"Wedge" Grimm (March 9, 1888 – November 11, 1919)[1] was an All-American at the University of Washington and an officer in the United States Army, he served with distinction as part of the American Expeditionary Force Siberia stationed in Russia in 1918–19.

During the following years, Grimm was best known for his athletic prowess, earning All-American honors on Washington's famous football teams of the era.

The University of Washington had a traditional melee between each year's freshman and sophomore classes, the goal of which was to identify potential Huskies and to see who could tie up the others.

Chosen Captain of the Freshman "tie-up" squad because of his size, Grimm actually showed his tactical acumen and organized his classmates into a tightly focused wedge that charged the sophomore formation.

He was made deputy prosecuting attorney but, at the end of his term, decided to enter into private practice with his brother, Huber "Polly" Grimm.

On April 15, 1918, Lt. Grimm received exceptional leave [4] as he would once again tie the knot, this time to Miss Verna Barstad, Kappa Sigma, who was Centralia's librarian.

The town of Centralia decided to reward him for his combat service and elected him Commander of the Grant Hodge Post of the American Legion.

The hall was attacked in 1918 during a Red Cross parade, most probably at the hands of the local lumber companies and with support from Centralia's Elk Lodge.

On November 11, 1919, Armistice Day, the Legion paraded through town with rubber hoses and gas pipes, and the IWW prepared for an attack.

That night, his jailhouse door was broken down, he was dragged out, put on the floor of a car, and then he was taken to a bridge, hanged, and his body riddled with bullets.

[5] No one was ever arrested for Everest's murder, but eleven Wobblies were put on trial for killing an American Legion leader during the parade, and six of them spent fifteen years in prison.

However, by this point, the IWW allegedly sent death threats to Mrs. Grimm, Judge John M. Wilson, who presided over the trial, Lewis County and Centralia officials, and some of the testifying Legionnaires.