The Coconino sun., 1927-06-24
Bank Bandit and Murderer Caught
In Grand Canyon Yesterday After
Gun Fight With Sheriff Parsons
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/ enough, MINES cfleQ. HIS hands
were in the air, but Ennis and Cravey
could see only his left hand. They
both ducked behind bushes and Cravey
saw kimes right hand was also up.
/ Cravey kept his rifle ON Kimes and
Ennis went up and took his gun away.
Kimes had every chamber of the
gun filled. But he knew he had no
chance against the two men facing
him. So he wilted. Apparently he
has been brave enough to kill other
men when he had the advantage or
the drop, or thought he had more than
an even chance. But he wasn't so
brave when he faced those two grim
faced men, either of whom would have
fought it out with him and given him
aces to deuces when real courage is
the test.
Kimes from that time until the cell
door changed behind him here this
morning was very peaceable hom-
| bre.
Ready and his wife were arrested
at q Bright Angel cabin shortly fol-
/ lowing Kimes' surrender.
Parsons, Lauzon and Ennis brought
| the two men and the woman to Will
liams on the train last night, getting
there before 1920. Under-sheriff d.
| 1. Mckinney and Constable Bum
Black drove to Williams and met the
train. From there the three under
arrest were brought here in automo-
biles, arriving at 1:50 this morning.
Kimes is about five foot eight high,
stocky, powerful build, weighing
about ITO pounds. He said he is 21.
He claims to live in Bristow, Okla,
that he is q tool dresser. He says he
has a wife in Oklahoma.
He freely admitted having served
two terms in the pen, once for safe
blowing, to which he said he pleaded
guilty. His brother is also in the
Oklahoma penitentiary.
Kimes said he knew he was sup
posed to have held up banks in Pam
pas and Berger, Texas, and Sapulpa
and Beggs, Okla, in company with
confederates, getting away with a
total Of about hundred thousand dol
lars. The latest, May 18, was at
Beggs, Okla, the loot being $18,000
Of course, Kimes didn't have any
thing to do with any of those rob
berries he and his chuni, Ray Terrill,
are supposed to have engineered. No,
indeed. Why, he hadn't seen Ray since
the latter got out of the pen for a
little but very profitable job But,
he admitted he did know the Officers
were hot after him, that there was
$4,000 reward offered for him dead
or alive. He hadn't worked at his
trade since April, had been living on
money he had saved up from his
wages" But he didn't explain how
he mad been able to save enough to
let him lose Sls1o0 in "a single black
jack game, as he admitted he had
when asked If he hadn't lost his bank
profits gambling. II have only $50
Of all | am supposed to have taken
from the banks" he said. But in adj
dition to the $50, the officers found
six $50 bills.
Ready rode in relay races and took
part in other contests in Flagstaff in
the 1920 Swanner & Wright rodeo.
He says he is a raneher and stock
man. He is %, stands six feet three
in his stockings, wears regulation
cowboy garb and said he was on his
way to the Prescott Frontier Days
Fourth celebration. He has competed
there before He lives at Tulsa,
Okla. He has known Kimes some
time. Kimes came to Dodge City,
Kans., where Mr. and Mrs. Ready
were and they left there in Keady's
Buick 10 days ago.
When asked if he didn't know the
character of the man he was bringing
with him, Ready unhesitatingly said
he had read in the newspapers that
Kimes was wanted for bank robbery
and murder. But, he said, he didn't
talk any with Kimes about it. When
asked how long he had planned keep
ing Kimes with him, he said he had
intended dropping him at Grand Can
yon.
Kimes said he and Ready hadn't
talked about his, Kimes', delinquen-
cies, and that he didn't know Ready
was planning to drop him at the can
yon. When asked where ne was head
ing for, he said that he just thought
he'd come to Grand Canyon, and then
might go up to Seattle
Mrs. Ready seemed not to be sur
prised at Kines' reputation as a bad
man. But she said she was sick and
nervous and that her husband was
bringing her here for her health and
that she didn't pay much attention to
Kimes. Her maiden name was Flor
ence Thomas and she was born in
Lima, Ohio.
The general opinion Of the officers
is that Ready probably had no part in
the bank hold-ups and that he is in
bad simply because he was transport
ing man whom he admits he knew
was a fugitive from justice.
The Keadys and Kimes drove
through Flagstaff night before last,
without stopping here more than
few minutes.
When Bert Lauzon got Kimes' de-
scription from the Okmulgee sheriff's
office, he was advised that Kimes
might be made up as a swell, or might
not, and that he even might be made
up as woman.
Sure enough, in his stuff was found
grease paint, lip sticks and other the
atrical makeup stuff.
When told at the Park adlninistra-
tion building following his surrender
that they had been looking for him
and his four companions in crime for
several days, Kimes retorted, Eyes,
and we would have been here on sched-
ule if it hadn't been for that bank
mix-up."
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