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Show Claimant in the Kimmel Case Creates Quite a Stir. SL Louis, Mo., Feb. 9. Andrew J. White, referred to as the "claimant" In the trial of th0 suit in the U S. district court of a defunct bank of Niles, Mich , to recover the Insurance Insur-ance of George A. Kimmel, today momentarily mo-mentarily stopped court proceedings by his ontranco Jnto the court room. Attorneys for the Insurance company rushed to his Bide, relieved him of his overcoat and hnt and escorted him to the seats reserved for attorneys attor-neys and tholr clients. Mrs, Stolla Kimmel, mother, and Mrs. Edna Bonslot, sister of Georgo Af Kimmel, were not In court and White occupied the chair that Mis, Kiramol used yestordny. White wns accompaniod by Harry Fox, a relative rela-tive by marriage. Tho claimant soon became an interested in-terested auditor of the deposition of residents of Nlles, MJch., which were read. Georgo Francis, marshal of NfleB. stated he met the claimant the day after he arrived In Niles last September and that White said he lftiow thn mnrchnl'R fflCP. hut COllld K116W LllO IlliUbllUI B line, wui. wiiiu not rocall his name. -Dr. John F Burns of Niles said ho knew Klmnel In his boyh6od and that tho claimant did not In the least resemble his former chum. There '-vvas no scar on tho claimant's eye such as he knew should have beon there. Another deposition, that of F C Dean, a druggist of Niles, was that Whito In no way resembled Kimmel and that White, when ho arrived in Niles, did not know him. Dean deposed de-posed that he had been a companion of Kimmel and had seen him in 189C for the last time. Whito lefttlhe court room at tho noon recess and, In the corridor encountered en-countered Luke Wood, receiver of tho bank who is suing the insurance company. com-pany. , , . "You fraud," White exclaimed at Wood. "You In the shape of a man Wood looked after the claimant a ud remarked: "That's no more Kimmol than 1 am." . ',., ,. Then White encountered, an attor noy for Wood, who gave the claimant a searching glance. The claimant exclaimed: ex-claimed: . ,,, I "Haven't seen me enough, Wli, c e M IWllh1' I III II jg-a , I saq rn haven't jou any manners?" ' "I'm not going to stay here any longer," White continued. Prior to his departure White said his mother and sister refused to own him because of the influence of his uncle, Charles Johnson. Ho said he spent a month in Niles at the time he was supposed to he "dead" and worked on the books of his uncle's hank at night and found out thing3 which Johnson does not want known. |