![]() ![]() ![]() A jury later judged him not guilty by reason of insanity and he left a free man. Soon after his release, Remus shot and killed his wife in a jealous rage. In 1925, Remus, charged with thousands of alleged violations of the Volstead Act after leading a large bootlegging operation in the Midwest, was sentenced to two years in federal prison. George Remus, a former Chicago attorney called the “King of the Bootleggers” during Prohibition, stands behind bars in 1927 while being tried for the murder of his wife. Courtesy of San Francisco Public Library. ![]()
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