Arizona republican., 1911-04-29
TRIED TO CORRUPT
THE COUNTY SHERIFF.
GRlMSlEY PROVED TO BE A
CHEAP SKATE.
Cost of Corruption Higher Here than
In the East.

Ambrose Grimsley yesterday was
sentenced to the penitentiary for two
years, the sentence dating from Jan
uary 3, for the crime of burglary
] His crime did not differ in essential
] particulars from many others which
! the court takes cognizance of at every
/ term.
! He was employed last winter at the
ranch of ]. NJ. Etter and one day in
/ the absence of the family he broke
{ into the house, stole some clothing
and a watch and went to Tempe
where he accumulated a suit case and
/ other goods in an irregular manner
I and made his way to Maricopa where
( he was arrested He was identified
! by d passing officer who had been
/ given a description of the clothing
| which had been stolen and by a pc
/ culiar hat band the burglar was
/ wearing
! He was no sooner locked in Jail
: here than he began to make ar
engagements To get out He took Sher-
/ if Hayden into his confidence and
( one day ne said To him: There's
money in me. | don't want TO be
! tried here, and l am wanted at
Hutchinson. Kansas, where the sheriff
has reward OF $500 for my return"
He said that shortly before coming
To Phoenix he had committed some Of
Tense of a not serious nature at
Hutchinson and was being pursued by
an officer who shot at him. The
bullet passed through his side and he
was captured and locked up.
Grimsley had been married a short
time and his wife visited him fire.
quently and once she brought him
some iron saws. The bars of his cell
and the crates of the windows were of
wrought iron SO that he had little
trouble, thus armed, in cutting his
way out.
Sheriff Hayden wrote To the Hutch
inson authorities about it and learned
that the story Of the arrest and es-
cape Of Grimsley was true, but though
the authorities would like To get him
no reward for his return had been
offered. When Grimsley was told that
the reward was mythical he submitted
another proposition If the sheriff
would let him escape from the Jail he
send for the money and put into the
hands of the sheriff before he should
be let out Then tWenty-four hours
after his departure the hue and cry
might be raised. The sheriff ap-
peared to be interested and asked !
what amount Grimsley thought he |
could afford 10 pay for his freedom !
The pay would be liberal Grimsley |
replied for he had an old man that l
thought a good deal Of his boy how !
ever unworthy the latter might be.
But the sheriff insisted on definite
figures before the negotiations should
proceed further
We'll" said Grimsley, I'm sure l
can raise $250.'
The sheriff looked disappointed 4
and Disguised. 4 can't entertain it,
he said. Il expected you'd say not
less than $1,000 or $500. There's
nothing doing. You've been fooling
my time away
Good Cod" ex laimed Grimsley;
things are high out here. | thought
could fix the judge for $3.50. l
s'pose he'd want not less than mil
ion"
Thereupon Grimsley began devising
another way to get out. He put up
he job for a Jail break and persuaded
Il. L. Maxey to get Charles +. Ellis to
,muggIe saws into the Jail. 1t was
hen discovered by him that the steel ;
# the bars here was different prob |
EN- from the wrought iron bars of the
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