The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-17
THIRTY DAYS FOR GRIMES.
son OF THE EN-SraTE tVnITnR
CONVICTED or LARCENY.
MS ainer Is One of she Best known
Men In the stnte-Noung s.rimr~
started ON Downward Career

- e. GFimsS. son OF ex-Stass Auditor
1fAneS, was convicted in Justice Alssssn.s
N31Ft Yesterday afternoon OF petit LARCENY.
''aa sent "a the county jail for thirty ,iays
Nhea Justice Austin ran his eve asnar
tae inc OF prisoners IN me dock and mo-
deed 'hAt the son Of his old friend Mas
among item. il panied him deeply. but MS
s|ni<atay went OCT 70 tire memory OF the
4@taeF ana not 70 the son who has degrad.
81 the family name.
state Auditor Grimes was a man uniyar.
s-'I} noa0F%d throughout the state. lie
~ aA honorable upright man. ana a
N'sa indalgeRt father. His son. L. e
1iiflses proved - be the black sheep Of
t.l@ family. lie became a victim OF luuor
him ~ 'e>'''a''i
Young Grimes married. II WAS Thought
M Woltla selile down ana become a re-.
sPeNtaofe MAJ he hcpe was horn in
l&iSe premises Young Grimes kept going
ae"h mn lie went from tad 10 wosse in
~ Wlid. dissapate1 life. bur Yet he never
tiiowSd hsms Il to d. a criminal act.
It's nome was broken up. 1t is not
known definitely whether his wife eysr
co. a divorce from him, but she had good
sfoands a he raid her little attention.
re resisted all forts OF his father 10 re-
claim aim. \ few years ago the father
uled. and there are those who think that
the disgracefnl conduct Of the son had
much 10 do with shortening his life.
loung Grimes borrowed manty right and
iei'' Ills friends In all parts Of the state
nave tender recollections OF how he work
ed them for small loans. The worst Of Ii
was ne never repaid any OF them; IL he
ald the percentage Is so small that IL car
nc Nc easily figured. There were people
III the court room yesterday afternoon who
had oaned Grimes money, and vet he did
net recollect them. The hand oil creditors
mad outgrowu his mtuory
When Grimes was called up before tho
bench he WAS charged with petit larceny;
the ASH barrel OF downhgn career
Grimes attempted 10 pull himself together
ana look dignifed. IL was a lame at
tempt. and his plea or rot guilty sound
ed mock and hollo.
The prosecuting witness James Jerosue
ted how he had fallen into companionshlp
with Grines through his claims TO be a
secret society man Grimes said he was In
need and Jerome gave him food; then he
told him he would pay for his room for
u week and give him meal ticket Je-
rnne thought that this would give Grimes
an opportunity 70 get work II he was anx-
lousy looking In that direction. AS a fla
ver he took Grimes home with him Mon
day night. Before they started Jerome
changed a So bill. SIS of which he depos-
purchased bottle OF whisky for Grimes
ard some other things. Then no took
Grimes home with him and they went 10
bed.
Taylor Holden, az whose house Mr.. Je-
rome lives. testified that he found Grimes
going through Mr.. Jerome's clothing,
Grimes said that Jerome told him To take
The 80 order and get S., Nth which they
would so out and see the town After
Grimes had left the house Holden iele-
ph0ned down to the cafe and had payment
stopped. Mr.. Jerome knew nothing or
what had become Of his small change and
order until he was awakened.
Grimes told the Judge that Mr. Jerome
picked him up on the street and insisted
on having him take "a drink. and then 20
home with him. He said that Jerome told
him to take the order and get s. OF 1t and
then they would 10 out for a time. His de-
mand for the money was denied and he
returned to the house. but could NOT get III,
~ he destroyed the order.
Holden said it Mas true he came back.
He caught him crawling in his bedroom
window and put him out.
Altar Judge Austin had found Grimes
guilty and sentenced him 10 thirty days IN
jail Harry Carroll made a statement 20
the court as To the past history of the
young man. He said tnuf Grimes had new
er before 80 far as he knew done any
thing criminal. He had been addicted 10
the use Of liquor Then Mr. Carroll went
on 10 say how Grimes belonged 20 good
family
Justice Austin simply said thaE he him
self. was . very intimate friend Of the
late state auditor. and knew nina M "a
splendid man and one who had done
everything in his power fo reclaim his ssur.
The fact that ne had Il good hom. and
given every advantage possible onis
tended 10 make his crime the greater.