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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| George Remus canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: George Remus Context triple: [Prohibition era in the United States, majorCriminalFigure, George Remus]
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Mae Capone
Mae Capone was the wife of notorious American gangster Al Capone and a relatively private figure who largely stayed out of the public eye despite her husband's fame and infamy.
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Lepke Buchalter
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Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was a notorious American mobster and key architect of organized crime’s expansion into Las Vegas, becoming one of the most infamous figures of the early 20th-century underworld.
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Max Zaslofsky
Max Zaslofsky was an American professional basketball player and coach, best known as one of the NBA’s early scoring stars and later a coach in the league.
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Oscar Hopkins
Oscar Hopkins is a timid, eccentric Anglican priest and compulsive gambler who becomes one of the two central protagonists in Peter Carey’s novel "Oscar and Lucinda."
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: George Remus Target entity description: 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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A.
Mae Capone
Mae Capone was the wife of notorious American gangster Al Capone and a relatively private figure who largely stayed out of the public eye despite her husband's fame and infamy.
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B.
Lepke Buchalter
Lepke Buchalter was a notorious American mobster who led the labor racketeering operations of Murder, Inc. and became one of the few major organized crime bosses to be executed by the U.S. government.
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C.
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel
Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was a notorious American mobster and key architect of organized crime’s expansion into Las Vegas, becoming one of the most infamous figures of the early 20th-century underworld.
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D.
Max Zaslofsky
Max Zaslofsky was an American professional basketball player and coach, best known as one of the NBA’s early scoring stars and later a coach in the league.
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E.
Oscar Hopkins
Oscar Hopkins is a timid, eccentric Anglican priest and compulsive gambler who becomes one of the two central protagonists in Peter Carey’s novel "Oscar and Lucinda."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bootlegger
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crime boss ⓘ lawyer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| activeYears | 1920s ⓘ |
| arrestedBy |
Bureau of Prohibition
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surface form:
Bureau of Prohibition agents
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| associatedWith |
National Prohibition Act
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surface form:
U.S. Prohibition laws (Volstead Act)
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| birthDate | 1878-11-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Landsberg am Lech, Germany
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Landsberg am Lech ⓘ
surface form:
Landsberg am Lech, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
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| burialPlace | Riverside Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio ⓘ |
| businessModel |
buying distilleries and pharmacies to legally obtain bonded liquor
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diverting bonded liquor into illegal markets ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Germany
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| convictedOf | manslaughter ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | German Empire ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1952-01-20 ⓘ |
| era | Prohibition era in the United States ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | German ⓘ |
| familyName | Remus ⓘ |
| fullName | George Remus self-link ⓘ |
| genreOfActivity | organized crime ⓘ |
| givenName | George ⓘ |
| immigratedTo |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| inspired | aspects of the character Jay Gatsby in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" ⓘ |
| knownFor |
amassing a large illegal liquor empire
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being a powerful crime boss in Cincinnati ⓘ bootlegging during Prohibition in the United States ⓘ flamboyant lifestyle ⓘ |
| language |
English
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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
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businessman ⓘ criminal defense lawyer ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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surface form:
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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Subject: George Remus Description of subject: 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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