The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-25
KINDfEL KNOWS GOLD NANCY
Recognizes Horse But Fails to Recall
Men He Should Remember.

Recognizes Horse But Fails to Recall
Men He Should Remember.
Niles, Mich, Sept. 25.-Failure to
recognize persons he is supposed to
have known years ago after he had
anectionately greeted an old white
mare which he used to drive when on
a farm at Berrien Springs, Mich, has
left that village as hOpelessly divided
as is Niles over the genuineness of
George A. KimmeTs" claim to iden-
tity.
The "nan of mystery returned here
from his trip into the country, where
it was thought he might further
strengthen his position. At a farm
where Kimmel spent many weeks
years ago, the claimant espied the old
horse.
Nancy, Nancy. good old Nancy"
he exclaimed, as he put his arms
around the animals neck Kimmel's
acquaintances of bygone days crowd
ed around the man but when most of
them were not recognized or recalled
to memory the effect of the recogni-
ton of the horse largely was nuullified
among the villagers.
Of many callers at the Fox home
here, Fred Schmidt, business man,
was turned from a, skeptic to an ar
dent "Kimme1ite." Schmidt and Kim
mel belonged to a secret club years
ago and in greeting the man here
Schmidt used a code which purposely
began wrong. He promptly was cor
rected by the alleged Kimmel and left
the house proclaiming his conversion.
Although many residents of Berrien
Springs declined to accept the former
convict as Kimmel, yet he made one
important convert in General Roscoe
D. Dix former auditor general of
Michigan. Dix knew Kimmel when
he was running a bank at Berrien
Springs and Kimmel was banking at
Niles.
1t is renorted also that Mrs Hs++4a
Stevens, KimmePs grandmother, who
resides south of Berrien Springs, SAT-
urday accepted the man as her grand
son.
Arkansas City, Kan, Sept. 25.-In-
terest in the Kimme1 case is still at
fever heat here and several business
men who were we'll acquainted with
George A. Kimmel the missing bank
er, are planning to go to Niles to call
on him as he refuses to come here.
A new theory has been advanced
here in regard to the disappearance
of Kimmel from the Midland hotel
in Kansas City the night of July 80,
1898, when n. r. Britt, who is an old
hotel man of this city and of New
ton, Kan, made known the fact that
Kimmen was at his place in Newton
on Sunday, July 81. Mr.. Britt says
Kimmel came to his hotel about
o'clock on that morning. Upon see
ing Kimmel Britt asked him what he
was doing and how he happened to be
in Newton, to which Kimmel replied
that he had been to Topeka on busi-
ness about some bonds and he was
able to finish the deal that evening
and as he would have to stay over
Sunday he concluded he would come
down and spend the day with him.
Britt and KimmeI drove about the city
that day and visited until evening
when KimmeI advised him he would
leave on the morning train for Tope
ka. He also told Mr.. Britt that he
would have to get to Kansas City on
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sas City. Mr.. and Mrs. Britt remem
Der distinctly that it was Sunday that
Kimmel visited them This story, TAX
en- in connection with the statement
that he was going to Topeka, upsets
the story that he was murdered or
slugged in Kansas City on Saturday
night, July 80.
This theory, if true, will upset the
story related by the alleged Kimmel
at Niles, who says he was drugged
in Kansas City on Saturday evening
and later taken to st. Louis. If Mr..
and Mrs Britt's memory served them
right there is every reason to believe
that the real Kimmel may yet be
among the living and that the man
who is alleging he is Kimmel is a rank
imposter.
Mich, from Los Angeles to the effect
that he had data that would positively
identify Kimmel is none other than
the detective who was assigned to the
work in this city by the Pacific Ex-
press company shortly after Kimmel
disappeared from the city. 1t is said
that Chaplin is responsible for having
solved the mystery in connection with
big sum of money which was stolen
from the office of the express company
at Omaha.
The handwriting of Kinmel done in
June, 1885, only a month before ne dis
appeared, was today compared with
the writing of TIE alleged Kimmel and
furnishes conclusive evidence that the
man at Niles can not possibly be the
missing cashier. The penmanship is
no more alike than night and day.