Walter Kimble

Walter Francis Kimble a.k.a. Mr. Kern

Responsible for the Ah Puch hoax during Case of the Missing Scoop. Held Jackson Elias (and others?) captive in Mexico. Investigators apprehended him and turned him over to the Texas Rangers.

Showed up again as a passenger on the RMS Mauretania using the name Mr. Wiliam Kern.

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Texas rangers supplied file on Kimble during Case of the Missing Scoop:

"Quite possibly the meanest bastard I've chased in a long time. He's like a snake in the weeds you can't sink your heel into. This fellow would sell his mother to pay off this father. He's smarter than you think he is, so take plenty of caution if you try to apprehend him. Most likely he has loyal men around him who'll do what he says. Make matters worse, he speaks Spanish like he was born in Oaxaca! Watch your back around Kimble.

U.S. Army Confidential File

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Subject Name: Kimble, Walter

Details:

Walter Francis Kimble enlisted in the United States Army, February 3, 1915. Completed basic training and was assigned to the 36th Infantry Division. He was assigned to the Quartermasters Corps, Fort Stockton, Pecos County, Texas.

Acquitted at Court-martial for killing a fellow soldier, October 1915, (Earl MacIntosh) in a bar fight. "Insufficient evidence" was cited, though Kimble was reprimanded.

Between 1915 and 1916, Kimble was a suspect in three separate incidents, all f them involving missing supplies from Army transports. Kimble was acquitted in all three cases.

After a 3-day leave, was listed AWOL on January 10, 1916. He was last seen in Lawrence, Kansas.

He is wanted by US Army investigators and local authorities in connection with a rail car full of munitions reported missing near St. Louis, Missouri on November 20, 1917.

The State of Texas Department of Public Safety

Adjutant General's Department

Record of Activities

Name: Walter Kimble

3/16 - Individual wanted to answer charges relating to involvement with raiding force led by Pancho Villa into New Mexico.

Individual's Army file requested.

1921 - Individual known to be actively involved in gun-running throughout Caribbean Basin. Observed by authorities in Columbia, Cuba. Speaks fluent Spanish. Also French and several native dialects. Considered Armed and Dangerous - See attached.

23 - Believe Kimble likely to have kept frequent contact with Villa until General's recent assassination. Believe he operated by supplying arms and amunitions to Villistas.

OUTSTANDING WARRENTS

Kimble, Walter

United States Army,

January 1916, (AWOL)

Texas Rangers

July 1916, (connection with Pancho Villa)

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police

March 1918, (liquor smuggling charges in Windsor, Ontario)

Delaware State Police

September 1921, (burglary)