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Show RESEMBLANCE TO THIEF SENT KROLL TO JAIL After Serving Five Months for Robbcy, Innocent Man Is Released by Judge. one of the most remarkable cases of mistaken Identity e ver noted in the history his-tory of the Chicago courts. CHICAOO, Nov. 1. "It's tough to J have to serve five months in the Bride- well just because you look like some one else who happens to be a robber." This was plaint of John Kroll vUien he was taken before Juds? Chytraus in order to be formally dismissed on the charpe of having robbed Artone Krzyn-cznskl Krzyn-cznskl of a gold watch ami chain, of which he was convicted June 6 and sentenced sen-tenced to nine months in the Bridewell. Krzyncznski at the tri.l swore positively positive-ly that Kroll was one of the men who had held 'him up. Later the property was discovered in the possession of Edward Klatt and Michael Kanifta. It is to Assistant Slate's Attorney Robert Holt, however, that Kroll owes his liberty. Entering Judge Smith's court he 'saw Krzyncznski testifying against Klatt and Kanifta. These m n had been nrrested by detectives, who found them in possession of the stolen property, and who were not aware that Kroll hail already been convicted of the crime. Mr. Holt, who had prosecuted Kroll. asked for an explanation, and the witness admitted that he had blundered blun-dered in the identineation of Kroll. The latter was tent for and was found to so closely resemble Klatt that he would readily be taken for his twin brother, although the men were stransjeis. Mr. Holt notified Judge Chytraus of the subsequent conviction of Klatt and Kanifta and the court ordered Kroll re-leased re-leased at once. The ease is snid to be |