The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-02
William Grimes, Picked up in Drag Net Of
Police and Investigated for Several
Days, Held Under Bond.
his STORY VERIFIED BY FRIENDS
Girl He Attacked While Trying to Rob Ex-
change Street Home is Positive After
Very Careful Observation
Verify His Abb.


Crimes is a negro of good appear
ance, twenty-nine years old, who was
born here in Keokuk at Fifteenth AND
Blondeau streets and is related TO old
colored family here, all Of whom are
highly respected.
AS soon as he was arrested, In the
first of his many examinations by
Chief Henneman and County Attorney
McManus, he accounted for his time
during an that Sunday evening.
Before his arrest was known, the
people he said he was with were WISH
ed and they corroborrated his story
OF his visit to them.
This forenoon, he vas being qulzzed
thoroughly in the private once OF
Chief Henneman by County ATTORNEY
.McManus, when he talked fuentiy ana
answered all questions without hesita-
ton for a long time.
Stopped by Attorney.
Al two minutes before noon, Attor-
new Frank Ballinger burst through the
closed door of the private once, say
ing:
"rye been employed to look arter
the interests of this man, by a coupis
OF shines that came to my once anu
told me he wants to see me. l wan.
to talk to him. Don't you talk; oon
say a word to them" -
The first of this was addressed 10
the county attorney and the last nan
tc Crimes. os
Rallinger then went out and Grimes
said he felt he must follow the az,
vice Of his lawyer and refuse 10 ten
anything more. .u
He was then taken back to the jail.
.Ballinger explained that he did not
know for sure whether he rep
resent Grimes in the case, but Crimes
said he wanted him for his awyer,
az his family had employed Balinser
in the past.
Tells His Life Story.
Before he stopped talking. Grimes
had barred the history of his life to
the officers.
He left here when thirteen years
old. on the death of his mother, fol
lowing that of his father, and after
several years in Burlington, enlisted
in the regular army in Chicago.
He was in the Ninth cavalry In
various posts from 1907 to 1912, when
he was discharged. He married
SHOrCly DelOIe IAC
wife being Mildred Graham. a Bur
nlington girl, also born here. rms
was on his return there after ms
army life and much travelling with
carntvals and shows. He has been
with a dozen small shows all over
the country. He played Thursday
night of last week with the Alabama
T~roubadours at Hamilton.
Not a Stranger Here.
Since his marriage he has lived in
Burlington more or less M was
once employed in the Santa Fe shops
in Fort Madison. He says. he worked
for and was trusted by leading citl-
zens of Burlington, including Gard
ner Cowles, Senator F. M. Smith n
others, and worked there at the
Chevrolet garage, the burlington
hotel and John Darnall's billiard hall.
During the last year he has been
in Keokuk a half dozen times, ne
said, to attend dances.
BY his own admission he has been
a gay Lothario with the sisters here
in Keokuk, his wife being in Kan
sas City with her mother.
If be is acquitted of the burglary
of the Engelhardt home and the
attack he made on Miss Engelhardt
when she discovered him, 1t Will be
because one of his inamoratas told
the truth to save him.