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Show IDENTITY OF JEWEL THIEF Witness Declares Prisoner Pris-oner Is E. C. Von Kleim Alleged Father Fath-er Refuses to Aid in Identification Chicago, April 11. While the local police had previously satisfied them .'elves that "Jack Lewis,' alias "Weaver "Wea-ver Bi Clark." alleged "marrying swindler," was E. C C. Von Klein, -i diamond broker of Minneapolis, the ! identification was confirmed this aft-! aft-! ernoon by W. A. Pembertou. head houseman of the 31Us club rooms here Hereafter the prisoner will bo known to the police as Yon Klein At the county jail when Jailer Da-vies Da-vies ordered Yon Klein brought to ' the office the latter sent back word I that he was ill. "Hring him down on a streti her then, commanded Davies. and the order was obeyed. The prisoner had tied B handkerchief around his face and struggled to keep 't there, but it was torn away. "Sure that's Yon Klein," said Pcm-berlon Pcm-berlon "I have known him for fi years and could not be mistaken. He I Is a member of the Elks lodge No ' 41 at Minneapolis, and I have taken care of his things at the lodge house here many limes. I would know him j if 1 saw only the back of his head." The difficult) of Identifying the i prisoner awoke great interest in his , ;IS, Me i , us il to idcniir him self Ills family at Minneapolis in-sisied in-sisied ihal some horrible error had : been made. His father. Dr Carl Yon Klein or this city, world renowned as an investigator and writer on ancient medical lore, who has spent a fortune Iu that pursuit, declared that the prls-1 prls-1 oner was not his son. but declined to confirm his denial by visiting the jail 1 Yon Klein is accused of swindling two women out of jewelry of an aggregate ag-gregate value of 19000, using the name, lack Lewis iu one case and Weaver) U Clark In the other Promises of marriage figured In one case and an alleged fake" ceremony In the oth-J Todav the police were asfced to ascertain as-certain If he resembled a man who swindled a Chattanooga woman out of her diamonds by a promise of marriage. mar-riage. Not Von Klein. Minneapolis. April 11 A photo-j ! graph received here today of the man now in jail in Chicago charged with the theft f many diamonds and j claimed In the police of that city to be E C. C Von Klein of Minneap- i ! olis. IS declared by relatives an I , friends not to bo B picture of Yon I 1 Klein. A dh' patch from r-ergus Palls. Minn j wher Mrs. Yon Klein was said to be I visiting friends, says she cannot be I found there. |