Lemures

The Lemures 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.