New-York tribune., 1912-02-10
MAYOR REBUKES A Jury KINNEL CLAIMANT FRAUD.
BARRIERS Give Expert Testimony
on Difference in WhlSkers.
WHITE HOTLY DENOUNCED
MANY Witnesses Testify That
the Fictitious Kimmel in No
Wav Resembles the Original.

ST Louis, Feb. 9.-Iawyers Tor the pam
tiff in the Kimmel case OF detunct oanF
Of Niles. Mich. against an Insurance com
many Of New York to-day attempted tc
have an oculist examine the eyes OF A. y
White known a. the Kimmel claimant, ir
the presence Of the Jury which Is hearing
the case in tho United states District court
here
The bank is suing 70 collect insurance Vt
the life of George 4 Kimmel. who disap
peared from his home in Arkansas city
Kan. in 1895 Counsel for the insurance
company objected 10 the examination o'
Whites ewes until the company's physician
could be present The argument resulted IN
an agreement that such examination snail
take place, but not in the jury's presence
next Monday afternoon.
The claimant, whom the New York insur
ance companvs lawyers declare to he the
missing Kimmel. was in the courtroom TINS
afternoon when St. Louis oculst was
called 10 the stand His testimony supple
mented that given Thursday by Dr. Fred
ericl< Ronine. who said he had made an in
eradicable scar by an operation on Kim
meTs left eyeball.
Growth OF Be3rd ' est
Experts in the case have compared the
eyes. ears. hands and voice Of the kimmel
claimant with those Of George A. Kimmel
but II remained for two Niles BARRIERS,
who have shaved both Kimmel and the
claimant 10 compare the manner Of growth
Of their heards as means OF demonstrat +
ing that they are not the same person
Their dispositions were read this afternoon.
Louis Augustine. jr.. said in his deposi-
ton that Kimmers beard on his neck and
beneath his chin grew downward That Of
the claimant. ne deposed grew upward IN
the same places He declared ne had never
known the direction of a mans beard to
change
His father. also a barber. said kimmel S
hair and mustache were dark brown and
that the claimants hair appeared 10 him
Of a blond tint He had never known, he
said. of hair changing from dark brown to
such a color as the claimants.
Insurance Lawyers Welcome White.
White stopped court proceedings by his
entrance into the courtroom to-day. At
tornevs for the insurance company rushed
10 his side. relieved him OF his overcoat
and hat and escorted him To the seats re-
served for attorneys and their clients.
The claimant soon became an Interested
auditor TO the dcpOsitions OF residents Of
Niles, Mich which were read. Or. John
r Burns In his deposition said he knew
Kimmel in his bUyhood and that the
claimant did not I'm the least resemble his
former chum. There was no scar on the
claimants eye. such as hc knew should
have been there.
Another deposition, that of +. c. Dean
a druggist. was that White In no way re-
scmblcd Kimmcl.
White left the courtroom at the noon
recess and in the corridor Of the building
encountered Luke Wood, receiver Of the
bank. which Is suing the insurance COM
pany
You fraud" White shouted at Wood.
You --- - shape OF "a man"
Wood looked after the claimant and re-
marked: That's no more Kimmel than
| am"
Prior To- leaving the courtroom White
said that his mother and sister refused
uncle, Charles johnson. He also said he
spent a month In Niles at the time he
was supposed TO be dead and worked on
the books OF his uuCcs bank at night and
found out things which Johnson does not
want known. White refused to say when
he made the secret trip to Niles or how nc
gained access TO the bank books.