Lemures

The Lemures (introduced as the Black Suits) are a cult that worships Huey Laforet. They are aware of his immortality, and their belief appears to be that if they serve him faithfully, he will grant them eternal life. Huey himself regards them with contempt, saying that their loyalty is false because they see him only as a means to the end of becoming immortal and that they are not competent enough to carry out a hostage-taking operation without Chane's help. Their leader (absent direct orders from Huey) is Goose Perkins. In 1931, they boarded the Flying Pussyfoot disguised as a traveling orchestra. Once the train was underway, they took the passengers hostage in an attempt to force Senator Beriam, whose wife and daughter were among the hostages, to arrange Huey's release from jail. The plan quickly disintegrated as the Lemures fell into a struggle with various other factions on board for control of the train. Ladd Russo's gang fought the Lemures for control of the hostages while Claire Stanfield, displeased with the threat both groups posed to the safety of the passengers, murdered a number of Lemures who had spread out into the passenger cars. The few remaining Lemures were overwhelmed by a passenger uprising lead by members of Jacuzzi's gang using weapons the Lemures themselves had brought on board. The surviving Lemures were arrested when the train arrived in New York.

Trivia

 * The name Lemures (Leh-mur-ays) is a Latin word referring to a type of malevolent ghost in Roman mythology. The singular is Lemur (leh-mur). Accordingly, Goose uses the metaphor of ghosts to describe the organization, saying that they are living ghosts because they have cut off all ties to the living except for each other and Huey. As ghosts, he goes on, they do not need to fear death.


 * They donning black suits during the Flying Pussyfoot incident are associated with the fact that they are a cult. Black is often considered an occult colour and is often assosiated with cults in real life, most cults actually do use the colour black to dress in, with the only known expection in actual history being the KKK who had an obsession. It is interesting to note that the Lemures and the KKK have conflicting idealologies, while the KKK were religiously obsessed with their skin colour and religion the Lemures have disgarded all desires simply for the sake of becoming immortal serving a man who was given immortality by a demon. This is a coinidence is confrontation towards the White Suits.


 * They were never directly identified as a cult in the anime.