The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-26
George kinmel Who Has Just Com
pletcd a Prison Sentence FOR Long
Term Asserts His Identity Which
is Denied BY His Relatives. the
Bencficiaries of Life Insurance
Money on the Man Who Was Sup
posed to Have Been Buried 13
Years Ago.
(By the Associated Press.>

strange controversy ove the identity
Of George 4. Kimmei.' who repre-
scented himself to be a man long sup
posed to be dead, was further com
plicated today.
While scores of persons positively
identified him as the son for whose
supposed death thirteen years ago.
Mrs. I1steila kimmel received $1,000
in life insurance. an equal number
We're as positive that it was not the
son. Then Mrs. Kimmel, 20 years
old, who had asserted that the man
is impersonating her son merely to
deprive her of the money she already
has received and to prevent the pay
ment of $4,000 more in insurance.
scrutinized the man who claims her
as his mother.
Brought face to face with the wo-
man, the 'Kimmel' Just released
from a five ear term in the uburn
y. Y. p~enitentiary, stretched out his
arms and said, pleadingly:
Mother, don't you know your
boy? Don't disown me any longer.
You know / am your SON"
Mrs. kimmel, withdrawing from
the man as he attempted to embrace
her. stood Sternly scanning his face.
No she said, Il don't See in you
any positive resemb lance to my SON"
The meeting took place at the
home of Mrs. Harry /. Fox, who al
ready had accepted "Kimmel' as a
cousin and positively identified him
as the son CT Mrs. Kimmel. 1t was
made known that Mrs. kimmel has
no direct interest in the money
which the insurance company refuses
to pay on the ground that the son is
still living, but that a $4,000 policy
is held by a daughter, Mrs. Edna
Kimmel Bonslett, and another $1,000
policy is hello by a distant relative.
Il would save no selfish motive in
de-ying the identity Of my son if he
we're alive said Mrs. kimmel. For
Years / have felt SUR he was dead,
and / cannot believe that this man is
he. II seems that some mother in
! stinct ought to tell me the truth. Yet
when l look at him / do not recognize
him. He only puzzles me. 1t has al
most Frustrated me to look upon this
stranger and have people insist that
he is my son. If l were sure he was
my son God knows / would be giad
to take him in my arms. Mrs. Kim
mel will have another talk with the
man tomorrow.
'Kimmel," on looking at the wo-
man. said he was positive h was his
mother. 4 wanted to tax her in my
arms" he said. for she looked the
same as years ago. | love her with
all my heart and cannot understand
why she should insist that / am dead.
Still. l will not worry her, and if she
continues to disbelieNe me | shall do
as she wishes. But | know | am
Kimmel for I recognize every one
To test this acquaintance with Niles.
-Kimmel' later was escorted about
the streets He repeatedly pointed on.
the landmarks and related former in
ctuents which the to~Wnspeople said
were correct. Nodding to people he
called them by their full names. but
many Of them professed not to recog
nize him as the real Kimmei.
Now to prove | am familiar with
the town. said kimmel. Il will tell
YOU that behind that hill there is q
big red brick house on the south side
of which is a large elm tree, from
which we used to swing hen boys
Every one declared the statement
| vas correct. Meantime. scores of peo-
pie who went to the Fox home TO
IDENTIFY Kimmei came away with con
/ flicting opinions. Some Of the reasons
given for opposing the belief that It
was Mrs. Kimmei's son were:
Henry Dean. Observation-Disclosures he
remembers tina Kimmel when young
had brown eyes, whereas the present
claimant has light gray eyes.
DIR. +. M Bonine-Because he per-
formed an operation on kimmel's eye
which left a scar that could not have
been eradicated, whereas the new