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Show 0 tin La mi la ll i lliri fir! ) srr His fill U jKimmeland His Mother Face Each Other in Niles Niles Mich., Sept 20. Stepping back from the proffered embrace of the man who claims to be her son, Mrs. Estelle Kimmel today faced him for tho first time since their dramatic meeting in the prison at Au-J burn. N. Y., four years ago. "Why, mother! Don't you know me?" the man who claimB to be George Alfred Kimmel exclaimed as the woman entered the home of a cousin whero the man of mystery has been acknowledged as a relative. As he spoHe ho stepped forward with arms extended, but the woman recoiled and responded sharply. "I'm not so sure about that." Then she subjected "Kimmel" to a cross-examination that went Into ?detalls of her son's early life and school days in Niles. Sbe asked him also why, if ho was her son, he had not written to her during the many years he was away from his birthplace. birth-place. The Interview was, If anything, more ' dramatic than the former meeting between be-tween the two. Earlier In the day the man had reiterated his claims to identity as Kimmel and had declared de-clared that. If his mother wished to boo him, 'she would havo to call on him. When they came faco to faco ho made the first advances and after her rebuff exclaimed: 'How can you say such thing, mother?" Then they sat down, facing each other and the fire of questions began behind closed doors. He was asked his age, birthplace, several questions about his father, where he went to school, why and when he left NIle3 and what circumstances had prevented pre-vented him from informing those at home of his whereabouts and actions. ac-tions. Mrs Kimmel is not ready to deny flatjy that the man is her son, neither will sho admit that his claims are just. When sho saw him in Auburn, she was emphatic in her denunciation' denuncia-tion' of his claims. Former acquaintances of the woman's wom-an's son are divided a6 to the identity iden-tity of-the jnan'-SoraeassertedUtbat. he really recalled happenings of hoy-hood, hoy-hood, but others declared today that he was an imposter. "I do not- want to cheat anyone, nut of the $25,000 more life Insurance which my realtives would receive if they could prove I'm dead,"' said Kimmel, "but I am not dead Tells on His Mother. "When I disappeared thirteen years ago undoubtedly my family did think T was dead. Seven years later my mother proved In court that there was evidence to show I was dead. One insurancc'company promptly paid her $5,000, but another company, holding hold-ing a $25,000 policy, appealed and said they would find me. They did find me in jail Then my mother heard of It, but she refused to change her position. Four years ago they brought us face to face in Auburn ipenitentlary. My mother appeared not recognize me. While wore talking talk-ing the suardfl stepped aside and I whispered in my mother's ear, 'What am I to call you, If not mother?' She looked at mo In silence and then whispered 'When we aro alone, call me mother ' "That was an outburst of mother love which she could not suppress. Afterwards she appeared to rogret It. I wonder whether that Impulse jvill reassert Itself or whether, while acknowledged ac-knowledged by my friends, T am forever for-ever to be disowned by my mother." Kimmel today was still at the home of Mrs Harry T. Fox, who recognized him as a cousin. Chief of Police Speaks. ( "This man is not Kimmel." declared Chief of Police George Francis today, to-day, after a conference with the now-comer now-comer "I wont to school with Kimmel Kim-mel and would know him well. When I asked thlB man my name, he could not tell "He told me of once having a fight here with a man who is now prominent, but I find on Investigation Investiga-tion that no such fight took place. What the object of this man, in masquerading mas-querading as KImraol, I do not know. But I'm sure he Is under no hallucination. He knows ho Is not Kimmel." Several othor residents also expressed ex-pressed doubt as to the man being Kimmel At the same time, Mrs. Fox, who accepts "Kimmel" as a cousin, say6 she is convinced of his Identity. Iden-tity. Tatto marks on his wrist, 'and his recollection of various details of family history, sho says, make It Impossible Im-possible that "Kimmol" Is another nian- , ,-, It was arranged (o take "Kimmel about the city this afternoon to see whether he could recognize local landmarks. |