of his speech.
Ronola arose and appeared about
to fall. She is pretty girl Of "a,
who has been appearing in a Chi
cago cabaret.
Someone helped the girl outside
the courtroom.
She sat on bench and cried
Historically. A reporter finally sue
ceeded in quieting her but her sobs
Of travail carried to the nearby
jury room and Mrs. Ruth Cross,
young and attractive juror, was in
tears. Even the men on the panel
were shaken by the incident.
Remus was led to his Jail quarters.
Truesdale's testimony was a sur
prise and came just before the de-
fense was expected to rest its case.
Youth Tells Story
He said Mrs. Remus actually had
given him $3.50 for expenses and had
promised him $4,000 on her own ac-
count and $4,000 from Franklin l..
Dodge Jr., former department of
Justice operative, whom Remus has
styled his wife's paramour.
Truesdale was cross examined by
Charles H. Elston, co-counsel for
defense.
did you have an opinion as to
the sanity or insanity of Mr..
Remus?" Elston asked.
"Yes," the witness replied.
"What/caused you to form that
opinion?"
THE way he acted when 1 saw
him on the afternoon of Oct. 5.
"Tell us the whole sotry, please"
and then Truesdale, a stout.
lnuscled youth with big features
and curly black hair. began his
recital.
"Beat His Brains Out"
IT went there to Mr.. Remus' rooms
in the Sinton Hotel 1 told him that
one day John Marcus had said to me
that he knew how I could make
$4,000"
IT asked him how. He said by
killing man.
$50 one day I went to the Aims
hotel. There met Mrs. Remus."
"You told the defendant Of this?"
broke in the court.
Eyes, what I'm telling you / told
Remus," went on the witness
Mrs. RemuS said she had some
friends there and for me to come
back the next day at o'clock. I
did and then she told me she'd give
me the money. p
II told her 1 wanted to have some
surety and she said she couldn't give
it to me. Then she told me about
Dodge.
I'VE talked about Remus and she
said I wish some one would beat
his brains OUT 1 said, What's in
this for you? Thousands?' She
said More than that
"She told me if I would kill him
I'd get the money the next day. She
wouldn't give me no surety, but she
did give me $3.50 for expenses"
Truesdale said he had met Re-
mus at the Springdale dog track
in Hamilton and at the Sinton
Hotel here, and thus, knew where
his quarry could be found.
II followed him several times" Z"
the witness recounted Ain tone
less voice..
IT went up to his room, but there
always we're so many people there,
men going in and out, that I
couldn't kill him.