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Says Bootlegger Feared His Wife Would Tell of Sheriff’s Slaying REPORTER TESTIFIES By Associated Press ST. LOUIS. Oct. 29—An allegation that George Remus, former million aire bootlegger, Kkkled his wife to si lence her was made ftuiday by Char les P. Taft, prosecuting attorney of Cincinnati, here for a defense depora tion hearing. The prosecutor said the state would show a motive for the slaying that Mrs. Remus had planned on the day of the killing to testify in her divorce suit that Remus killed Sheriff WH Mam Van Camp near Brookville, Ind. four years ago, while running Jack Daniel whisky from St. Louis to Cin cinnati, “Ridiculous,” AnT ®. Remus Is ote Remus, acted at Laneunmat, promptly characterized Taft's state ment as “ridiculous.” Bert Morgan, former federal prohibition commis sioner from Indiana, told af Indian apolis that while there had been ru mors Remus had something to do with the Van Camp killing he never came across any tangible evidence to that effect. Two men known as Carter and Webb, who were arrestd at Green ville, 0, for robbing a bank, were convicted and sentenced to serve 20 years each in Ohio penitentiary. In prison Webl was reported to have confessed he fired the sbot which killed the sheriff. reporter Tentifles John T. Rogers, a St. Louis Post- Disputch reporter, who gave the only deposition at Friday’a hearing, told for the alleged attempts of Mrs. Re mus to have her husband killed, Rogers realiied John Marcus, con victed in the Jack Daniel whisky con spiracy case, told him Mrs. Remus of fered him $15,000 to kill Remus while the case was being tried in St. Louis
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Decatur Evening Herald
Decatur, Illinois, US
Sat, Oct 29, 1927
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