George Remus

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George Remus was a notorious German-American lawyer-turned-bootlegger who became one of the most powerful and flamboyant crime bosses of the U.S. Prohibition era.

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George Remus canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bootlegger ⓘ
crime boss ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeYears 1920s ⓘ
arrestedBy Bureau of Prohibition agents ⓘ
associatedWith U.S. Prohibition laws (Volstead Act) ⓘ
birthDate 1878-11-13 ⓘ
birthPlace Landsberg am Lech, Germany ⓘ
Landsberg am Lech, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire ⓘ
linked to: Landsberg am Lech
burialPlace Riverside Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio ⓘ
businessModel buying distilleries and pharmacies to legally obtain bonded liquor ⓘ
diverting bonded liquor into illegal markets ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
citizenship Germany ⓘ
United States ⓘ
convictedOf manslaughter ⓘ
countryOfBirth German Empire ⓘ
deathDate 1952-01-20 ⓘ
era Prohibition era in the United States ⓘ
ethnicOrigin German ⓘ
familyName Remus ⓘ
fullName George Remus ⓘ
genreOfActivity organized crime ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
immigratedTo United States ⓘ
inspired aspects of the character Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" ⓘ
knownFor amassing a large illegal liquor empire ⓘ
being a powerful crime boss in Cincinnati ⓘ
bootlegging during Prohibition in the United States ⓘ
flamboyant lifestyle ⓘ
language English ⓘ
German ⓘ
legalSpecialty criminal law ⓘ
legalStatusDuringPeak federal prisoner at Atlanta Federal Penitentiary ⓘ
nationality German-American ⓘ
nickname King of the Bootleggers ⓘ
notableEvent murdered his wife Imogene Remus ⓘ
notableFor using legal knowledge to exploit loopholes in Prohibition laws ⓘ
occupation bootlegger ⓘ
businessman ⓘ
criminal defense lawyer ⓘ
operatedIn Cincinnati, Ohio ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ
spouse Imogene Remus ⓘ
style lavish parties and extravagant spending ⓘ
trialOutcome found not guilty by reason of insanity in murder trial of his wife ⓘ
wealth became a multimillionaire from bootlegging ⓘ

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George Remus → fullName → George Remus ⓘ
Imogene Remus → spouse → George Remus ⓘ
subject linked to: murdered his wife Imogene Remus
murder of Imogene Remus → perpetrator → George Remus ⓘ
subject linked to: murdered his wife Imogene Remus
George Remus murder trial → defendant → George Remus ⓘ
subject linked to: murdered his wife Imogene Remus
Imogene Remus → spouse → George Remus ⓘ
Imogene Remus → killer → George Remus ⓘ
King of the Bootleggers → refersTo → George Remus ⓘ