The Indianapolis times., 1927-12-10
STATE PAINTS
rum KING AS
CRUEL MATE
Seek to Erase Picture of
Wife's Perfidy From
Minds of Jury.
DODGE is DEFENDED
'0ther Man Named by
RemuS Automatically Ben
efits by RebuttaI Evidence.
BY PAUL w. WHITE,
United Press Staff Correspondent

United PreSS Stan correspondents
CINCINNATI, Dec. 10.--A picture
of George Remus as nat insane, but
bad tempered; a picture of Mrs.
Imogene Remus, whom he shot and
killed, not as a perfdious wife, but
a woman cruelty treated-those were
the portraits the State expected to
present the jury as rebuttal testi-
mony continued today.
Although the Remus defense is
solely that of transitory insanity,
the prosecution has assumed the
burden of removing the impression
left by his witnesses in their de-
scriptions of Mrs. Remus as one
who loved another man and con-
Spired with him to rob her husband.
In defending Mrs. Remus the
State automatically will defend
Franklin L. Dodge, Jr., former de-
partment of justice operative named
by Remus as "the other man."
May Call Night Sessions
Thus with three-fold objective
the rebuttal may consume an entire
week unless Judge Chester r. Shook
decides upon longer sessions of court.
He announced that if it appeared
the trial would encroach upon
Christmas he might consent to night
sessions.
The first witness in rebuttal de-
picted both Mrs. RemuS and her
husband in q new light. I
She was Mrs. Elizabeth Felix, wife.
Of e. building contractor of Birming-
ham, Ala, She was almost a con-
stant companion of Mrs. RenuS in
Atlanta when. the latter lived tner0
while Remus was serving a sentence
in the Federal penitentiary for viO-
lation Of the dry laws.
Mrs. Felix described two visits in
the company of Mrs. Remus to the
hootlegger's mansion here in June
Of 1926.
She spoke of Renlus as an angry,
red faced man who recovered his
disposition after she had compli-
mente6 him as mighty nice look
ing" Zt
Witness Wins Courtroom
She said he had been made angry
when she told him he was as much
to blame as his wife for the rift in
their domestic affairs. She recalled
one incident when Mrs. Remus was
driven, crying. from the peniten-
tiary while visiting her husband.
The witness pictured Remus ss a
man who in one minute said that
"all the money in the world was
not worth one hour of penal servi-
tude," and in the next minute an
nounced calmly he would kill Dodge.
Mrs. Felix won the courtroom with
her contagious smile and southern
accent.
The following testimony, with
County Prosecutor Charles P. Taft
II examining the witness, probably
was the most human of the trial:
II suggested that he kiss his wife
good-by; he did kiss her, but it
wasn't such a very nice kiss. So ]
asked him if he couldn't do any
better. told him If he couldn't kiss
his wife any better than that 1t was
no wonder she left him. So he
kissed her again"
did he do better?" Taft asked.
Yes, sir.''
In Love With Husband?
Renus self-consciously shutfled
papers. Another high point in the
testimony was reached when Taft
asked suddenly:
was Mrs. Remus in love with her
husband?"
Eyes, sir" said the witness so
promptly and decisively that
Charles H. Elston, co-counsel for de-
tense made his objection belatedly.
The answer then was stricken out.
Out of the records, that is, not out
. Of the minds of the jurors, who for
twenty-one days have been wonder
ing what was the right answer to
that question.
Mrs. Felix will go to the witness
stand again today for further di-
rect examination.