The record-union., 1897-01-08
THAT KIMMISS COMBINATION.
Dunbar'S Supposed Brother is Now in
Jail Also.
The Formers Attorney Hopes to Get
His Client Out of the
Laws Clutches.

| j. W. Dunbar, alias j. w. Scott alias
Kirby, may possibly escape punishment
for his grand bunco carnival in this city
| a few weeks ago. His examination on
the indictment for obtaining money un-
der false pregenses was begun in JUS
1ice Henry's court vest erday, but was
not concluded. The evidence is all in,
| but the arguments will be made to-day.
The point on which the court is to
| hear Dunbar's counsel. Hiram w. john
son, and Assistant District Attorney J.
| Charles Jones. is as to the sufficiency of
the evidence in relation to Dunbar S
standing with the First National Bank
of ChNlicOthe, Mo.
| He deposited with the California
! State Bank of this city draft on the
Chillicothe bank for 50 500 for which he
was given a receipt. This receipt he
| showed to John Breuner. the furniture
| dealer, and on that showing managed to
obtain credit for 81 ,000 worth of fur-ni-
| ture carpets, etc. with which he said
/ he was to furnish the In'teTnationgs
| Hotel.
| He also obtained 800 from Breuner
with which to pay some small bills, and
-4the next day it rained. At least
something happened that prevented
| Breuner from again setting eyes on his
| thousand dollar customer until he met
| him in court yesterday
| The Breuner transaction was proven.
and J. Henry Miller, Teller of the local
bank, testified to having received Dun
| bars Missouri draft and giving him a
receipt therefor.
And that's about all that was proven.
| The prosecution wanted to follow this
! up with evidence going to show that
Dunbar had no money in the Missouri
| bank, and that therefore he obtained
| the money from Breuner by fraudulent
| representations.
Mr.. Johnson, Dunbar's counsel. OBJ
| jected to the introduction of any testi-
mony of that character He contended
that the local bank officials could have
no personal knowledge as to whether or
not Dunbar had any money in the
| Chillicothe bank, that any testimony on
| that point would be only from hearsav.
and that it could not properly be intro
! duced. If it could not be shown by
proper testimony that Dunbar did not
have money ON deposit there, or that
his credit was not good there. the prose-
|
This is the point that will be argued to-
day, and ON the result Dunbar relies
| for his liberty.
THERE ARE TWO OF THEM.
Dunbar has company now in the
! County Jail, and his companion is the
| exact counterpart of himself. Indeed.
there is every reason to believe the new
arrival is his brother although he does
not call himself either Dunbar. Scott.
nor Kirby. B. D. KTnmiss is his name.
and he was locked up yesterday by
| Sheriff Johnson ON an Indictment by the
Grand jury for attempting to compound
a felony.
| Kimmiss came to this city first when
| Dunbar was brought over here from
| Virginia City by Police Captain Ash,
and when he called at the County Jail
| to see the so-called Dunbar everyone
about the place declared they must be
! twin brothers.
The trouble with this man Kfmmiss
| is that he is charged with having at
| tempted to square" the case. in which
his supposed brother is implicated by
| endeaVoring to have Breuner drop the
| prosecution of the charge against him.
When the Indictment against KIM
miss was returned by the Grand Jury
on Wednesday Deputy Sheriff Schwilk
set off to San Francisco to arrest him.
Kimmiss has been conducting some sort
of opium cure establishment down
| there, and it was supposed he would be
| found at home.
Instead, however. he walked into the
Sheriff's office yesterday and asked to
| see Dunbar. He was allowed to enter
the jaik of course, but when he wanted
to leave Sheriff Johnson was not in an
| accommodating mood. The visitor was
| Informed that he was under indictment
and must remain and keep Dunbar
company.
That the men are brothers there can
be no doubt, for they are as much alike
as any two peas found in the same pod
Besides, word has been received from
Chillicothe, Mo. that a man who ex-
actly answers the description of Dun
bar. but whose real name is William
KinHnfss, had jumped his S400 bail and
run away from there with a woman
named Sherwood, while awaiting trial
for defrauding creditors.
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