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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instanceOf bootlegger
crime boss
lawyer
person
activeYears 1920s
arrestedBy Bureau of Prohibition
surface form: Bureau of Prohibition agents
associatedWith National Prohibition Act
surface form: U.S. Prohibition laws (Volstead Act)
birthDate 1878-11-13
birthPlace Landsberg am Lech, Germany
Landsberg am Lech
surface form: Landsberg am Lech, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
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 of America
surface form: 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 self-link
genreOfActivity organized crime
givenName George
immigratedTo United States of America
surface form: 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, United States
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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George Remus fullName George Remus self-link