PROHIBITION: Remus Out

Fifty-six prisoners in the Scioto County jail, Portsmouth, Ohio, were last week guests at a farewell party given by Fellow-Convict

George Remus, onetime bootlegger king. Mr. Remus, clad in white coat, white apron, Palm Beach pants, celebrated the last day of his sentence by personally serving fare more elaborate than the regular prison diet. It was Mr. Remus' third banquet in his 30 days in jail.

One prison and five jails have lodged "Uncle" Remus since his 1924 conviction on bootlegging charges. From headquarters at Death Valley Farm, near Cincinnati, he purchased four distilleries,...

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