Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-16
MOTHERS ARE mixed
Chicago Courts Called Upon to
Establish Girls Identity in
Strange Case
TWO MOTHERS CLAIM HER
Also a Husband Alleges Girl Is His
Wife, Which Young Woman strenu-
ously Denies-Judse c'eIand Has
Case That Would Distract Solomon
Other News.

CIlllu
Judge Cleland in the municipal court
yesterday was unable to solve the first
question.
The second question is answered yes
because two women yesterday claimed
Title as their daughter. One must be
mistaken.
The whole problem was to judge
Cleland a dozen times more con1pli-
Gated than that which confronted KING
Solomon, who, when a child was
claimed by two mothers, each of whom
was certain it was her offspring, de-
Icided it without much trouble by Of
fering to cut the little one in two with
a sharp sword.
Tillie is 90, and no sword was handy
so Judge Cleland did the best he could.
He didn't decide the question at all,
and the mystery Of the young womans
identity is more battling than ever.
Claimed by two mothers, each OF
whom is certain she cannot be IN eF-
ror, Tillie in one personality Is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Tolan,
463 Potomac avenue, and Is about TO
be married to Henry Hammerstrom.
In another personality she is the miss
ing wife of John Klimovicz, woods
worker at 155 Canalport avenue.
Judge Cleland cut one Gordian Knot
when he dismissed a disorderly con-
duct charge against Klimovicz, who
several days ago, when he discovered
lilly in the company of her tiance,
made such fuss that the police took
the entire party into custody.
It appears that Klimovicz, who is ~
years old, married a little over a year
ago a daughter Of Mrs. Mary zanlales
in Grand Rapids, Mich. Soon after
wards, according to the story he told
the police, his young wife deserted him
without cause He searched for her IN
vain without finding even a cleW TO
here whereabouts until his slster-ln-
law. Miss Elizabeth Zamales, received
a letter from the missing wife, Gated
March 1, 1907, and postmarked Cnlca-
go The address Of the missing Wom-
an was given in the letter as 3lz4
State street.
KIimoyicz FASTENED to Chicago on the
first train to find his wife. He could
discover at the address she had given
in her letter nobody but a fortune tell
or. who failed to rise to the occasion
The seeress had never seen or heard
of Mrs. Klimovicz, and without walt
ing to have his palm read the young
woodworker resumed his. frantic
search.
Finally the supposed Wife----',Tillie
To1an--was discovered in Mandefs
store. but she refused to speak to him
and denied any acquaintance with him.
Finally she warned him to discon-
tinue his attentions
Last Sunday evening Klimovicz
boarded Twenty second street car
at Halstad street. Miss Tolan was on
the car in company with a young man,
Harry Hammerstrom, who had taken
her to a south side amusement park
Policeman B. e. Krejcik of the Him
man street station was on the car too,
and Klimvicz decided this was his ops
portunity.
He ordered the arrest Of the two,
saving Hammerstrom was with his
(Klimovicz's) wife. There was con-
siderable confusion and the policeman
finally took them all to the station.
Klimovicz was the only one held and
the charge against him came up yes
terday.
Before Judge Cleland called the case
for hearing, the wronged husband, So
called, his mother in law, and his sis
ter-in-law, gathered in the. court room
to identify Miss Tolan as the hayward
wife.
At the same time Miss Tolan, her
mother and father, so alleged, and the
Rev. Justus Erickson, pastor Of the
Emanuel Swedish Methodist church,
where she attends services, were there
to deny the Identification and tell the
court that the young woman is involved
in case of mistaken identity
Miss Tolan was sitting on a bench
in the court rooms with the persons
she claims as her relatives, when
riage appeared Miss Zamales saw the
young woman, rushed up to her with
open arms, and, clasping her in an
embrace, exclaimed:
20, my sister. We have found yon
at last. How could you do it?"
Miss .Tolan struggled in the embrace,
freed herself, and Indignantly renon-
strated Mrs, Zamales was about to
follow the same course as her daugh-
ter, but was waived aside by Miss To-
Ian, who exclaimed:
Whats the matter with you people,,
I never saw you before"
Then turning to Mrs. Tolan, she said:
"The idea. Who can these people be-"
Mrs. Zamales, her daughter, and
Klimovicz moved backward, appar-
emily dumfounded by the repulse. 9th
ers in the court room stared. A bail
if raped for order because of the
commotion.
why, this is ridiculous" said Mrs
Tolan. This is my daughter. She
doesn't know this man or those people.
she has never been in
Grand Rapids"
Miss Tolan is a member Of my
church," said the Rev. Mr.. Erickson.
II have known her for years and know
she isn't married to anybody, at least
Just yet. She is engaged to marry
Henry Hammerstrom, who is a leader
in our church, being organist and hav--
ing charge of the choir"
-------
Entertaining an Enemy.
Don't entertain chronic. running
sore or wound. Cure it with Buck
| - n