George Remus

And we've been hearing people talk about, you know, Moonshining was actually pretty prominent in the state of Ohio even, and they're even talking like they found some tunnels under the road where they think there were speakeas up in this area.

And then, and then I heard something about old George Remus, you know, they said he was a big time distiller back when prohibition hit.

And they said he would actually steal his own liquor and sell it.

And, you know, that's how he would make a lot of his money was going around and he would have his own liquor hijacked and sold it as, as bootleg liquor.

On October 6, 1927, Imogene Remus was walking near the Eden Park gazebo.

She was involved in a divorce case against her husband, George Remus.

George Remus was a notorious Cincinnati bootlegger during prohibition, and was sometimes referred to as the King of the Bootleggers.

That afternoon, Imogene was confronted by her husband.

George Remus shot her.

She died from her injuries.

The one guy?

Oh, George Remus.

George Remus.

George Remus.

Oh, yeah.

So he, yeah, so he's one of the most successful bootleggers of all time.

But O'Hare at his own brushes with the law and his past.

At the outset of prohibition, the authorities permitted a liquor wholesaler named George Remus to store about $200,000 worth of whiskey in the same building where O'Hare had his law office.

Remus had to put up a $100,000 bond to surety that he would not remove a single bottle without government sanction.

Nevertheless, by 1923, all the liquor had found its way into the bootleg markets of Chicago, New York, and other cities, even though Remus never saw a cent of profit.