The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-22
Mrs, kimmel Talks With Re-
turned Convict Who
Calls Her Mother
NILES CITIZENS SAY
HE IS IMPOSTER
Insurance Company, How
ever, Refuses to Pay
$4,000 Policy Held
by kimmel Heirs

NILES, MICH, Sept. 21.-In an ap-
parently vain attempt to prove that
his is George Kimmel. the mystery
convict" recently released from Au-
burn prison, greeted many old resi-.
dents Of the city by their first names
day.
The aged woman, whom the sup
posed kimmel insists on calling
mother. refuses to acknowledge niirt.
Not one in fine believed the man
Is kimmel. Most folk agreed that
the visitor is Andrew White. the
convict sentenced from New YORK.
and not ktmmel at all. kimmel, or
White. had second trying intervia /.
to-day from which he was compelled
to retire in discontinue, The first
was with his mother and the other
with Andrew J. Hunt OF Arkansas
City, in whose house the real kim
mel lived for more than a. year just
prior TO his mysterious disappearance
thirteen years ago.
DO you mean to say you're the
kir1mel who used to live with rs
and VINO used To teach my little
daughter her iessons?" asked Hunt
Kimmel admitted he had no recoi-
>
but" he said, Il remember your
wires name was Mar jorie."
Cousin Acknowledges Him.
kimmels interview with the moth
e. took place at the home of a cousin,
Mrs. FOX. who has acknowledged hts
claims and where he is living. Whsn
this two met the man. with arms out
stretched. exclaimed:
Mother. don't you know your boy?
Don't disown me AIRY longer. You
know / am your son"
But II he is her son the mothers
instinct vas at fault. Mrs. kimmel
drew back from the attegn pied en-
brace and gaxed deep into the feat
ures OF the man before her while
those standing by might have counted
ten
No" she said. II don't see in you
any positive resern biance to my son. !"
How can you say such thing,
mother
Woman Questions Him.
Then they sat down, facing each
other, and the fire of questions be-
gan. He was asked his age, birth
place, several questions about his
father, where he went 10 school, why
and when he left Niles and what cir
cumstances had prevented him from
informing those at home of his where
abouts and actions.
After the talk Mrs. k!mmel was not
ready to deny fatty that the man Is
her son, neither would she admit that
his claims are just
Tie seems 10 remember many
things about early life in Niles" she
said, If / were sure 1t was my son,
God knows ! would be glad TO take
him In my arms | viii see him again
tomorrow and have a longer talk
with him"
Defects in Claim.
The defects which Mrs. Kimmel
found in the mans claim on her as
mother were:
He is not az tail as was her son.
His facial expression Is different.
particularly his chin, which does not
protrude as much.
HIS eyes are gray, whereas her
sons were dark brown.
His handwriting does not at all re-
semble that of her son.
1t was made known to-day that
Mrs. Kimmel has no direct interest in
any money that the Insurance COM
panies refuse 10 pay on the ground
that the son is still alive, but a s20:-
900 policy Is held by daughter and
the other $4,000 policy Is held by a
distant relative.
Mrs kimmeI does not deny the
mans identity on account of the
money at stake.