Evening star., 1909-06-26
LAME BOB" FUGITIVE
Eastman Indicted in New York
for Grand Larceny.
WAS ARRESTED IN CHICAGO
Released on Heavy Bail, Stock
Broker Disappeared.
SLICK ROGUE, SAYS BANKER
President Knowles Says He Robbed
Partner, Clients and Associates
in Wall Street.
WAS ARRESTED IN CHICAGO
SLICK ROGUE, SAYS BANKER

in Wall Street.
NEW YORK, June 26-Robert e. East
man. known because of a deformity as
Lame Bob" had been fugitive from
justice since December II last.
He was formerly a 'broker." mem
ber of the firm OF Eastman & Co. of 33
Wall street The other member of the
firm was John T. Garrison. The ofice
was shared with some mining stock SELL
ers.
At about the time Eastman was indict-
ed for grand larceny the firm was
marked down in the copartnership books
as "dissolved." When Eastman failed
last July his liabilities were stated at
S15O.OOO to 100000.
Robert E. Eastman's middle name was
Emmett, and it is presumed that he
found it convenient to use this as his
surname instead of the name under which
he had been indicted. The indictment
ar~inst him was found in New YORK
county on April II, 1908.
The complainant against him was Helen
A. Robertson of "a West 18th street,
she had given Eastman $1,000 for the
purchase on her account of 100 shares or
Chicago Subway stock, and that East
man had appropriated the money to his
own use.
Indictment Against Eastman. :.
A warrant was issued by a police mag
istrate for Eastman's arrest. Subsequent
ly he was indicted on a charge of grand
larceny After his indictment Eastman
dropped out of sight.
On August 1, 1908, detectives Of the dis
trict attorneys office. were in Chicago on
their way to the coast and got wind that
Eastman was on his way to that city.
They tipped off the Chicago police and
Eastman was arrested the same day.
1t was given out at the time that John
T. Garrison. who had been Eastman S
partner. had complained to the New
York police three days before that East
man had taken away from the office or
Eastman & Co., July 90. the books show
ing the accounts or nVe customers and
5000 in cash.
Eastman did not fight extradition. but
explained that when arrested he had been
on his way to Minneapolis to get money
from friends to straighten up his ac-
counts. Eastman found himself facing
two warrants, the one on the indictment.
in which Mrs. Robertson was the COM
plainant. and the police court warrant,
issued by Magistrate Kernochan in the
complainant was Charles E. Russell Of
A Court street Brooklyn.
$4,000 in His Possession.
The Mechanics National Bank Of this
city was interested in the payment Of
certain checks Of Eastman's, and had
employed Pinkertons to locate him. In
his possession were found something like
$4,000 in certified checks and money.
and these were returned to New York.
A,,ext dnG
from the Consolidated Exchange for fall
ure to meet his obligations. and his Wall
street career of nearly twenty years.
which had not. however. been particular
ly sparkling at a New York point. was
ended.
Eastman was released by a Chicago
magistrate under $4,000 bail. and then
came reports that he had jumped the
arrested August IS by Detective Walsh
of the first branch of the New York de-
tective bureau, armed with extradition
papers. and Walsh left Chicago with his
man was released on $4,000 bail last
September. and since then detectives had
failed to locate him.
Called Scoundrel.
President Knowles of the Mechanics
National Bank declares that Eastman
Has been an unmitigated scoundrel.
Mr.. Knowles. He robbed his clients
and he stuck a great many Wall street
brokers before he skipped out early last
summer. I got on his trail right after he
left this city and traced him to Chicago
l had two detectives go with me to East
mans room. They waited outside while
l went In.
He greeted me with a snarl of rage
and said: I may be deformed, but I'll kill
u INt,ft vat 0,,f of hnr e
desperate. and think he would have at
tackled me If the detectives had not come
in to my rescue. l got In touch with
other persons he had defrauded, and had
him brought on to New York. He was as
oily swindler as ever heard Of"
Lived in New Jersey.
Eastman was widely known In Hacken-
sack and in Bogota. a small town across
the river where he lived for about a
year. He owned 5000 or $4,000 worth
of real estate in Bogota. and was known
in that village as stock broker. with
Offices in New York.
During his residence in Bogota he oc-
cupied a house with Albert Civrac, a for
mer councilman of the place, and also
New York stock broker.
Alexander s. Rosenthal Of this city,
counsel for Eastman's bondswoman. said
that the deed found in Roberts clothing
was one lIdl IC he0 oihCico 90 ocCuiIy
to the bondswoman when she went his
bail Mrs. Ida Epstein was the bonds
woman.
Mr.. Rosenthal said he would 60 down
to St Michaels and identify the body. He
said that Mrs. Epstein had refused the
deed which transferred property in Hack
ensack to Eastman. as other better Sc
curity was available. At the time Mrs.
Epstein bailed out Eastman he said he
was going to sell his Hackensack prop
erty and nav off all his creditors,
Eastman was SO clever" declared one