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George Remus | |
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| Born | November 13, 1878 |
| Died | January 20, 1952 (aged 73) Covington, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Resting place | Riverside Cemetery |
| Nationality | German |
| Other names | King of the Bootleggers |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Chicago College of Pharmacy Illinois College of Law, later acquired by DePaul University |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, pharmacist, bootlegger |
| Spouses | Lillian Klauff
(m. 1899; div. 1920)Augusta Imogene Brown Holmes
(m. 1920; died 1927)Blanche Watson (before 1952) |
| Children | Romola Remus |
George Remus (November 13, 1876[1] – January 20, 1952) was a German-born American lawyer who was a bootlegger during the early days of Prohibition,[2] and later murdered his wife Imogene.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Rochlin, Margy. "Ken Burns' Prohibition: Bootleggers, Organized Crime + The Glamorization of Getting Blitzed". LA Weekly. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013.
- ^ Morris, Jeff (2009). Haunted Cincinnati and Southwest Ohio. Arcadia Publishing. p. 68. ISBN 9780738560335. Retrieved June 2, 2013.