Evening star., 1927-10-07
GUILT IN MURDER
DENIED BY REMUS
Accused Arraigned for Pre-
Iiminary Hearing-Held
for Grand Jury.

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| CINCINNATI, October 7.-George
| Remus. once millionaire bootlegger,
! who shot his wife, Imogene, fatally
an hour before their divorce hearing
| yesterday morning, pleaded mot
| guilty" when arraiEned for preiimi-
nary hearing today.
| Remus was held to the grand jury
! without bond.
Remus waived examination before
Judge William ID. Alexander in Mu-
| nicipal Court on the charge OF first
degree murder.
Hearing Is Brief.
| The hearing occupied only few
| minutes. and RemuS was returned to
! his cell.
! He requested that the case be taken
! before the grand jury as soon as pos
! Sible so that an Indictment could he
returned and the case entered for trial
in Common Pleas Court.
Remus spent a restless night in Jail,
police officers said.
Il feel as good as can be expected
under the extremely trying circum-
stances" Remus answered to an in
quiry.
was killed was her own, RemuS said
today.
Mrs. Remus forgot to take the lit
tie pearl handled revolver when she
removed everything from our home
except a cot, table and chair" Remus
said.
His Daughter Weeps.
II found the revolver in the garage
at home 1t had belonged to Mrs.
Remus." he said.
Romola Remus, his daughter by a
former marriage. wcpt as she talked
with her father through the cell rars.
"The only thing 1 regret Remus
said after his daughter left, ''is the
notoriety."
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Re-
mus have not been completed.
Miss Remus did not attend her
fathers hearing. She was caught in
a traffic jam and was unable to reach
court IN time.
She said her ndmother, Mrs.
Julia Brown. ard her aunt. Mrs. Grace
Campbell. were en- route here from
Hilea, Fla, and that her mothers
brother. Harry Brown. was coming
from Ford, Ontario.
Remus, whose activities as mil
lionaire bootleggcr" We're nipped by
conviction in Federal Court and SEN
tence to Imprisonment at Atlanta Penl-
tentiary, said he would depend upon
his own legal talents.
Brilliant Career Promised.
Remus was building what promised
to be a brilliant career as a criminal
lawyer in Chicago before he came to
Cincinnati, shortly after national pro-
hibition became effective.
Remus awaited court action, he said,
with a clear conscience adding that
he owed it to society" to kill his wife.
Charles p. Taft Hamilton County
prosecutor. indicated that Remus'
request for speedy justice would
be fulfilled. He indicated that
the case would be brought to the
attention of the new grand jury when
it convenes Monday. Prosecutor Taft
has little doubt but that an indict-
ment will he returned at once and
Remus arraigned as soon IS the legal
time has elapsed after he has been
served with a copy of the bill.
Offers to Defend.
Remus is not undertaking his own
defense because Of lack of offers of
aid. He displayed kilograms from w.
W. OBrien. Chicago criminal lawyer.
and Hugh J. DAILY, formerly assistant
United States district attorney at Chi
cago. offering their services.
Miss ROmola Remus, daughter of
Remus by his first marriage, hurried
from Chicago last night 10 the jail
here, where she assured her father
she would stand by him" She said
she was certain he was justified in
shooting his second wife" She lives
with her mother, who was divorced
from Remus and married again.
Rcmus' second wife was formerly
Mrs. Imogene Holmes, an Evanston,
ILL.,, divorce. He married her less
than year after he had been divorced
by his first wife.
He gave up his Chicago law practice
and came to Cincinnati in 1921 to pur-
chase distilleries and warehouses in
Kentucky. Indiana and Ohio for his
million-dollar bootlegging business.
In a cross petition filed by Remus
in September. 1925, he asked that he
be granted a divorce and named as CO.
respondent Franklin l.. Dodge, jr.,
former Department Of Justice agent
who was instrumental in Remus' con-
viction.
Mrs. Remus' 2O-year-old daughter
Ruth was witness to the shooting
of her mother yesterday.