The Coconino sun., 1927-07-01

/ while | went after something to eat.
] When got back few minutes later,
/ Kimes was in the Buick car and the
park service man had left, leaving
me there alone with Kimes.
Il stepped up to the Buick and
/ started conversation with Kimes. He
said he had notion to bump the other
car out of his way, then asked me if /
could move it. told him I didn't
| know whetherI could or not. You're
from Oklahoma, see,' told him.
What's your name?' He said it was
Harry Watson. You don't look like
the Harry Watson used to know /
said.
"All the time kept looking at him
and trying to identify him with the
| photograph / had just seen. i couldn't
| be sure. | decided to take him back
/ to the administration. building to look
at him and the photograph together.
There's something wrong about
| the way you checked in + told him.
| Come down to the office with me-
II got into the car with him. Going
down the hill from Ell Tovar hotel
Kimes said: My brakes won't hold
You'd better make EN- hold
told him.
"Kimes drove past the administra-
tion building on the road toward
Grand View I made him turn the
car around. He then reached with
his right hand for the emergency,
shifted hands on the wheel and
reached to the edge of the seat with
his left hand and brought it up with
the gun, right on me.
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wheel and the car travelled some dis
tance and one side slipped off the
south side of the road into the ditch,
opposite the east end Of the garage.
1t left me on the upper side, giving
me the advantage.
"We fought 10 or 12 minutes /
was holding to him. He was trying to
break my hold. Finally we were
both down under the wheel
" You'd better give. up, or I'm goin'
to kill you,' Kimes said. I grinned
into his face. You've got a hell of
hard job told him.
"In fighting for the gun ] broke
the third finger of my right hand.
Then the firing.pin of the gun jammed
into the palm Of my left hand.
He shot twice. (Curley Ennis says
Kines shot three times and John
agreed that it might have been that
many.) Each time he shot / twisted
the mnzzle away from me- Then I
braced my legs and threw Kinaes over
me- There were others around the
car and yelled for them to grab him,
suppose he waved the gun on them;
anyhow they didn't grab ! heard him
tell them to stand back. He held the
gun on the others, too, as he jumped
clear of the car.
"As he crossed the road and went
up the hill and had got about 40 or so
yards away he threw down and fired
at me. The bullet must have gone
awful wild, as didn't even hear it.
had got hold Of my own gun then and
fired back. couldn't get my wind
He fired again and so did I. He
flinched at my last shot like it had
gone close to his left ear.
i was so all in that I thought there
was no use of my shooting again and
put the gun in my scabbard A lot of
fellows crowded around. What are
YOU going to do now? they asked
Just wait | told them. THE first
thing | want is a drink of water.
There's only one way to do; that's to
hold that fellow in there and go get
him.
''We ran a line Of men about $50
yards. Each had a handkerchief on
his arm so the fluttering handker-
chiefs would let the men know who
was who. Four twenty-five was the
time set to close in. Then the fellows
all started working in and George
Cravey and Curley Ennis followed the
trail below the rim of the Canyon
Il took she car and drove to Ell
Tovar hotel, ready if Kimes broke
through the crowd to shoot him down. /
About 25 minutes later word came
that Ennis and Cravey had him.
We took Kimes to the park serv- |
ice office and questioned him. He
told us nothing that amounted to any
thing, mostly lies"
John then went to the cabin where |
Doolin and his wife were. All this /
time they had been unaware of the |
excitement half mile away. John |
slammed open the cabin door. Doolin I
was lying on his back on the bed,
resting.
Il pulled the gun on him. Hands
up!' / said. And his hands went up,
right now.
eve put the three on the train. /
told the men If they made the least
break or if there was any attempt at i
rescue would kill them both right at
the start. Therell be no trouble,
Kimes said
"Kimes claims he's 21. The Okla
homa officers who had checked up on
him since his school days say he is "a.
Doolin is 28 When he broke from
the pen he was under 80 years SEN
tence for murder. Now he's believed
to have killed another man since he
and he'll likely get the chair.
The Oklahoma officers didn't try
much to question him here. and he told
them nothing Of consequence. But
when they get him back there he'll
get the third degree, all right
Sheriff Parsons said he believed il
the gang had gathered in this section
they would have started a series of
bank robberies here.
A 12-gauge Remington automatic
shotgun with extension magazine and
d .30-30 rifle were found in the car.
Parsons talks about his battle with
the bandit and his narrow escape from
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