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FOUND Remus, Bootlegger, ~' Murders His Wife (Continued Irom Page One) Remus·B·scre~ attracted 'otb,er motor- lBts who took ber to the hospital where .he died ~ few minutes atter an opera- tlon was performed. Gives Himselt t:p .hls South ViillUaud ho~e ang·hls Bum-. were,s)lIlim.oned. mer cottage at Mountalu Lake, No. J.,. . A ·toucll or coinedy entered . .the grim together with ail his. other belonglugs, proce~dlngs 8. moment IMer when' to Mrs. Lllilenaahl; Miss Houseman IUchard :alack, one of the county de- witnessed the draWing of the will. tectlves, Cllmbect ·up the drl!,ln pIpe' MeGeorgl) Is not a lawyer and saYI\ j).untlhg for dlotaphomi wire.. A thin he asked the 'doctor 11 he were sure the: . twig of woodbine Was what had caught wlll. would stand. Dr. Ll1llendahl said. his eye. h'e willi 'sure It would; that he was. . James Grant Driver and 'paul Eld. famll!a~ with th'e law himself, having ridge were the next witnesses. Tl?cy studied It at the University ot Pennsy!-' were together In the same· vania before he .took up medicine. when. the· blue COlt:'e al'llost State T;ooper W. L. Lewis was the them orr the road 011, the(day , next wltnel!lJ, Be hitched his 'gun 'In .murder. and wlll have .a crulBlng' hie holster and marched Into the A few mlnutea after they entered ~he of from 90 to, 100 miles an Grand Jury room with a smile on hie courthOUlIe, ~oggs stuck his head, and.1\ h!gh.Jlpeed of 120 miles· an tace. Lewis was one of the first troop- 'out the window and ~al1ed, hour. ers to reach t)1e scene of the crime, and .Beachl\ It was he who;! took the widow's first There was r. bustle smong tbe statement, In Which she told the story of loungera as the jail door opened of an attack by two negroes. . .Beach stepped jauntily forward, Beach was arrested at a rendezvoull .arm linked through that of .. :Hasbrouck Heights, N. J., to named by ... !.t. Hedges on a lonely :road sheri!!. The .shutters of fifty cameraa In. the coIil'uslon Reltlus left the suits against his wife .and . Tela. HondUras, where the Tela Rsllroad I near the deserted'pre.Revolutlonary vll-' clicked. scene and a short time later whlle de- ,friends. to recover '1.0~().000 In cash I COmpanY will use -It on a.regular flying lage of Weymouth~ now tumbling tel 'Bea ch seemed pleasetl at the atten- teotlves were searching for him. he and .ecurltles tllat he said they had' \erv!\e between .Tela and Tegucigalpa .. l'tI!ns.' It w!ls In thll! neighborhood',' tlon he was lIettlng. wall<ed Into the Central police stat!on taken when he was helple\\ bellind At.:C\U'tlss F!eld aleo It was announced. where Beach once lived, that twenty \Hello. Jak~\ .,tell Us where ane! surrendered. , . \ the b~rs. . .. \. .' tbat within ten days two pBSSenger State troopers have been searcblng for' been.\ 80me 'o~~ 'called . A' ch~rge of first degree murder WM In: these suits. whIch R~mUll pUllhed .planes will leave tor. the West IndIes hIm tor two week!. the nickname' given to l>laced against Remus· by Chief ot De-., as'soon as he was.rt llbnt,yJi,,·charged to go Into·.PJ!so~nger, mati and express Despite the tact BeaCh was Burren- connection with the case. tectlves Kirgan. He will be held wlth- r that hLS property WILs taken>!rom him I services between Island c!tles there. dered near Weymouth Woods, It was OUt b\ll In 1924. at the time· he began to \erve This proJect Is· 11nanced .by a group· ot. , , Roin,,, was bitter against his wite. a term at Atlanta. tor booth'gglng •. planters. , learned that last night at 9 () clock ·Beac!l Wilts After Identification Hi! told pollr. ho did not Intend to let and he named Franklin L. DOdge. for· . .Hedges: stopped at a f!llJng station at \Aw come· 011. tell us where you've hei \get away with what she !s trying.\ mer Department of Justice agent, as Rent Jackson Heights· Suites Mays Landing and bought enough gaso- been.\ Inslstad the crOWd. Beach Just Referring to his wife Blld Franklin L. having alienated his wite's, a1fectlons The Queensboro Corporstlcn leased .Une to fill ble tank. It was long after waved his hand and slapped his thigh. DOdge, Department of Justice \Sent to work a scheme to get his property. part:inents In Spanish Gardens at Jack- midnlgh~ t~t tlhe laW!er returned. When he was arrested this morning. whom he named as 'co.respondent In This charge even had an echo In son Heights to Mrs M Leona. W1l;e Weymou. on y a fe miles from Beach was wearing a cap. HIl! blue his counter d!vOrce action, Remus de- Congress. where Representative La I Benjamin R' Weber 'Wuilam J Pure.li here and on the way to Hammonton. BUlt was dusty and hie collar soUed. elared he had \spent thollSands of dol- Guardia said In a ·PUbllc· address that or Eut ora~g., Gle~n Pierce oi Breton Two Meet Trooprrs on Road . When he went before the Grand Jury lars\ In 'an elfort to find them to- ·s Govel'llment a ent helped put Remus I ... _ Once the mark at a canoe and some; he was wearing a new celluloid collar. .. g Hall, and D !ley A .. Wilson ot Tarry footprints In the sand were found on I broWn slouch hat and his clothes were get ber. !n JaU. to get both his whlBky and town ' 'RemUs's daughter, Ruth, nineteen, his w1!e. • Indian Island, In the Il1lddle ot Lake I !re~h!y ~rlll!hed. at the hospital While preparations were ' B h 8 d Len!q)e, only B. few m!les trom He wa, a wilted I!ttle figure when be be!ng.made to op!,rate on Mrs. Remus, lIIade and Spent 1II11110no eae· urren BIOS Weymouth, but that wru; the only clue came out of the courtbouse Just five declared M,s, Remus had been In fear. The domestl~ arrangements !n the in Jersey Murder. the sefl,rcherB ever found. minutes lator .. of her husband. Remus household never were Idyll!c, This morning when Beaoh was Yet he was the center of attraction \Mr. Rem;us has beaten. mistreated but at any rate Remus could seldom be (ContinuecL Irom Page One) taken ne!ther he nor his lawyer would I tor tbe crOWd that lOitered on the lawn and threatened my mother all through ·accused of not being a good prov!der. bear eVidenCE) that the prosecution ex- .reyeal the b!dlng .place Where the little I throughout the morning. There. were be\' married lite.\ she sald. \Sh~ .feared At bome and In bus!ness his operations I peets will lead :0 two Indictment\ for poultry farmer had concealed hlmseU. I halt a hundred: towntolk and nearly a eomething like this ·would happen.\ I' were on a lavish scale. In Cincinnati murder. ';t'h~ first word that pollee received of hundred reporters and photographers. She said Remus Was g.reatly excited he had a $1.000,000 me:ns!on Wlt~~ While members ot the Grand Jury,. Beach's ~pendlng surrender came. Witnesses mingled with the crOWd, and cursed as he turned the gun on $100.000. Grecian swlfum\'hg· pool. H!'S witnesses. and newspaper men mingled early today when Hedges notified Cap- among them Mrs. Carolyn Tamberlaln. Mrs. Remus. The daughter was I'll the offices, In a building bought and then taxi wllh Mis. Remus anti saw. the named for himself, were gorgeous In Ihooting. . .appc>lntments and. hospitality. Remus told the police he in two and one-hal! years of active I m w&!t fm- hf!! wile lmd 1;11\t 11.\ WM bootlegging !n a big way be bou~bt dr!vlng the car himself when he fol- and sold abOut 3,000,000 gall one or' lowed the taxL Into the parkway.. whisky, a quant!ty &bout one-seventh The daughter said another mall Was of the entire Btock of bonded l!quor' drlvlng the car, ·but she did not recog- In the United States In this period. nlze him. SIle said she recQgnlzed the Outrlgbt he owned nf,p.e d!stllleries I car as. one that waa formerly used by and a number of warehouses contaln.1ng one of Remus's chief lieutenants, and a . whisky, and he was part ow.ner ot Dve .• close friend In his 'bOotlegglng opera- o~her d1et!llerles and operated a. cha!n I tlons. ot fake 'drug stores in OhiO, Indiana, In Cha.rge 'of Deteetlve Sergeant D)lnols and: Missouri. In var!ous. courts Docley and a. squad of detectives, he testified that his plants and wb1l;ky Remus was tsken to Eden Park to re- cqst hfm abl'ut $20,000,000. that his enact the shoot!ng. BllleS grossed about .75,000;000 that hc I The detectlv~ doubted many parts of paid .29,000, tor protection against law I his story. RemWl . claimed he had ofl'lce,\:s a.nd hijackers before his arrest, 1 thrown' the revolver In the Eden Park and that When he got out of prison he I Drive. He took thl! detectiVes several had. about '.5,000,000, If only he could ~ bundred feet from the place the shoot- lay his hands on it. Ing actually occurred. No trace of the Sometimes Remus had 3,000 persons \'eapon was found. . working for' him, In 'e!ght Ststes and .!n Il.emus said he did not kl:low What three months of 1921 he deposited '2,- beCBlne of hI& 4utQlnoblle. He eaid he. 700.000 lil one Olncmnatl bank. His mot \some on.\ .atter the lIbootlng bank acount. were under dllferent \ho drove him as filr as the Pennsyl- names. 8l'Ownin9, KtnS&CO. Cl'!~ E.ast 45th Street,,\: at Fifth Avenu~ ~~. ( 'HATS OF SILK VELVET • . • - \oJ ' IN THE HAT SHOP OF LARGER HEAD SIZES - .... 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