The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-01
4. G. ROBINSON IS ARRESTED
WANTED IN CALIFORNIA FOR
A WIRELESS STOCK DEAL.


Him Here-LAst In Trouble Here
on . Drunkenness Charge-Causbt
This Time with 4 Woman Uptown.
Horace Greeley Robinson. the banker
and seller Of wireless telegraph stock re-
reipts. who himself says that he has col
lected 81 500, 600 from the public for wire
less stock alone, was arrested last night
in his apartments at 009 West 115th. street
by Headquarters Detectives McConville
ing grand larceny. The warrant, which
now 10 at Headquarters, vas obtained by
II. s.. Book OF San jose, Cal, from Justice
F. B. Brown Of that CITY and charges
Robinson with the larceny under false
p~retenses Of $500 for Marconi Wireless
stock as agent for Robinson 4 Robinson
Of 80 Wall street.
Robinson came to New York from
Paris. where he left several employees
and mol patrons In q badly disturbed
frame Of mind. He arrived on the Cretic
on March 80. Robinson said he had Wis
tied Egypt and India since he was last
heard Of in Paris in September Of last
year. He got into 4 slight troubleo the
very night Of his arrival by becoming
involved in a disagreement in the bar
o Of the Hotel Martinique. where he
moe lived, with a house detective and
later with q policeman.
On that occasion he was taken to the
night court or q charge Of ~intoxication
and was discharged. Since his arrival
he has been hanging around the Mar
Unique and the Waldorf, the police say.
The warrant from San Jose arrived at
Headquarters on April IA and on April 81
MoConville found his man at the Waldorf.
The detective telephoned up to the house
detective to hang on to Robins on until
he could got to the hotel. but the arrange
ment fell through and McCopville reached
the hotel in time to veo a taxicab disappear
around the corner and To- hear that the
taxicab contained Mr.. Robinson.
Last night McConville heard that
Robinson was at 600 West 1l5th street,
where he was, living, according to Neon
vile. with a woman with whom. the de-
teotive says, Robinson has travelled
over Europe. His wife meanwhile has
been living at 1928 West End avenue,
The apartments are on the first floor OF
the ll5th street building. McConville
found that there was q chain on the door
and that there was nothing doing in the
line of having the chain unlocked. So
he went around to the side. where a va
can. lot Is rapidly giving way to a g
from the night Waterman. With this
ladder the detectives got to an open
window and through 1t descended into the
woman's dining room.
A man who said his name was Kelly
and whom the detectives did not question
was quite put out about their sudden APP
pearance, but not nearly 30 much as the
woman who presently appeared from her
bedroom. And still more peevish was
Mr.. Robinson when he entered the dining
room. The first thing he did was to make
a pass at Raftis, land on the younger
detective and get him into a corner.
Then he went up against McConville.
and the latter told him to hurry up n
get into something more ,~presentable
than pajamas because he had got to
to Headquarters. SO he did. Robin
picture is not in the gallery. This
is the first time he has been arrested in
New York on a felony charge;
The firm OF Robinson d Robinson, the
detectives say. is sort OF successor to
and New York. Robinson d Robinson
Is supposed to be made up Of Louis Robin
son, who was arrested by MoConville
last summer. and his sons. Horace Greeley
Robinson, who at that time va out in
California sowing for last nights harvest.
and Nanny Robinson. who looked after
the Paris end OF the concerns business.
h. q. appeared to have q rowing COM
II the complaints received by
Headquarters from Scotland Yard-which
contributed thirty-four names Of
victims-and from q few other corners
Of the globe are to be trusted, His ac-
tivity took the form Of public lectures
on the wonders Of wireless telegraphy
and the merits of wireless stock al an |
incidentally selling what he
could Of his receipts
These receipts for the money which he i.
took were to be, forwarded to Robinson a
Robinson. who. he said, would send the
OF stock. But the police
heard Of any one yet who received
the certificates. That is the origin Of the
many complaints which have been made
about the Robinsons' way Of doing bust
ness.