The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-03

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=: NobAr: Grimm. sentenced :" l."
..uuErd Juiy eth. :92I. and wh!"h ar
lie said tha: GRIMM wa represented
;@Gur" he governor 10y "f:S attorney.
: . Royce o: Wheeling The same
article appeared N i number o. sta'e
papers | Ges re- L. rorrcc; tA.N.
am lot now and never was attorney
FOR Hobar; Grimm IA d"frut NIX"
and May rndl!ra. indicted t"r ~"
sane murder. and tried "a November.
lrc0. In the circuit court .; Nr""H''
county In This trial. af'"r Pc 49,"
..ad produces perhaps a Lo&rn ".'""SS''~.
and had developed cas-" o! Hre''
strength against ne accused pre-
vailed On the two Defendants 90 p.cad
guilty 20 tirS, and second dcgre" mur-
der. respectively. Mike Oudrlck recrir-
Ing 4 life sentence. and Mary pndr.rA
a sentence q: twenty years In the pen
Tertiary.
Astonished and Horr1ned
In February following. Grimm VAS
;r.ed for the same murder, and The
newspaper accounts ~ sad tria., r"'i
by me "a both W?Ico,ing papers. white
| was in Florida. aS'nntShed and h"rr.-
TED me. because tha facts in ;hc ~"
ca ,es should have been substantial. y
n" same ~ Il WAS the same murder.
bu, 70 my S:ter amazcmcN; :"lnd ;"A'
tho facts differed as widely ~ though
here had been two murders. On" com
rI;ted in Maine and the other n Cali
;orniI.
Later. and while still absent from me
city, T learned that Grimm was SEN
fenced TO De hanged July 7:h. Some
time after my return to the city and
think about the middle - June. wr":e
the governor tat did Ut know Grimm
nor any OF J. fam: and that they
nor nobody Else kH. was writing
him. but as the fact n these two cases
were 50 wide apa:;. | felt that there
must have been some false Testimony
in ono or the other OF the two cases, or
perhaps n both. and therefore I desired
70 put him in possession OF a.! the
facts I had. as otherwise ! tclt Il would
Be- on nv conscience for the rest OF
My life.
The governor later wrote 70 me ask
ing me 70 arrange with mo prosecuting
attorney o: Erooke county 70 come 10
Charleston within week OF ten days.
as he desired to heer us OF this matter.
This arrangement was made. and on
Friday, July 90. we me; with the gov
ernor and presented - HIN the re-
spective sides OF tne case. and ne took
the case under adviscmCnt
OF Weak Mentality
After writing 10 the governor and
receiving h,s letter I went 10 tho pen!-
Tertiary and FOR the first time met
Grimm. I found him 20 be 4 young
man twenty-five years O! age, OF weak
character and mental!ty---a man with
the brain and mind of child. This
discovery made me more d"'"rmined
than ever TO do all tina, could for the
poor wretch
7 very much dislike 20 crit!cise The
defense OF Grimm. bu, Il - too bad
tina. little more indr .>ry was not
exercised which would have resulted IN
the very material evidence OF at least
half q dozen people who were nere-
seen and mover put upon tho stand for
the defense: too had tina: u more intelii-
gent, vigilant and vigorous defense WAS
not made which would have meant thar
a great deSl Of very damaging test.
mony. inadm!ss!ble. WAS introduced
without objection Of the defense. and
q great ucdI OF II Ilst - va ''h wa
not only inadmlssble. hu; untrue. Had
this sort OF defense been made. the
result have been inevitably better for
Grimm
The trial Judge was able, fair and
impartial. He could not have done
otherwise when he overrulcd the mo-
t!on for a new tria. and sentenced
Grimm or the verdict. Nor do | b.amo
tho Jury for the verdict found ~ II
upon the testimony that was submitted.
But II the facts which my investigation
has shown existed had been brought -
the attention OF the jury. a different re-
suit would hay" been obtained.
Not In Trouble IN Kansas
One Of the things that was circulated
before tho trial. and has been circulated
since the trial---in fact, was again men
toned ~ the hearing before the GOV
ernor-was that Hobart Grimm had
killed a man in Kansas. Many years
aCn Grimms parents moved with their
family 10 Kansas. living IN tho town
Of PlttsburE. Crawford county. Kansas.
Moro than. seven years ago Grimm and
his family moved hack n Brook"
county. AZ this time Hobart Grimm
vas 4 child about fourteen years % age.
l. sounds !itt'e Incredible that n child
." tina. az" could have committed muir
d"r. anI We know hat Hobart Grimm
has never seen tho state of kan@a <