The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1953-12-24
Death Ends Colorful
Career of Cal Grim;
Native of Oakland
Died Saturday in Cincinnati,
Ohio, a Week After OBJ
serving His seth
Birthday

Birthday
D. Cal Grim, 80, nationally
known private detective of Gin
cinnati, Ohio, and native of Oak
land, died Saturday, December 10,
about noon. He had asked his
daughter with whom he was hav-
ing lunch, for another cup of cof-
fee, and suddenly stood up and
gasped for breath and collapsed.
Grim was engaged in private in
vestigations for 81 years and was
owner of the Cal Grim Detective
Agency. He had carried a bullet
in his body since 1901 when he en-
gagged in a gun fight to the death
with notorious criminal of that
day, Foley the Goat"
Grim was employed by the late
American League President Ban
johnson, in working on the Chicago
Black Sox baseball scandal involv-
ing the World Series games which
certain White SoX players threw"
against Cincinnati. He helped I'M
cover the scandal for which num-
Der of players were barred for life
from professional baseball.
Grim was active almost until the
day of his death. During World
War II, his agency supplied guards
for 10 defense plants throughout
the country.
Left Oakland At Early Age
Mr.. Grim left Oakland at an
early age and made his way to
Cincinnati. The story of his exit
has been told many times by old
timers. In April, 1879, Henry Nc
Comas, Charley Sweeney and Grim
hoped a passenger train at the
Oakland water station. Twelve
boys originally intended to make
the trip but nine of them turned
back when their parents and rela-
tives came for them. OF the three
who left, McComas was taken from
the train at Grafton by B. and O..
police, but Sweeney and Grim con
tinued to Cincinnati. Sweeney did
not stop there but went to st.
Louis where he became a prominent
business man.
Prior to heading west Grim
hauled rock for Lloyd Chambers,
stone mason, ran a picker in
Lawton's Wooden Mill for $3.50
week, hoed corn and potatoes on
Bowie Johnson's farm on Hooppole
Iroad for 25 cents a day, and worked
for William Hall, farmer near
Oakland.
Upon reaching Cincinnati he was
bell boy, sold newspapers and
was bootblack. He went on the
Cincinnati police force in 1886,
went to night school and went in
business for himself.
He was director in the Second
National Bank in Cincinnati; vice
president of a mortgage and dis
count company, director of large
building and loan association. He
belonged to Masonic bodies, Odd
Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Elks
and Moose.
Established Boys Clubs
In recent years his hobby has
been doing something for the
underprivilcged children in Gin
cinnati and started the first Boys
club in that city. There are now
four such clubs with a membership
of several thousand. The clubs
have workshops where the boys
learn trade Cincinnati news
papers say the organization of the
clubs is the largest thing that ever
happened in the city.
His philosophy was that all boys
are good, some just get started on
the wrong foot.
! He maintained contact with his
native town and was frequent
contributor to local bands and 9TH
er organizations. In 1916 he con-
tributcd $4,000 for the purchase of
the property for the Ruth Enlow
library which was then in the
formative stage as the result of
contribution from f. f. Enlow, of
California, also a former native of
this county.
Mr.. Grim is survived by three
daughters, Miss Mildred Grim, at
home; Mrs, Clara Grim Lahuscn
and Mrs. Amanda Cox, of Cincin-
natl.
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