The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-12-31
BANKER MISSING
Bank JuggIer is Barred
From Asylum.
SPIRITED AWAY IN AUTO
Detectives, Reporters and Deposl-
tors Seek J. G. Robins, Whose
Bank in New York Was
Closed by State.

New York. Dec. 29.-Joseph G Rob
I'm. lnancier, broker paranoic. all IN
rapid succession. whose interim cheek
operations closed the Northern bank
OF New York, appeared al the Erie
railroad ferry station in Jersey CIty
with his sister, Dr. Louise kobno-
witch, and then vanished in big auto
mobile driven away at high speed.
Detectives from the district attor-
Iey's office al the time were securing
the city for him. following the an
nouncement from Dr. Carlos +. Mac
donald's sanatorium at Central Valley
n. y. where Robin sought refuge on
Tuesday morning. that the financier
had been requested to take his depar-
ture and had left for New York. ac-
companied by his sister.
While the detectives were vainly
searching for him Robin sat in the
ferry waiting room in Jersey CITY.
while his sister spent nearly an hour
in the telephone booths, apparently ar
ranging for the automobile
The affair had resolved itself into a
man hunt. with Financier Robin at the
unknown end Of the hunt Depositors.
detectives. newspaper men, alleged
friends and ayowed foes were all very
anxious to know his whereabouts.
lettering and Broken.
Reporters found him getting out OF
an Erie train at Jersey City. He was
apparently tOttering and broken. and
was wholly relying for guidance on his
sister. Or. Louise Robinovitch.
Miss Robinovitch went into the tele-
phone booths and stayed there for an
hour calling a great many numbers.
Robin sat in the dark ferry waiting
room. covering out OF the reach OF
the curious and either unable or un-
willing TO answer any questions.
His sister emerged from the tele-
phone booths at last and rescued him.
She was asked II she did not wish to
make a statement in Robins behalf
as to his hopes and especially his I'M
mediate destination.
She replied that she had nothing
whatever 10 say.
What the pair were awaiting be
came suddely apparent when the
Twenty-third street ferryboat pulled
in. Aboard it was an automobile car.
rving only a chauffeur. The machine
was a high powered roadster bearing
the number 23051 y. Y. Into II Robin
was hustled by his sister, who follow
ed and nodded TO the chauffeur. The
chauffeur shot his machine out Of the
runway as If he knew where he was
headed for. He nearly knocked down
a delivery wagon as he went
F1eeting glimpses Of as much OF the
fnancier as appeared between the col
lar Of his great coat and the hat pulled
down over his brows had showed as
the most prominent features a dis
coloration like a birthmark on the
nape Of the neck, an unkempt gray
mustache and feverishly restless eyes,
lie seemed 50 feeble that he could
hardly walk to the auto and had to
be helped in.
The best information obtainable
places the loss from Robins opera
tions at more than 100000. The capi-
tai and surplus Of the bank Is about
100000. so that II this estimate is
correct the depositors may expect pay
ment in full, the expenses Of receiver
ship under the banking department be
ing nothing. How soon the depositors
will get their money depends on the
character of the securities to be real
tied on in case the bank is liquidated
and does not reopen its doors.