Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-05
KIMMEL CASE
COMES ON TRIAL
~ sIO. 4. kIMNrL. NAN on N.Y.
TfRi, Dad OE ALIVE
Heirs of Missing Man Have brought
Ease IN Court Against Insuf-
snce 'vnpany.

81 LOUIS. Mo. Dec The cello
bfated case ~ George A. kimmel
The man Of mystery IL 20 have an
airing IN the courts again this week
Va the federal court here today the
suii brought BY Kimmcls heirs and
other Interested parties % recover the
amount Of . policy held BY the missing
man In The Nes York Lifo Insurance
company ans called FOR trial This
eiii be- the Second trial Of the case
IN The nrsi trial the jury disagreed.
being unable 10 determine 90 their
own satisfaction whether Kimmol was
Head Of alive slurs me nfaf trial
There haze been some new and inter
osiiur Developments aud it h. belles
rd thht the present trial may solve
ne mystery thar has puzzled the peO-
Pile ~ hear O. dozen states Tor nearly
nfiecn wears
Tho Kimmoi ease lH among the most
singular in fhla eOUntfy Involving
The identity of o. man supposed 90 be-
dead Uoorsc Klmmol was born
300 Niles Mich. in itr sitter TO-
'olsing his 'H alton in the public
sehunis h, entered the cmpioy of hir
gnth. phari.s a Johnson a. hank
clork Later be- engaged in real e.
tate aud Investments in Omaha. and
silii lister be became cashier of the
Farmers state Rank az Afkansaa
City. Kas ue was president Of var
ions corporations which owed money
10 hls unoiss bank aud other banking
institutions
several years AGO the Insurance
company lfp,eeied in earnest Go ttv
to legally establish me mans identify
hy mdurlp lrlouds and relatives to
,Iali the convict a' Maueaaan Many
of those Witnesses declared the con
uct naa George A kimmel whu ihoy
had Anoun Intimately MIS- lulln
Fafeiie Klmmol fhr mother and AIRS
Edna y nouslori ihe sister aftef
studying che convict carefully Ne.
nouucnd him aa an impnatOr
when ihe convict wa released FROM
prison last summrf he immediately
wont 90 kimmrla old home iu Niles
Mich. whore ho ondeatorod to prove
that hp Was the missing hank ra.hier
The mother aud other relatives ol
<lmmcl again denounced me muu az
an lmpoator 1915 other residents uf
Nllo0 who had known Klmmel init
matoly declared their belief that the
man from Maucawen was thc for
mcr hank cashier cousin and uncie
lot Kimmel MA former Sunday school
tcnthef aud number OF business men
in good standing held interviews With
lhe claimant AfterNnrd thoN friai
"a neldents WhIch iho man of myH
tcN brought to thrir minds or they
Go his that confirmed their beic'
the, said. thni hc s lhe real kimm,
thoy know yeare $3.50
lu 1905. Wnii, cashier nt Nrkanaas
Cit1 Nmmri sent fo Topeka GO have
some hoNas fodoomDd lfom Topeka
ec vent to hanshs City Reallfine
that he coHld not reach Kansas Cty
before the closing or banking hours
he tclcphonpd hia bank correspondent
go have Stao go brought over tn tho
Midland Hotel ilo arrived at tho
hOi.i and the oathiof handed him the
currency immediately after he lr,l
the hotel aud from that hour hc has
mover hegn sccn alive. according to
the declaration ot hir relatives and
Intimate acquaintance
Tho kmmoi family attempted tnI
coiiect insurance after the scyenyear
period. after which the missing man
Ia presumed 20 be- dead Hlmmol,
three months before his disappear
Ance. had taken cut insurance 10 the !
value OF about s2d. oOo Al the time
of his disappearance according 10 =,
dencc introduced Al the nrst trial ~
the insurance suit kimmcl owed
nearh st5.Nuo. which has since been /
made GOOD
in the meantime the Insurance conn /
pauy discoN erred man be the asylum I
Tor the criminal Insane az Mattea
wan. \ w. who claimed to be- kim /
mel Nc bore the nam, ct Andrew }
White. In the course OF interviews
the man save number ot siartling I
Facts about hmselt purporting 60
provp that he was klmmoi Accord /
ing 90 hts original STORY be had been !
assaulted hy tuotpads in Kansas cas- /
and the attach hNd left him mentally /
irresponsible and for lons time b. |
was unaware ol his own Identify
white la this condition he declared /
be had committed crimes which led o. |
his imprisonment
An interesting feature In connec-
,ion With the trial Is the TACT that
both Attorney y a. RRcon. Who has
fought for the klmmcl interests Tor
years and Attorney Edward NJ
Obrlen ot Chicago. who represents 1
the insurance company in the ease
knew the real George A kimmol. Mr 4
Bacon knew him from hoyhood. and /
he stoutiy declares he cannot be mis- /
taken IN the eN-convict. whom he SAYS (
Is not the real klmmel while Atorna,
oHrien, With equal posi,ivcpess. de- ]
ciarcS the former convict is the man 4
whom he knew as kimmel
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