Augusta Imogene Remus

George Remus and Imogene married in 1920. During Prohibition, Remus built a large illegal liquor business around Cincinnati, and the couple became associated with conspicuous wealth and widely reported social events.

Their relationship deteriorated while Remus was imprisoned. Divorce litigation followed, and by 1927 the dispute was bitter and public. On October 6, while Imogene was travelling through Cincinnati toward proceedings connected with the divorce, Remus pursued the vehicle carrying her and shot her in Eden Park. She died from the wound.

Remus surrendered and was prosecuted for murder. His trial drew national attention because he relied on an insanity defense and took an unusually active part in his defense. The acquittal on insanity grounds kept the case in legal histories of Prohibition-era Cincinnati.

A separate Imogene Remus page prevents her from being reduced to the final chapter of George Remus's biography. It connects the bootlegging cluster to the homicide and insanity-trial Event while making clear that association with a criminal spouse does not make the victim a Rogue entity.

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Death

Augusta Imogene Remus died on October 6, 1927. Gunshot wound.